England tour lurches into disaster zone

The Independent - London | December 6, 1996| | Copyright

Cricket

England 197 & 180 Mashonaland 280 & 98-3 Mashonaland win by 7 wkts

England's tour of Zimbabwe reached an early crisis point here yesterday as the humiliating seven-wicket defeat against Mashonaland brought into sharp focus the huge problems facing the team. This winter's tour of Zimbabwe and New Zealand is intended to produce and forge a side capable of taking the Ashes back from Australia next summer. But, 10 days into the trip, two matches have been lost and almost everything has gone wrong for an England side short on confidence and inspiration and arguably denied proper preparation ...

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