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| Venue | County Ground, Chelmsford on 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th May 2000 (4-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Essex won the toss and decided to field |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Umpires | JH Evans, RA White |
| Scorers | DJ Norris (Essex), M Snook (Zimbabweans) |
| Close of play day 1 | No play |
| Close of play day 2 | Zimbabweans (1) 143/4 (A Flower 23*, Johnson 45*; 41.2 overs) |
| Close of play day 3 | Essex (1) 117/3 (Hussain 17*, Irani 13*; 35.1 overs) |
| Zimbabweans first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| GW Flower | c Hyam b DR Law | 10 | 52 | 71 | - | - | |
| TR Gripper | c Hyam b Thompson | 0 | 6 | 5 | - | - | |
| MW Goodwin | c Such b Anderson | 34 | 70 | 96 | 4 | 1 | |
| ADR Campbell | b Anderson | 13 | 17 | 25 | 3 | - | |
| *+A Flower | c Hyam b Anderson | 30 | 67 | 253 | 3 | - | |
| NC Johnson | lbw b Such | 83 | 123 | 309 | 11 | 1 | |
| SV Carlisle | b Anderson | 0 | 2 | 1 | - | - | |
| GJ Whittall | c SG Law b Anderson | 54 | 132 | 182 | 6 | - | |
| DP Viljoen | lbw b Such | 0 | 8 | 8 | - | - | |
| HK Olonga | lbw b Thompson | 45 | 129 | 159 | 7 | - | |
| M Mbangwa | not out | 9 | 33 | 43 | - | - | |
| Extras | (1 b, 12 lb, 12 nb, 12 w) | 37 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 105.3 overs) | 315 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-2 (Gripper), 2-51 (GW Flower), 3-68 (Campbell), 4-69 (Goodwin), 5-168 (A Flower), 6-168 (Carlisle), 7-217 (Johnson), 8-217 (Viljoen), 9-289 (Whittall), 10-315 (Olonga) | |||||||
| Essex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Anderson | 26 | 5 | 69 | 5 | 3 | 5 | |
| Thompson | 26.3 | 8 | 76 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| DR Law | 25 | 8 | 66 | 1 | - | - | |
| Mason | 14 | 2 | 54 | 0 | - | - | |
| Such | 14 | 5 | 37 | 2 | - | - | |
| Essex first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| PJ Prichard | c Gripper b Johnson | 28 | 54 | 78 | 6 | - | |
| AP Grayson | c A Flower b Whittall | 15 | 48 | 64 | 2 | - | |
| N Hussain | c A Flower b Whittall | 33 | 107 | 168 | 7 | - | |
| SG Law | c GW Flower b Mbangwa | 33 | 49 | 51 | 6 | - | |
| *RC Irani | c Olonga b Johnson | 21 | 52 | 68 | 1 | 2 | |
| DR Law | c A Flower b Johnson | 22 | 105 | 120 | 3 | - | |
| +BJ Hyam | b Olonga | 7 | 43 | 52 | - | - | |
| TJ Mason | lbw b Olonga | 22 | 84 | 120 | 2 | - | |
| RSG Anderson | b Mbangwa | 19 | 25 | 34 | 4 | - | |
| DJJ Thompson | c and b Viljoen | 15 | 26 | 32 | 3 | - | |
| PM Such | not out | 6 | 12 | 17 | - | - | |
| Extras | (10 lb, 16 nb, 2 w) | 28 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 99.3 overs) | 249 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-42 (Grayson), 2-52 (Prichard), 3-104 (SG Law), 4-137 (Irani), 5-146 (Hussain), 6-166 (Hyam), 7-182 (DR Law), 8-212 (Anderson), 9-240 (Thompson), 10-249 (Mason) | |||||||
| Zimbabweans bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Olonga | 22.3 | 6 | 73 | 2 | - | 3 | |
| Mbangwa | 30 | 13 | 47 | 2 | - | 1 | |
| Johnson | 22 | 7 | 55 | 3 | - | 1 | |
| Whittall | 14 | 6 | 24 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Viljoen | 8 | 1 | 38 | 1 | - | - | |
| GW Flower | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | - | - | |
| Zimbabweans second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| GW Flower | not out | 28 | 48 | 64 | 2 | 2 | |
| TR Gripper | not out | 32 | 55 | 64 | 5 | - | |
| MW Goodwin | did not bat | ||||||
| ADR Campbell | did not bat | ||||||
| *+A Flower | did not bat | ||||||
| NC Johnson | did not bat | ||||||
| SV Carlisle | did not bat | ||||||
| GJ Whittall | did not bat | ||||||
| HK Olonga | did not bat | ||||||
| DP Viljoen | did not bat | ||||||
| M Mbangwa | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (5 b, 3 lb, 2 nb, 5 w) | 15 | |||||
| Total | (no wicket, declared, 64 minutes, 17 overs) | 75 | |||||
| Essex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Anderson | 5 | 2 | 7 | 0 | - | 1 | |
| Thompson | 4 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 1 | - | |
| Such | 4 | 1 | 14 | 0 | - | - | |
| Mason | 4 | 0 | 26 | 0 | - | - | |
Notes
--> DJJ Thompson made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> NC Johnson (1) passed 4000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 15
--> HK Olonga (1) passed his previous highest score of 41 in First-Class matches
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