f45885 t1548	Zimbabwe v India
	India in Zimbabwe 2001 (1st Test)
Venue	Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo on 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th June 2001 (5-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Zimbabwe won the toss and decided to bat
Result	India won by 8 wickets
Umpires	DJ Harper, RB Tiffin
TV umpire	JF Fenwick
Referee	DT Lindsay
Reserve Umpire	NN Singo
Close of play day 1	India (1) 83/3 (Tendulkar 16*, Srinath 1*; 29 overs)
Close of play day 2	Zimbabwe (2) 79/3 (Carlisle 27*, Murphy 10*; 27 overs)
Close of play day 3	Zimbabwe (2) 303/7 (GW Flower 67*, Blignaut 11*; 115 overs)
Man of the Match	SS Das

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Zimbabwe first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GJ Whittall	b Nehra	6	17	22	1	-
DD Ebrahim	run out (Harbhajan Singh)	12	60	86	1	-
SV Carlisle	c Laxman b Khan	29	54	90	3	-
ADR Campbell	c Dighe b Harbhajan Singh	21	55	54	3	-
+A Flower	c Das b Nehra	51	45	80	7	-
GW Flower	c Dighe b Srinath	5	19	14	-	-
*HH Streak	run out (Dighe)	16	54	81	-	-
AM Blignaut	lbw b Nehra	0	4	7	-	-
BA Murphy	c Dravid b Khan	7	36	44	-	-
HK Olonga	c Dighe b Harbhajan Singh	16	13	14	1	1
BT Watambwa	not out	0	2	4	-	-
Extras	(4 lb, 6 nb)	10
Total	(all out, 252 minutes, 58.5 overs)	173
Fall of wickets:
1-9 (Whittall, 5.1 ov), 2-46 (Ebrahim, 18.3 ov), 3-65 (Carlisle, 25.4 ov), 4-89 (Campbell, 32.4 ov), 5-97 (GW Flower, 35.6 ov), 6-137 (A Flower, 43.6 ov), 7-139 (Blignaut, 45.6 ov), 8-154 (Streak, 55.1 ov), 9-165 (Murphy, 57.4 ov), 10-173 (Olonga, 58.5 ov)

India bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Srinath	15	5	47	1	-	2
Nehra	12	1	23	3	-	3
Khan	11	1	54	2	-	1
Harbhajan Singh	20.5	6	45	2	-	-

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India first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SS Das	c Ebrahim b Murphy	30	73	120	3	-
S Ramesh	b Watambwa	2	4	7	-	-
VVS Laxman	c Whittall b Olonga	28	38	64	6	-
SR Tendulkar	c Carlisle b Blignaut	74	128	179	12	-
J Srinath	c Whittall b Watambwa	1	16	15	-	-
*SC Ganguly	c A Flower b Streak	5	20	35	1	-
RS Dravid	c A Flower b Blignaut	44	67	118	7	-
+SS Dighe	c A Flower b Streak	47	95	119	6	-
Harbhajan Singh	c Whittall b Watambwa	66	71	123	10	1
Z Khan	b Streak	0	3	2	-	-
A Nehra	not out	9	31	39	1	-
Extras	(4 lb, 7 nb, 1 w)	12
Total	(all out, 415 minutes, 89.5 overs)	318
Fall of wickets:
1-2 (Ramesh, 1.4 ov), 2-54 (Laxman, 14.6 ov), 3-81 (Das, 25.1 ov), 4-83 (Srinath, 29.2 ov), 5-98 (Ganguly, 36.3 ov), 6-178 (Tendulkar, 52.3 ov), 7-208 (Dravid, 60.6 ov), 8-280 (Dighe, 80.3 ov), 9-280 (Khan, 80.6 ov), 10-318 (Harbhajan Singh, 89.5 ov)

Zimbabwe bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Streak	24	7	63	3	-	-
Watambwa	25.5	6	94	3	1	3
Blignaut	16	2	68	2	-	1
Olonga	8	1	35	1	-	3
Murphy	16	3	54	1	-	-

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Zimbabwe second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GJ Whittall	c Ramesh b Srinath	20	26	42	3	-
DD Ebrahim	c Dravid b Srinath	0	13	19	-	-
SV Carlisle	c Laxman b Nehra	52	136	204	7	-
ADR Campbell	c Das b Harbhajan Singh	16	42	65	2	-
BA Murphy	c Das b Khan	10	21	31	2	-
+A Flower	c Ramesh b Nehra	83	145	231	7	-
GW Flower	run out (Dravid)	71	230	300	6	-
*HH Streak	lbw b Khan	14	32	57	1	-
AM Blignaut	not out	32	97	135	3	1
HK Olonga	b Srinath	0	18	26	-	-
BT Watambwa	run out (Tendulkar->Harbhajan Singh)	0	5	13	-	-
Extras	(1 b, 17 lb, 10 nb, 2 w)	30
Total	(all out, 566 minutes, 125.5 overs)	328
Fall of wickets:
1-14 (Ebrahim, 4.1 ov), 2-34 (Whittall, 8.4 ov), 3-63 (Campbell, 22.5 ov), 4-86 (Murphy, 29.5 ov), 5-134 (Carlisle, 47.4 ov), 6-235 (A Flower, 81.4 ov), 7-273 (Streak, 93.2 ov), 8-308 (GW Flower, 117.1 ov), 9-312 (Olonga, 122.6 ov), 10-328 (Watambwa, 125.5 ov)

India bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Srinath	32.2	11	71	3	-	3
Nehra	26.4	4	77	2	2	6
Harbhajan Singh	37.5	8	92	1	-	-
Khan	22	6	44	2	-	-
Tendulkar	6	0	23	0	-	1
Ganguly	1	0	3	0	-	-

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India second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SS Das	not out	82	183	207	10	-
S Ramesh	c Carlisle b Blignaut	17	61	98	1	-
VVS Laxman	c and b GW Flower	38	35	66	5	1
SR Tendulkar	not out	36	49	41	4	-
*SC Ganguly	did not bat
RS Dravid	did not bat
+SS Dighe	did not bat
J Srinath	did not bat
Harbhajan Singh	did not bat
Z Khan	did not bat
A Nehra	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 6 nb, 1 w)	11
Total	(2 wickets, 207 minutes, 53.4 overs)	184
Fall of wickets:
1-71 (Ramesh, 22.5 ov), 2-132 (Laxman, 38.2 ov)

Zimbabwe bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Watambwa	15	4	54	0	-	1
Blignaut	12	3	25	1	-	5
Murphy	18.4	1	78	0	1	-
GW Flower	8	0	23	1	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for five days but completed in four.
--> Day 1 Lunch: Zimbabwe (1) 65/3 (Campbell 32*, A Flower 5*; 27 overs)
--> Day 1 Tea: Zimbabwe (1) 173 all out
--> Day 2 Lunch: India (1) 179/6 (Dravid 29*, Dighe 1*; 53 overs)
--> Day 2 Tea: India (1) 304/9 (Harbhajan Singh 54*, Nehra 7*; 88 overs)
--> Day 3 Lunch: Zimbabwe (2) 143/5 (A Flower 33*, GW Flower 2*; 53 overs)
--> Day 3 Tea: Zimbabwe (2) 230/5 (A Flower 79*, GW Flower 35*; 81 overs)
--> Day 4 Lunch: India (2) 37/0 (Das 18*, Ramesh 12*; 14 overs)
--> Day 4 Tea: India (2) 137/2 (Das 68*, Tendulkar 3*; 42 overs)
--> Zimbabwe first innings: 50 in 19.4 overs, 91 minutes
--> Zimbabwe first innings: 100 in 36.2 overs, 159 minutes
--> Zimbabwe first innings: 150 in 53.4 overs, 230 minutes
--> India first innings: 50 in 14.3 overs, 69 minutes
--> India first innings: 100 in 36.4 overs, 174 minutes
--> India first innings: 150 in 47.3 overs, 229 minutes
--> India first innings: 200 in 59.5 overs, 283 minutes
--> India first innings: 250 in 71.2 overs, 334 minutes
--> India first innings: 300 in 85.1 overs, 394 minutes
--> Zimbabwe second innings: 50 in 18 overs, 88 minutes
--> Zimbabwe second innings: 100 in 33 overs, 155 minutes
--> Zimbabwe second innings: 150 in 56.1 overs, 259 minutes
--> Zimbabwe second innings: 200 in 70.2 overs, 322 minutes
--> Zimbabwe second innings: 250 in 86.3 overs, 395 minutes
--> Zimbabwe second innings: 300 in 114.2 overs
--> India second innings: 50 in 20.3 overs, 80 minutes
--> A Flower (1) 50 in 44 balls, 77 minutes with 7 fours
--> HK Olonga (1) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 7
--> SR Tendulkar (1) 50 in 106 balls, 158 minutes with 8 fours
--> SS Dighe (1) passed his previous highest score of 22 in Test matches
--> Harbhajan Singh (1) passed his previous highest score of 17 in Test matches
--> Harbhajan Singh (1) 50 in 60 balls, 98 minutes with 7 fours and 1 six
--> SV Carlisle (2) 50 in 114 balls, 168 minutes with 7 fours
--> A Flower (2) 50 in 86 balls, 138 minutes with 5 fours
--> GW Flower (2) 50 in 144 balls, 189 minutes with 4 fours
--> AM Blignaut (2) passed his previous highest score of 15 in Test matches
--> SS Das (2) 50 in 91 balls with 8 fours
--> SS Das (2) passed 500 runs in Test matches when he reached 74
--> VVS Laxman made his debut in Zimbabwe in Test matches
--> SS Das made his debut in Zimbabwe in Test matches
--> S Ramesh made his debut in Zimbabwe in Test matches
--> SS Dighe made his debut in Zimbabwe in Test matches
--> Z Khan made his debut in Zimbabwe in Test matches
--> A Nehra made his debut in Zimbabwe in Test matches
--> A Nehra achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test matches when he dismissed A Flower in the Zimbabwe first innings (previous best was 1-94)
--> HH Streak reached 150 wickets in Test matches when he dismissed SC Ganguly, his 1st wicket in the India first innings
--> A Nehra was banned from bowling in the Zimbabwe second innings (for running on the pitch)

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New ball taken after 80 overs, when India were 280/7 (Dighe 47*, Harbhajan Singh 37*)
New ball taken after 80 overs - Z Khan's 11th over
Nehra was removed from the attack in Zimbabwe's second innings by Umpire Harper for persistently running on the danger area of the pitch, after two warnings from umpire Tiffin; Srinath completed the over. Khan also received two warnings.