England beat Zimbabwe in 3 days as Harry Brook takes jaw-dropping catch and Shoaib Bashir luggage six-wicket haul

Harry Brook took a jaw-dropping one-handed catch and Shoaib Bashir snared a six-wicket haul as England finished an innings-and-45-run victory over a dogged Zimbabwe inside of 3 days of the one-off Test at Trent Bridge.

Brook flung himself to his left and stuck a screamer in mid-air after captain Ben Stokes had discovered some additional soar to take the brink of Wessly Madhevere (31), with the bowler, identical to everyone else observing, surprised through the acrobatic take he had simply noticed.

Stokes’ face was once paying homage to Stuart Broad’s in this very flooring all the way through the 2015 Ashes, when Stokes himself had pouched a exceptional one-handed effort within the cordon off Broad whilst the now Sky Sports pundit was once razing Australia for 60 with 8-15.

Off-spinner Bashir was once England’s maximum prolific bowler on this innings, completing with figures of 6-81 and 9 wickets within the fit, because the hosts bowled Zimbabwe out for 255 of their 2d dig – Bashir finishing Raza’s hopes of a primary Test ton in 8 years when Brook took a law catch at slip, 45 mins after his impressive one.

Bashir had struck both sides of lunch to take away Sean Williams (88) and Ben Curran (37) after the ones batters had annoyed England within the morning consultation, extending their third-wicket stand to 122 after the away aspect resumed on 30-2 and 270 runs in the back of.

Williams, who smoked a 42-ball half-century as he feasted at the width he was once presented through the England quicks, was once lbw to Bashir, two overs after the similar bowler had noticed Curran overturn an lbw dismissal on 30 with the ball set to shoot over the stumps.

Stokes then stuck Curran on the 0.33 time of asking after shelling him off his personal bowling on 10 ahead of being not able to finish a jumping one-handed take at midwicket when the left-hander, on 29 on the time, went after a Josh Tongue quick ball.

Once Brook’s catch for the ages then snapped a 65-run 5th wicket stand between Madhevere and Raza, Bashir banished the latter, the decrease order and the tail, after all pinning Tanaka Chivanga (10) leg ahead of, as England earned themselves a day without work on Sunday – one they may be able to use observing Brook’s magic second on a loop.

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