misc989619	First-Class Counties Select XI v Zimbabweans
	Zimbabwe in England 2025
Venue	Uptonsteel County Ground, Leicester on 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th May 2025 (4-day match)
Balls per over	6
Players	13 per side (11 to bat and field)
Toss	First-Class Counties Select XI won the toss and decided to bat
Result	First-Class Counties Select XI won by 138 runs
Umpires	JD Middlebrook, RA White
Referee	WR Smith
Scorers	NJ Fenwick (First-Class Counties Select XI), H Vernon (Zimbabweans)
Close of play day 1	Zimbabweans (1) 38/2 (Bennett 9*, Williams 14*; 9 overs)
Close of play day 2	Zimbabweans (1) 403 all out
Close of play day 3	First-Class Counties Select XI (2) 387/5 (Rew 62*, Richards 14*; 84 overs)
Ball-by-ball	Innings 1, Innings 2, Innings 3, Innings 4

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First-Class Counties Select XI first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
BJ Dawkins	lbw b Ngarava	12	31	35	2	-	26
*JM de Caires	c Tsiga b Muzarabani	79	92	163	15	-	63
DR Mousley	c Curran b Nyauchi	8	12	22	1	-	8
LM Benkenstein	c Williams b Nyamhuri	27	40	57	5	-	31
BA Mayes	lbw b Nyamhuri	4	2	2	1	-	1
+THS Rew	c Tsiga b Nyauchi	0	4	5	-	-	4
JA Richards	lbw b Ngarava	32	58	82	4	-	41
MJ Killeen	c Williams b Ngarava	11	13	22	2	-	10
SHB Morgan	not out	66	96	134	11	1	71
JA Chohan	c Ngarava b Bennett	56	84	99	8	-	58
EV Jack	c Ervine b Bennett	0	4	7	-	-	4
AM Green	did not bat
AG Bailey	did not bat
Extras	(15 b, 7 lb, 8 nb, 5 w)	35
Total	(all out, 71.2 overs)	330
Fall of wickets:
1-30 (Dawkins, 8.1 ov), 2-48 (Mousley, 12.2 ov), 3-122 (Benkenstein, 24.2 ov), 4-127 (Mayes, 24.4 ov), 5-128 (Rew, 25.6 ov), 6-170 (de Caires, 32.2 ov), 7-197 (Killeen, 37.4 ov), 8-208 (Richards, 43.4 ov), 9-329 (Chohan, 69.4 ov), 10-330 (Jack, 71.2 ov)

Zimbabweans bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Ngarava	13	1	42	3	-	-	57	6	-
Muzarabani	12	1	47	1	-	-	55	9	-
Nyauchi	17	0	85	2	-	1	71	15	-
Nyamhuri	14	0	74	2	5	7	62	11	-
Masakadza	12	1	41	0	-	-	52	4	1
Bennett	3.2	0	19	2	-	-	14	4	-

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Zimbabweans first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
BJ Bennett	c Rew b Jack	65	100	128	11	-	71
BJ Curran	c Rew b Killeen	10	8	8	1	-	4
NR Welch	b Killeen	1	7	7	-	-	6
SC Williams	c Mayes b Chohan	76	90	153	13	-	57
*CR Ervine	c de Caires b Jack	0	14	9	-	-	14
WN Madhevere	lbw b Killeen	93	152	218	10	-	95
+TE Tsiga	st Rew b Mousley	66	106	127	5	1	67
C Madande	c de Caires b Mousley	5	9	7	1	-	7
WP Masakadza	not out	34	75	99	4	-	56
R Ngarava	c de Caires b Bailey	0	17	22	-	-	17
B Muzarabani	c Mousley b Richards	20	13	24	4	-	5
VM Nyauchi	did not bat
NT Nyamhuri	did not bat
Extras	(15 b, 10 lb, 5 nb, 3 w)	33
Total	(all out, 97.4 overs)	403
Fall of wickets:
1-12 (Curran, 1.5 ov), 2-17 (Welch, 3.3 ov), 3-144 (Bennett, 30.2 ov), 4-152 (Ervine, 32.6 ov), 5-176 (Williams, 41.1 ov), 6-303 (Tsiga, 72.5 ov), 7-310 (Madande, 74.2 ov), 8-365 (Madhevere, 87.5 ov), 9-378 (Ngarava, 92.4 ov), 10-403 (Muzarabani, 97.4 ov)

First-Class Counties Select XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Jack	15	1	60	2	-	-	60	9	-
Killeen	17	6	52	3	-	1	77	6	-
Green	10	2	35	0	-	3	42	4	-
Morgan	10	0	45	0	-	-	38	5	-
Richards	6.4	1	27	1	1	1	30	5	-
Bailey	14	1	62	1	1	-	52	9	-
Mousley	15	2	46	2	-	-	63	4	1
Chohan	7	0	41	1	-	-	20	6	-
Benkenstein	3	0	10	0	1	-	13	1	-

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First-Class Counties Select XI second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
BJ Dawkins	b Ngarava	16	18	30	3	-	11
*JM de Caires	st Tsiga b Masakadza	84	153	223	8	-	105
DR Mousley	c Madande b Nyamhuri	154	186	287	17	2	112
LM Benkenstein	c Bennett b Masakadza	12	12	17	-	1	8
BA Mayes	c Williams b Nyamhuri	26	37	42	4	-	25
+THS Rew	not out	103	107	138	14	1	58
JA Richards	c Madande b Nyamhuri	25	49	70	2	-	32
MJ Killeen	run out (Bennett->Madande)	13	16	23	2	-	11
SHB Morgan	not out	2	5	9	-	-	3
EV Jack	did not bat
JA Chohan	did not bat
AM Green	did not bat
AG Bailey	did not bat
Extras	(9 b, 17 lb, 1 nb, 2 w)	29
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 97 overs)	464
Fall of wickets:
1-30 (Dawkins, 6.5 ov), 2-209 (de Caires, 48.3 ov), 3-237 (Benkenstein, 52.6 ov), 4-279 (Mayes, 63.4 ov), 5-326 (Mousley, 71.1 ov), 6-409 (Richards, 89.1 ov), 7-450 (Killeen, 94.3 ov)

Zimbabweans bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Ngarava	12	2	42	1	-	-	49	5	-
Muzarabani	12	0	40	0	-	-	52	5	-
Nyamhuri	16	0	74	3	1	1	60	7	-
Nyauchi	21	1	83	0	-	-	80	10	-
Masakadza	26	2	137	2	-	-	87	13	3
Madhevere	0.3	0	8	0	-	-	1	2	-
Bennett	9.3	2	54	0	-	-	35	8	1

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Zimbabweans second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
BJ Bennett	c Rew b Jack	17	21	30	3	-	15
BJ Curran	c and b Jack	0	8	10	-	-	8
NR Welch	c Mayes b Richards	87	117	166	11	1	78
SC Williams	c Rew b Jack	1	6	6	-	-	5
*CR Ervine	c de Caires b Green	8	18	30	1	-	13
WN Madhevere	c Benkenstein b Bailey	20	34	41	3	-	23
+TE Tsiga	not out	66	113	168	9	-	75
C Madande	b Richards	18	17	20	4	-	11
WP Masakadza	lbw b Mousley	19	39	42	3	-	30
R Ngarava	b Chohan	0	9	10	-	-	9
B Muzarabani	lbw b Mousley	4	21	27	1	-	20
VM Nyauchi	did not bat
NT Nyamhuri	did not bat
Extras	(10 b, 1 lb, 2 nb)	13
Total	(all out, 66.5 overs)	253
Fall of wickets:
1-5 (Curran, 2.3 ov), 2-28 (Bennett, 6.5 ov), 3-30 (Williams, 8.2 ov), 4-51 (Ervine, 15.1 ov), 5-98 (Madhevere, 24.4 ov), 6-168 (Welch, 41.3 ov), 7-189 (Madande, 45.6 ov), 8-231 (Masakadza, 56.4 ov), 9-232 (Ngarava, 59.4 ov), 10-253 (Muzarabani, 66.5 ov)

First-Class Counties Select XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Jack	9	2	40	3	-	-	39	7	-
Killeen	5	2	12	0	-	-	23	1	-
Chohan	14	1	44	1	-	-	57	3	1
Morgan	5	0	22	0	-	-	20	3	-
Green	7	2	14	1	-	-	34	2	-
Bailey	5	0	24	1	-	-	21	5	-
Mousley	14.5	3	46	2	-	-	65	7	-
Richards	7	0	40	2	-	2	28	7	-

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Notes
--> Day 1 Lunch: First-Class Counties Select XI (1) 121/2 (de Caires 55*, Benkenstein 27*; 24 overs)
--> Day 1 Tea: First-Class Counties Select XI (1) 225/8 (Morgan 9*, Chohan 12*; 48 overs)
--> Day 2 Lunch: Zimbabweans (1) 166/4 (Williams 72*, Madhevere 9*; 38 overs)
--> Day 2 Tea: Zimbabweans (1) 276/5 (Madhevere 56*, Tsiga 55*; 65 overs)
--> Day 3 Lunch: First-Class Counties Select XI (2) 99/1 (de Caires 50*, Mousley 25*; 24 overs)
--> Day 3 Tea: First-Class Counties Select XI (2) 213/2 (Mousley 101*, Benkenstein 3*; 49 overs)
--> Day 4 Lunch: Zimbabweans (2) 43/3 (Welch 18*, Ervine 6*; 12 overs)
--> Day 4 Tea: Zimbabweans (2) 164/5 (Welch 83*, Tsiga 28*; 41 overs)
--> First-Class Counties Select XI first innings: 50 in 12.6 overs
--> First-Class Counties Select XI first innings: 100 in 20.1 overs
--> First-Class Counties Select XI first innings: 150 in 28.2 overs
--> First-Class Counties Select XI first innings: 200 in 37.6 overs
--> First-Class Counties Select XI first innings: 250 in 55.3 overs
--> First-Class Counties Select XI first innings: 300 in 63.6 overs
--> Zimbabweans first innings: 50 in 10.3 overs
--> Zimbabweans first innings: 100 in 19.2 overs
--> Zimbabweans first innings: 150 in 30.6 overs
--> Zimbabweans first innings: 200 in 45.6 overs
--> Zimbabweans first innings: 250 in 59.1 overs
--> Zimbabweans first innings: 300 in 72.2 overs
--> Zimbabweans first innings: 350 in 83.1 overs
--> Zimbabweans first innings: 400 in 96.3 overs
--> First-Class Counties Select XI second innings: 50 in 13.5 overs
--> First-Class Counties Select XI second innings: 100 in 24.1 overs
--> First-Class Counties Select XI second innings: 150 in 37.5 overs
--> First-Class Counties Select XI second innings: 200 in 45.4 overs
--> First-Class Counties Select XI second innings: 250 in 58.4 overs
--> First-Class Counties Select XI second innings: 300 in 67.5 overs
--> First-Class Counties Select XI second innings: 350 in 76.2 overs
--> First-Class Counties Select XI second innings: 400 in 87.3 overs
--> First-Class Counties Select XI second innings: 450 in 94.2 overs
--> Zimbabweans second innings: 50 in 14.3 overs
--> Zimbabweans second innings: 100 in 25.5 overs
--> Zimbabweans second innings: 150 in 36.3 overs
--> Zimbabweans second innings: 200 in 47.6 overs
--> Zimbabweans second innings: 250 in 66.2 overs
--> JM de Caires (1) 50 in 56 balls with 11 fours
--> SHB Morgan (1) 50 in 68 balls with 8 fours and 1 six
--> JA Chohan (1) 50 in 77 balls with 7 fours
--> BJ Bennett (1) 50 in 72 balls with 9 fours
--> SC Williams (1) 50 in 56 balls with 9 fours
--> WN Madhevere (1) 50 in 82 balls with 6 fours
--> TE Tsiga (1) 50 in 70 balls with 5 fours
--> JM de Caires (2) 50 in 84 balls with 3 fours
--> DR Mousley (2) 50 in 74 balls with 5 fours
--> DR Mousley (2) 100 in 114 balls with 12 fours and 2 sixes
--> DR Mousley (2) 150 in 181 balls with 17 fours and 2 sixes
--> THS Rew (2) 50 in 50 balls with 8 fours
--> THS Rew (2) 100 in 103 balls with 14 fours and 1 six
--> NR Welch (2) 50 in 60 balls with 6 fours
--> TE Tsiga (2) 50 in 77 balls with 7 fours
--> JM de Caires (27) and LM Benkenstein (18) added 50 in 48 balls for the First-Class Counties Select XI 3rd wicket in the first innings
--> SHB Morgan (26) and JA Chohan (24) added 50 in 84 balls for the First-Class Counties Select XI 9th wicket in the first innings
--> SHB Morgan (57) and JA Chohan (42) added 100 in 141 balls for the First-Class Counties Select XI 9th wicket in the first innings
--> BJ Bennett (23) and SC Williams (26) added 50 in 67 balls for the Zimbabweans 3rd wicket in the first innings
--> BJ Bennett (50) and SC Williams (48) added 100 in 125 balls for the Zimbabweans 3rd wicket in the first innings
--> WN Madhevere (22) and TE Tsiga (27) added 50 in 80 balls for the Zimbabweans 6th wicket in the first innings
--> WN Madhevere (42) and TE Tsiga (55) added 100 in 143 balls for the Zimbabweans 6th wicket in the first innings
--> WN Madhevere (18) and WP Masakadza (25) added 50 in 68 balls for the Zimbabweans 8th wicket in the first innings
--> JM de Caires (25) and DR Mousley (18) added 50 in 73 balls for the First-Class Counties Select XI 2nd wicket in the second innings
--> JM de Caires (49) and DR Mousley (43) added 100 in 163 balls for the First-Class Counties Select XI 2nd wicket in the second innings
--> JM de Caires (69) and DR Mousley (75) added 150 in 219 balls for the First-Class Counties Select XI 2nd wicket in the second innings
--> THS Rew (36) and JA Richards (10) added 50 in 59 balls for the First-Class Counties Select XI 6th wicket in the second innings
--> NR Welch (24) and TE Tsiga (24) added 50 in 71 balls for the Zimbabweans 6th wicket in the second innings

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