Zimbabwe captain Craig Ervine won the toss and opted to bowl first against England in the One-Off four-day Test match at Trent Bridge in Nottingham, where the skies are overcast, but the summer has remained dry so far. (Live Blog)
The match will start at 3:30 PM IST.
England Vs Zimbabwe Playing XIs:
England: Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Ben Stokes (c), James Smith (wk), Gus Atkinson, Josh Tongue, Sam Cook, Shoaib Bashir
Zimbabwe: Ben Curran, Brian Bennett, Craig Ervine(c), Sean Williams, Sikandar Raza, Wessly Madhevere, Tafadzwa Tsiga(w), Richard Ngarava, Blessing Muzarabani, Tanaka Chivanga, Victor Nyauchi
The match introduces 26-year-old Essex seamer Sam Cook, who makes his Test debut for England. Also included in the playing XI is off-spinner Shoaib Bashir.
"I'm obviously very excited about getting the nod and getting out there. It's any young cricketer's dream to pull on the Test shirt for England. So it's something hopefully that comes to fruition and I'm really, really looking forward to it," said Cook ahead of his debut.
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The England vs Zimbabwe one-off Test will be broadcast live on the Sony Sports TEN Network in India. The live streaming will be available on Sony LIV & Fancode in India.
