India, Zimbabwe factfile

India and Zimbabwe clash in the first Test of a two-match series in Nagpur, from February 21. Both countries have met seven times, with India winning thrice and Zimbabwe twice. Two matches were drawn.

On their last trip to India, in November 2000, Zimbabwe lost the Test series 0-1 but not before Andy Flower defied the Indian attack to score a sparkling double century and earn his team a draw in the second Test.

Mohandas Menon presents a statistical outlook of the teams and players' performances in those matches.

MATCH SUMMARY
Num	Start date	End date	Venue	Result
1	18th Oct 1992	22nd Oct 1992	Harare	Drawn
2	13th March 1993	17th March 1993	Delhi	India inn &13
3	7th Oct 1998	10th Oct 1998	Harare	Zim 61 runs
4	18th Nov 2000	22nd Nov 2000	Delhi	India 7 wickets
5	25th Nov 2000	29th Nov 2000	Nagpur	Drawn
6	7th June 2001	10th June 2001	Bulawayo Q.C	India 8 wickets
7	15th June 2001	18th June 2001	Harare	Zim 4wickets

Note :India won 3 matches, while Zimbabwe two. Two matches were drawn

Highest Team Scores
For India :	609-6d	Nagpur	2000-01
For Zimbabwe :	503-6	Nagpur	2000-01

Lowest Team Scores
For India :	173	Harare	1998-99
For Zimbabwe :	173	Bulawayo	2001-02

Highest Indiviual Scores
For India (8 - 100's)
	Runs	Inn	Tst	Series	Venue
VG Kambli	227	1st	1st	1992-93	Delhi
SR Tendulkar	201*	1st	2nd	2000-01	Nagpur
RS Dravid	200*	1st	1st	2000-01	Delhi
RS Dravid	162	1st	2nd	2000-01	Nagpur
SR Tendulkar	122	1st	1st	2000-01	Delhi
RS Dravid	118	1st	1st	1998-99	Harare
SS Das	110	1st	2nd	2000-01	Nagpur
SV Manjrekar	104	1st	1st	1992-93	Harare
For Zimbabwe (6 - 100's)
	Runs	Inn	Tst	Series	Venue
A Flower	232*	2nd	2nd	2000-01	Nagpur
A Flower	183*	1st	1st	2000-01	Delhi
DL Houghton	121	1st	1st	1992-93	Harare
A Flower	115	1st	1st	1992-93	Delhi
GW Flower	106*	1st	2nd	2000-01	Nagpur
ADR Campbell	102	2nd	2nd	2000-01	Nagpur

TOP RUN-GETTERS
For India
Batsman	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	0
RS Dravid	5	8	3	732	200*	146.40	3	2	-
SR Tendulkar	7	11	2	664	201*	73.78	2	3	1
SS Das	4	7	1	411	110	68.50	1	4	-
For Zimbabwe
Batsman	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	0
A Flower	7	14	6	1035	232*	129.38	3	6	-
GW Flower	6	12	1	471	106*	42.82	1	4	3
ADR Campbell	7	14	0	405	102	28.93	1	2	2

HIGHEST PARTNERSHIPS FOR EACH WICKET
For India
	Wkt	Runs	Inn	Tst	Series	Venue
SS Das & S Ramesh	1st	72	1st	2nd	2000-01	Nagpur
SS Das & RS Dravid	2nd	155	1st	2nd	2000-01	Nagpur
RS Dravid & SR Tendulkar	3rd	249	st	2nd	2000-01	Nagpur
RS Dravid & SC Ganguly	4th	110*	2nd	1st	2000-01	Delhi
RS Dravid & SC Ganguly	5th	67	2nd	1st	1998-99	Harare
SV Manjrekar & Kapil Dev	6th	96	1st	1st	1992-93	Harare
RS Dravid & RR Singh	7th	44	1st	1st	1998-99	Harare
SS Dighe & Harbhajan Singh	8th	72	1st	1st	2001	Bulawayo Q.C
HK Badani & J Srinath	9th	19	2nd	2nd	2001	Harare
J Srinath & Harbhajan Singh	10th	40	2nd	1st	1998-99	Harare
For Zimbabwe
	Wkt	Runs	Inn	Tst	Series	Venue
GJ Rennie & CB Wishart	1st	138	2nd	1st	1998-99	Harare
GJ Whittall & SV Carlisle	2nd	101	1st	2nd	2000-01	Nagpur
SV Carlisle & ADR Campbell	3rd	119	1st	1st	2000-01	Delhi
ADR Campbell & A Flower	4th	209	2nd	2nd	2000-01	Nagpur
A Flower & GW Flower	5th	96	1st	2nd	2000-01	Nagpur
A Flower & DL Houghton	6th	165	1st	1st	1992-93	Harare
A Flower & HH Streak	7th	98*	2nd	2nd	2000-01	Nagpur
A Flower & BA Murphy	8th	46	1st	1st	2000-01	Delhi
AG Huckle & HK Olonga	9th	33<	1st<	1st	1998-99	Harare
A Flower & HK Olonga	10th	97*	1st	1st	2000-01	Delhi

MOST WICKETS IN AN INNINGS
For India
	Wkt	Runs	Inn	Tst	Series	Venue
J Srinath	5	60	2nd	1st	2000-01	Delhi
A Kumble	5	70	2nd	1st	1992-93	Delhi
For Zimbabwe
	Wkt	Runs	Inn	Tst	Series	Venue
HK Olonga	5	70	1st	1st	1998-99	Harare
AM Blignaut	5	74	2nd	2nd	2001	Harare
AJ Traicos	5	86	1st	1st	1992-93	Harare

Best in India
AJ Traicos	3	186	1st	1st	1992-93	Delhi

TOP WICKET-TAKERS
for India
	M	Balls	Md	Runs	W	Ave	Best	5	10	SR	R/o
J Srinath	6	1684	74	727	27	26.93	5/60	1	-	62.37	2.59
A Kumble	3	1079	47	383	18	21.28	5/70	1	-	59.94	2.13
Harbhajan Singh	3	832	32	339	13	26.08	4/71	-	-	64.00	2.45
A Nehra	2	454	11	217	11	19.73	4/72	-	-	41.27	2.87
for India
	M	Balls	Md	Runs	W	Ave	Best	5	10	SR	R/o
HH Streak	5	1080	52	472	18	26.22	4/46	-	-	60.00	2.62
AM Blignaut	2	479	20	251	9	27.89	5/74	1	-	53.22	3.14
HK Olonga	4	564	17	348	9	38.67	5/70	1	-	62.67	3.70
AJ Traicos	2	600	20	272	8	34.00	5/86	1	-	75.00	2.72