Tests at Bulawayo (Queens Club ground)

Bulawayo is Zimbabwe's second largest city after Harare, and is the administrative and commercial centre of the district of Matabeleland in Western Zimbabwe. The city, which has a population of less than a million, was founded in 1893 when it was occupied as a mining settlement by the British South Africa Company. It is now also an important manufacturing centre and has a railway junction. The city was originally known as GuBulawayo, which in the local language means 'place of slaughter'.

Bulawayo has the distinction of hosting international matches at two separate grounds - the Queens Club and the Athletic Club. The latter, does not host international matches any more, while the former the Queens Club has seen first-class matches since 1909. Since October 1994, eight Test matches have been played at this ground, which has also hosted 13 limited-over international matches.

MATCH BY MATCH RESULTS

No	Start date	End date	Opponents	Result
1	20th Oct 1994	24th Oct 1994	Sri Lanka	drawn
2	7th Feb 1995	9th Feb 1995	Pakistan	Pak won by 8 wickets
3	18th Dec 1996	22nd Dec 1996	England	drawn
4	25th Sep 1997	29th Sep 1997	New Zealand	drawn
5	14th Mar 1998	18th Mar 1998	Pakistan	drawn
6	18th Nov 1999	22nd Nov 1999	Sri Lanka	drawn
7	12th Sep 2000	16th Sep 2000	New Zealand	NZ won by 7 wickets
8	19th Apr 2001	22nd Apr 2001	Bangladesh	Zim won by an innings & 32 runs

SUMMARY OF RESULTS

Team	P	W	L	D
v England	1	-	-	1
v New Zealand	2	-	1	1
v Pakistan	2	-	1	1
v Srilanka	2	-	-	2
v Bangladesh	1	1	-	-
for Zimbabwe	8	1	2	5

HIGHEST TEAM TOTALS

Total	For	Vs	Inn	Tst	Series
9/462	Zimbabwe	Sri Lanka	1st	2nd	1994-95
461	Zimbabwe	New Zealand	1st	2nd	1997-98
457	Zimbabwe	Bangladesh	1st	1st	2000-01

LOWEST TEAM TOTALS

Total	For	Vs	Inn	Tst	Series
119	Zimbabwe	New Zealand	2nd	1st	2000-01
146	Zimbabwe	Pakistan	2nd	2nd	1994-95

HIGHEST INDIVIDUAL SCORES
Hundreds (12)

Player	Runs	For	Vs	Inn	Tst	Series
DL Houghton	266	Zim	SL	1st	2nd	1994-95
MS Atapattu	216*	SL	Zim	1st	1st	1999-00
GJ Whittall	203*	Zim	NZ	1st	2nd	1997-98
MW Goodwin	166*	Zim	Pak	2nd	1st	1997-98
GW Flower	156*	Zim	Pak	1st	1st	1997-98
GJ Whittall	119	Zim	Ban	1st	1st	2000-01
N Hussain	113	Eng	Zim	1st	1st	1996-97
JP Crawley	112	Eng	Zim	1st	1st	1996-97
A Flower	112	Zim	Eng	1st	1st	1996-97
MJ Horne	110	NZ	Zim	1st	1st	2000-01
A Flower	100*	Zim	Pak	2nd	1st	1997-98
S Ranatunga	100*	SL	Zim	2nd	2nd	1994-95

HIGHEST PARTNERSHIPS FOR EACH WICKET

Players	Wkt	Runs	For	Vs	Inn	Tst	Series
GW Flower & GJ Rennie	1st	144	Zim	NZ	1st	2nd	1997-98
NV Knight & AJ Stewart	2nd	137	Eng	Zim	2nd	1st	1996-97
Javed Omer & Aminul Islam	3rd	84	Ban	Zim	1st	1st	2000-01
A Flower & GJ Whittall	4th	149	Zim	Ban	1st	1st	2000-01
MW Goodwin & A Flower	5th	277*	Zim	Pak	2nd	1st	1997-98
GW Flower & HH Streak	6th	120	Zim	Ban	1st	1st	2000-01
GW Flower & HH Streak	7th	109	Zim	Pka	1st	1st	1997-98
CZ Harris & DL Vettori	8th	112	NZ	Zim	1st	2nd	1997-98
AC Parore & DL Vettori	9th	78	NZ	Zim	1st	1st	2000-01
EZ Matambanadzo & GJ Whittall	10th	40	Zim	NZ	1st	2nd	1997-98

MOST WICKETS IN AN INNINGS BY A BOWLER

Player	Wkts	Runs	For	Vs	Inn	Tst	Series
PA Strang	8	109	Zim	NZ	1st	1st	2000-01
GP Wickramasinghe	6	60	SL	Zim	1st	1st	1999-00
Manjural Islam	6	81	Ban	Zim	1st	1st	2000-01
AG Huckle	6	111	Zim	NZ	1st	2nd	1997-98
CL Cairns	5	31	NZ	Zim	2nd	1st	2000-01
Wasim Akram	5	43	Pak	Zim	2nd	2nd	1994-95
HH Streak	5	70	Zim	Pak	1st	2nd	1994-95
AM Blignaut	5	73	Zim	Ban	1st	1st	2000-01
PJ Wiseman	5	90	NZ	Zim	1st	1st	2000-01
Waqar Younis	5	106	Pak	Zim	1st	1st	1997-98
PA Strang	5	123	Zim	Eng	1st	1st	1996-97
AG Huckle	5	146	Zim	NZ	2nd	2nd	1997-98

MOST WICKETS IN A MATCH BY A BOWLER

Player	Wkts	Runs	For	Vs	Tst	Series	1st	2nd
AG Huckle	11	257	Zim	NZ	2nd	1997-98	6/111	5/146
PA Strang	10	158	Zim	NZ	1st	2000-01	8/109	2/49

Test at Harare (Sports Club ground)
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by Mohandas Menon