Flower, Campbell take Zimbabwe to victory

LONDON, JULY 9. Even though England found a new star in its first match of the triangular series - against Zimbabwe at the Oval - it ran into trouble when Paul Strang's leg breaks ripped out three batsmen in 13 balls to cut back its total to 207 on Saturday.

A stand of 123 between the captain Andy Flower and Alistair Campbell sent Zimbabwe to an easy win by five wickets with 10 balls in hand and now, after two wins against England and West Indies, it can dictate the rest of the 10-match series.

Zimbabwe was in trouble at 35 for three but as Campbell and Flower took charge the certainty of its commonsense victory became clear.

The team is a fine one-day side for all the easy successes by England and South Africa earlier this year and it is already on the brink of an appearance in the final of this NatWest competition.

- Ted Corbett

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