Zimbabwe First-Class Matches 1997/98-2005/06

ZIMBABWE v INDIA Played at Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo, September 13, 14, 15, 16, 2005. India won by an innings and 90 runs. ZIMBABWE 1 B.R.M.Taylor c Gambhir b Khan 13 lbw b Pathan 4 2 T.Duffin lbw b Pathan 56 b Khan 2 3 H.Masakadza c Karthik b Khan 14 c Kumble b Pathan 2 4 D.D.Ebrahim c and b Pathan 24 b Pathan 1 5 *†T.Taibu not out 71 c Karthik b Kumble 52 6 H.H.Streak c Dravid b Kumble 27 lbw b Pathan 0 7 C.K.Coventry lbw b Kumble 2 c Gambhir b Harbhajan Singh 24 8 A.M.Blignaut lbw b Khan 4 b Harbhajan Singh 26 9 K.M.Dabengwa c Laxman b Pathan 35 lbw b Harbhajan Singh 16 10 G.M.Ewing lbw b Pathan 0 lbw b Harbhajan Singh 34 11 N.B.Mahwire b Pathan 4 not out 13 Extras b 1, lb 7, w 1, nb 20 29 b 2, w 2, nb 7 11 —— —— 279 185 FoW (1): 1-25 (1), 2-45 (3), 3-119 (2), 4-124 (4), 5-193 (6), 6-197 (7), 7-210 (8), 8-269 (9), 9-269 (10), 10-279 (11) FoW (2): 1-4 (1), 2-9 (3), 3-9 (2), 4-16 (4), 5-18 (6), 6-67 (7), 7-110 (8), 8-130 (5), 9-138 (9), 10-185 (10) INDIA 1 G.Gambhir c Taylor b Mahwire 46 2 V.Sehwag b Mahwire 44 3 R.S.Dravid c Taylor b Mahwire 77 4 V.V.S.Laxman run out (Streak/Taibu) 140 5 *S.C.Ganguly c Duffin b Ewing 101 6 Yuvraj Singh b Dabengwa 12 7 †K.D.Karthik c Taibu b Blignaut 1 8 I.K.Pathan c and b Dabengwa 52 9 A.Kumble c Coventry b Dabengwa 17 10 Harbhajan Singh c Coventry b Mahwire 37 11 Z.Khan not out 13 Extras lb 7, w 3, nb 4 14 —— 554 FoW (1): 1-88 (2), 2-98 (1), 3-228 (3), 4-356 (4), 5-372 (6), 6-379 (7), 7-476 (8), 8-502 (5), 9-522 (9), 10-554 (10) India Bowling O M R W O M R W Pathan 18.5 3 58 5 1w,3nb 12 4 53 4 1w Khan 22 5 74 3 9nb 8 1 28 1 5nb Ganguly 1 1 0 0 Kumble 26 7 71 2 6nb 12 2 43 1 2nb Harbhajan Singh 26 5 55 0 (3) 15.5 1 59 4 1w Sehwag 5 1 13 0 Zimbabwe Bowling O M R W Streak 26 3 91 0 2w Mahwire 25.3 4 92 4 1w,1nb Blignaut 19 2 96 1 2nb Dabengwa 39 7 127 3 Ewing 42 5 141 1 1nb Umpires: Aleem Dar and D.J.Harper. Third umpire: R.B.Tiffin. Toss: Zimbabwe Referee: M.J.Procter. Close of Play: 1st day: Zimbabwe (1) 265-7 (Taibu 61*, Dabengwa 35*, 93 overs); 2nd day: India (1) 325-3 (Laxman 125*, Ganguly 23*, 82 overs); 3rd day: Zimbabwe (2) 67-6 (Taibu 30*, 17.2 overs). Man of the Match: I.K.Pathan. The match was scheduled for five days but completed in four. V.V.S.Laxman’s 140 took 221 balls and included 21 fours. S.C.Ganguly’s 101 took 262 balls and included 10 fours. 148