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England in Zimbabwe in 2004–05
	England	Zimbabwe
Dates	28 November – 5 December 2004
Captains	Michael Vaughan	Tatenda Taibu
One Day International series
Results	England won the 4-match series 4–0
Most runs	Michael Vaughan (211)	Dion Ebrahim (122)
Most wickets	Darren Gough (7) Alex Wharf (7)	Stuart Matsikenyeri (7)
Player of the series	Michael Vaughan (Eng)

The England cricket team toured Zimbabwe from 28 November to 5 December 2004 for a four-match One Day International (ODI) series, with two matches in Harare and two in Bulawayo. England won all four matches. Foreign journalists were originally banned from covering the series, but the Zimbabwean government lifted the ban for some journalists on 25 November; however, this delay in getting accreditation for the journalists resulted in the cancellation of the first of the five planned ODIs that was due to have taken place on 26 November.

Squads

England named a 14-man squad for the tour of Zimbabwe, minus fast bowler Steve Harmison, who ruled himself out of the tour for "political and sporting reasons". Also missing from the side were opening batsman Marcus Trescothick and all-rounder Andrew Flintoff, who were rested ahead of England's tour of South Africa later in the year; Ashley Giles was also given the option to miss the tour, but he chose to travel with the team. New to the England ODI set-up were batsmen Ian Bell and Kevin Pietersen, wicket-keeper Matt Prior, and bowler Simon Jones.

Zimbabwe	England
Tatenda Taibu (c and wk) Elton Chigumbura Dion Ebrahim Gavin Ewing Douglas Hondo Hamilton Masakadza Stuart Matsikenyeri Chris Mpofu Mluleki Nkala Tinashe Panyangara Ed Rainsford Donald Samunderu Vusi Sibanda Brendan Taylor Prosper Utseya Mark Vermeulen	Michael Vaughan (c) James Anderson Gareth Batty Ian Bell Paul Collingwood Ashley Giles Darren Gough Geraint Jones (wk) Simon Jones Kevin Pietersen Matt Prior (wk) Vikram Solanki Andrew Strauss Alex Wharf

ODI series

1st ODI

Zimbabwe  195 (49.3 overs)	v	England 197/5 (47.4 overs)
Elton Chigumbura 52 (47) Darren Gough 3/34 (9.3 overs)		Ian Bell 75 (115) Stuart Matsikenyeri 2/33 (10 overs)

• England won the toss and elected to field.
• Ian Bell, Kevin Pietersen (both Eng) and Chris Mpofu (Zim) made their ODI debuts.

2nd ODI

England  263/6 (50 overs)	v	Zimbabwe 102 (36 overs)
Kevin Pietersen 77* (76) Tinashe Panyangara 3/61 (10 overs)		Tatenda Taibu 32 (48) Alex Wharf 4/24 (6 overs)

• England won the toss and elected to bat.
• Gavin Ewing (Zim) made his ODI debut.

3rd ODI

Zimbabwe  238/7 (50 overs)	v	England 239/2 (43.1 overs)
Stuart Matsikenyeri 73 (95) Simon Jones 2/43 (8 overs)		Vikram Solanki 100 (93) Stuart Matsikenyeri 2/43 (10 overs)

• Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to bat.
• Simon Jones (Eng) made his ODI debut.

4th ODI

England  261/6 (50 overs)	v	Zimbabwe 187 (48.4 overs)
Michael Vaughan 90* (99) Ed Rainsford 2/29 (10 overs)		Hamilton Masakadza 66 (83) Darren Gough 4/34 (8 overs)

• England won the toss and elected to bat.
• Matt Prior (Eng) made his ODI debut.

References

1. "Several journalists refused entry to Zimbabwe". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN Sports Media. 23 November 2004. Retrieved 27 February 2014.
2. Williamson, Martin (25 November 2004). "Tour resumes as Zimbabwe lift ban". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN Sports Media. Retrieved 27 February 2014.
3. "England refuse compensation demands". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN Sports Media. 3 December 2004. Retrieved 27 February 2014.
4. "Harmison opts out of Zimbabwe tour". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN Sports Media. 19 September 2004. Retrieved 27 February 2014.
5. ^ "Flintoff and Trescothick stay at home". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN Sports Media. 28 September 2004. Retrieved 27 February 2014.
6. "Masakadza called up by Zimbabwe". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN Sports Media. 20 November 2004. Retrieved 27 February 2014.

External links

• England tour of Zimbabwe, 2004/05 at ESPNcricinfo

• 2004 in English cricket
• 2004 in Zimbabwean cricket
• English cricket tours of Zimbabwe
• Zimbabwean cricket seasons from 2000–01
• International cricket competitions in 2004–05