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Right, that's all we have for you from Day Two of this one-off Test match. We'll be back with coverage of Day 3 at around 10:30 A.M. Local Time (3:00 P.M. IST) tomorrow. Join us right here on Sportskeeda for that, and a whole lot more! This is Rajarshi Das, signing off on behalf of Bidipto Datta. Good night!
6:34 P.M. Local Time, 11:04 P.M. IST: Stumps, Day 2 - Zimbabwe 30/2 (following on) (10 Overs), trail by 270 runs
England will look to finish things off as quickly as possible tomorrow. There were reports of inclement weather over the weekend, which might have played a part in Stokes' decision to enforce the follow-on. Normally, you'd have expected him to give his bowlers a bit of rest and his batters another hit, but Stokes adapted the attacking approach, and the hosts ended Day Two with a firm grip on the game.
A deficit of 270 might not be as tough to wipe out for Zimbabwe, but they need their middle-order to step up, big time. Someone's got to play that Brian Bennett-like knock this time around, and they'll need a couple of those this time around. It'll be a major moral victory for Zimbabwe if they take a lead and make England bat again from here, even better if they set a formidable target.
Zimbabwe might be hopeful for the weather to be bad, so that they can tick time off, and if they manage a lead of 150-odd, it might be beneficial for their bowlers too. What a day it has been for Brian Bennett, though - the opener walked out with the intent of scoring quick runs, and so he did. Might have been a different story had either of the likes of Craig Ervine or Sean Williams stitched a tall partnership.
10
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30/2score
2
4
2
4
1
0
runs
Ben Curran*
4(26)
Sean Williams
22(11)
Josh Tongue
1/22
9.6 Josh Tongue to Ben Curran, round the wicket, good length and just outside off. Curran gets right behind it and blocks it back to the bowler. That ends the play on Day 2.
9.5 Josh Tongue to Sean Williams, back of a length on the pads. Tucked away off the thigh pad to the square-leg region for a single.
9.4 Josh Tongue to Sean Williams, FOUR MORE! Back of a length around off-stump. Williams stays on the back foot and punches it wide of point for a boundary in front of square.
9.3 Josh Tongue to Sean Williams, Oh! Back of a length on off-stump. Outside-edged off the back foot through gully for a couple of runs. Williams wanted a third, but could easily have run himself out at the striker's end!
9.2 Josh Tongue to Sean Williams, FOUR RUNS! Short and down the leg-side. Just helped on its way off the back foot to fine-leg for a boundary.
9.1 Josh Tongue to Sean Williams, round the wicket, full on off-stump. A mistimed punch down to the right of mid-on and the batters pick up two runs.
Plenty of flight offered by Bashir - until that last ball. One minute left before the close of play... they might squeeze in another over.
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