Zimbabwe close on 30-2 following on - report
Stokes finds pace, movement and bounce to pick up two wickets
Three wickets for Bashir; Cook strikes on debut
England declare on 565-5 after Brook crashes rapid 58
Phil Tufnell
Former England spinner on Test Match Special
Shoaib Bashir just can't find his rhythm and as a spin bowler you have to keep putting on the pressure. The ball's going everywhere at the moment and that's not how you build the pressure.
Shoaib Bashir spoils a good over with the final delivery - a ball on the hip that Sean Williams can swipe away for a boundary. Zaltz told you he could play...
Andy Zaltzman
Test Match Special statistician
Sean Williams is the highest averaging Test batter this decade. He's playing in his 20th Test since January 2020, averaging 68 runs.
At 21, is Brian Bennett the world's youngest Brian?
I lived with a 20-year-old Colin at uni. Didn't know such people existed.
Bennett hits 'lovely' half-century
The Zimbabwe flags are flying again. Brian Bennett drives for four once more, taking him to his fifty.
Rufus Bullough
CricViz analyst
Great bowling from Bashir to remove Zimbabwe’s captain who’s problems against spin in the Test arena continue.
Craig Ervine Test record: v Pace: Avg 48 (14 wkts) v Spin: Avg 31 (34 wkts)
Bennett 47, Williams 3
That wicket has Shoaib Bashir smiling and laughing through this latest over. He's clearly feeling a lot better about himself.
The Zimbabwe fans in the crowd are happy too. They're on their feet punching the air as a single brings up the 100.
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Oldbrook in Milton Keynes is an estate where all the roads are named after cricketers.
Mike Kelcey, Romania
Trail by 466
With the noise of ball on helmet still rattling around his ears, Sean Williams drives the final ball of Tongue's over. Tongue has been good here. Lively.
Jonathan Agnew
BBC Chief Cricket Commentator on Test Match Special
The ball followed him - a fast bowler from round the wicket does that to a left-hander. It wasn't short enough to duck. He totally misjudged that.
Eeeesh. That's nasty.
Josh Tongue has clattered one into Sean Williams' helmet. On comes the physio for the concussion test.
Andy Zaltzman
Test Match Special statistician
Image source, Getty ImagesThat was Shoaib Bashir's 50th Test wicket in his 16th Test.
Aged 21 years and seven months, he's the youngest England bowler ever to reach 50 wickets.
He beats Steven Finn who was 22 and 60 days.
That pitched on leg stump and would have comfortably missed off had it not taken the edge. Lovely stuff from Bashir.
Jonathan Agnew
BBC Chief Cricket Commentator on Test Match Special
That was a very good catch by Harry Brook, you don't get much time to see it when you're fielding there at slip.
Michael Vaughan
Former England captain on BBC Test Match Special
Bashir needed that. He hadn't started to panic but the over before was hit to the boundary.
All a bowler needs is a wicket to relax you. It was good bowling - a lovely piece of off-spin.
Ervine c Brook b Bashir 42 (Zim 96-2)
'An absolute beauty!' - Ervine caught by Brook for 42 after brilliant Bashir delivery
Gone! It's a good low catch but more significantly a very good piece of bowling from Shoaib Bashir.
The ball dipped and turned sharply to take Craig Ervine's edge. A real confidence-booster.
Michael Vaughan
Former England captain on BBC Test Match Special
That's definitely hit the outside edge. It's out.
Harry Brook was very confident...
Simon Mann
BBC Test Match Special commentator on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra
An absolute beauty. It's spun a bit, outside edge and it's caught low down.
That was a fine piece of bowling.
Taken at slip!
This is a beauty by Shoaib Bashir and it is too good for Craig Ervine.
The umpires just want to check the ball has carried to Harry Brook.
| Batter | Runs | Balls | Dots | 4s | 6s | Minutes | Strike Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Crawley,leg before wicket, bowled Raza Crawley, leg before wicket, bowled Raza | 124 | 171 | 103 | 14 | 0 | 282 | 72.51 |
Duckett,caught Curran, bowled Madhevere Duckett, caught Curran, bowled Madhevere | 140 | 134 | 74 | 20 | 2 | 188 | 104.48 |
Pope,caught Tsiga, bowled Chivanga Pope, caught Tsiga, bowled Chivanga | 171 | 166 | 88 | 24 | 2 | 198 | 103.01 |
Root,caught Williams, bowled Muzarabani Root, caught Williams, bowled Muzarabani | 34 | 44 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 69 | 77.27 |
Brook,bowled Muzarabani Brook, bowled Muzarabani | 58 | 50 | 28 | 6 | 3 | 71 | 116.00 |
Stokes,caught Curran, bowled Muzarabani Stokes, caught Curran, bowled Muzarabani | 9 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 69.23 |
Smith,not out Smith, not out | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 100.00 |
Extras, no balls 3, wides 6, byes 6, leg byes 10, total 25 Extras, no balls 3, wides 6, byes 6, leg byes 10, total 25 | |||||||
Total,565 for 6 declared 96.3 overs Total,565 for 6 declared 96.3 overs |
| Bowler | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Dots | No balls | Wides | 4s | 6s | Economy rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ngarava | 9.0 | 1 | 42 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 4.66 |
Muzarabani | 24.3 | 3 | 143 | 3 | 85 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 5.83 |
Chivanga | 16.0 | 0 | 117 | 1 | 51 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 1 | 7.31 |
Nyauchi | 18.0 | 0 | 103 | 0 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 5.72 |
Raza | 24.0 | 1 | 93 | 1 | 81 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 3.87 |
Madhevere | 3.0 | 0 | 34 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 11.33 |
Bennett | 2.0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8.50 |
| Fall of wicket | Batter |
|---|---|
231 for 1 (41.3 overs) | Duckett |
368 for 2 (65.1 overs) | Crawley |
479 for 3 (82.4 overs) | Root |
502 for 4 (89.3 overs) | Pope |
548 for 5 (94.5 overs) | Stokes |
565 for 6 (96.3 overs) | Brook |
| Batter | Runs | Balls | Dots | 4s | 6s | Minutes | Strike Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bennett,caught Pope, bowled Tongue Bennett, caught Pope, bowled Tongue | 139 | 143 | 93 | 26 | 0 | 229 | 97.20 |
Curran,caught Brook, bowled Cook Curran, caught Brook, bowled Cook | 6 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 60.00 |
Ervine,caught Brook, bowled Bashir Ervine, caught Brook, bowled Bashir | 42 | 64 | 45 | 6 | 0 | 61 | 65.63 |
Williams,bowled Bashir Williams, bowled Bashir | 25 | 41 | 30 | 4 | 0 | 45 | 60.98 |
Raza,caught Smith, bowled Stokes Raza, caught Smith, bowled Stokes | 7 | 19 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 36.84 |
Madhevere,bowled Stokes Madhevere, bowled Stokes | 0 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0.00 |
Tsiga,bowled Bashir Tsiga, bowled Bashir | 22 | 49 | 40 | 4 | 0 | 67 | 44.90 |
Muzarabani,bowled Atkinson Muzarabani, bowled Atkinson | 12 | 24 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 39 | 50.00 |
Chivanga,leg before wicket, bowled Atkinson Chivanga, leg before wicket, bowled Atkinson | 2 | 19 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 10.53 |
Nyauchi,not out Nyauchi, not out | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.00 |
Extras, no balls 4, wides 0, byes 0, leg byes 6, total 10 Extras, no balls 4, wides 0, byes 0, leg byes 6, total 10 | |||||||
Total,265 all out 63.2 overs Total,265 all out 63.2 overs |
| Bowler | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Dots | No balls | Wides | 4s | 6s | Economy rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cook | 17.0 | 1 | 72 | 1 | 74 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 4.23 |
Atkinson | 13.2 | 2 | 58 | 2 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 4.35 |
Bashir | 16.4 | 2 | 62 | 3 | 69 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 3.72 |
Tongue | 13.0 | 1 | 56 | 1 | 57 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 4.30 |
Stokes | 3.2 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3.30 |
| Fall of wicket | Batter |
|---|---|
31 for 1 (4.3 overs) | Curran |
96 for 2 (20.4 overs) | Ervine |
156 for 3 (32.3 overs) | Williams |
187 for 4 (38.2 overs) | Raza |
199 for 5 (40.6 overs) | Madhevere |
246 for 6 (54.3 overs) | Bennett |
251 for 7 (56.1 overs) | Tsiga |
258 for 8 (61.4 overs) | Chivanga |
265 for 9 (63.2 overs) | Muzarabani |
| Batter | Runs | Balls | Dots | 4s | 6s | Minutes | Strike Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bennett,leg before wicket, bowled Atkinson Bennett, leg before wicket, bowled Atkinson | 1 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 10.00 |
batting,Curran,not out batting, Curran, not out | 4 | 26 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 15.38 |
Ervine,caught Pope, bowled Tongue Ervine, caught Pope, bowled Tongue | 2 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 15.38 |
batting,Williams,not out batting, Williams, not out | 22 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 200.00 |
Extras, no balls 0, wides 0, byes 0, leg byes 1, total 1 Extras, no balls 0, wides 0, byes 0, leg byes 1, total 1 | |||||||
Total,30 for 2 10.0 overs Total,30 for 2 10.0 overs |
| Bowler | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Dots | No balls | Wides | 4s | 6s | Economy rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cook | 4.0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 |
Atkinson | 3.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.33 |
Tongue, bowling | 2.0 | 0 | 22 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 11.00 |
Bashir | 1.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.00 |
| Fall of wicket | Batter |
|---|---|
3 for 1 (3.1 overs) | Bennett |
7 for 2 (7.2 overs) | Ervine |
