• England's 265 for 6 was one of their better chases in recent times. Since they made 239 for 7 to win the Sharjah final in 1997-98, they have had to chase more than 225 on 15 occasions - and today was only the third time that they had won. The other two included England's biggest successful run-chase - 306 for 5 against Pakistan at Karachi in 2000-01 - and the other was against Bangladesh. • This was the highest England one-day total not to include an individual half-century, previously 246 for 7 at Brisbane in 1990-91.

• Fifteen of England's last 17 one-day victories have come when they have fielded first.

• The partnership of 130 between Andy Flower and Heath Streak is the highest for the seventh wicket in one-day international history. The previous best was 124, added by Yousuf Youhana and Rashid Latif for Pakistan against Australia at Cardiff last summer. The previous best 7th wicket partnership for Zimbabwe was the 91-run stand between Andy Flower and Guy Whittall, against South Africa in 1999-2000.

• Andy Flower's 142* equalled the highest score by a Zimbabwean in one-day internationals, made by his brother Grant against Bangladesh at Bulawayo in 2000-01 and by Dave Houghton against New Zealand at Hyderabad in 1987-88. Strangely, both Flowers took 128 deliveries to make their 142s.

• Andy Flower is the first Zimbabwean to score a one-day hundred against England. His score surpasses Neil Johnson's previous highest, the 97 he made at Cape Town in 1999-2000, and his own highest score against England, 63 on this ground in the second ODI in 1996-97.

• Flower's 142 comprised 54.4% of Zimbabwe's total. It is the sixth time a Zimbabwean batsman has scored over 50% of his side's total. The highest was Houghton's 142 at Hyderabad, which accounted for 59.41% of Zimbabwe's 239.

• It was also Flower's first one-day hundred in Zimbabwe, and his third in all. He made 115* on debut, against Sri Lanka at New Plymouth in the 1992 World Cup, and 120* against the same opponents at Sharjah in 2000-01.

• Zimbabwe's total of 261 for 7 was their highest in ODIs against England, surpassing the 249 for 7 they made on this ground in 1996-97.

• Matthew Hoggard took only the tenth one-day five-for by an England bowler, five of which have been against Zimbabwe. His figures of 5 for 49 were also the most expensive five-for by an England bowler, and he improved his best bowling for the third consecutive match. He took 2 for 25 and 3 for 37 in the first two games.

• Heath Streak's 56 was his first fifty in ODIs against England - his previous highest score was 43* on this ground in 1996-97 - and his fourth in all.

• Ryan Sidebottom and Paul Collingwood became the fifth and sixth England bowlers to take their first ODI wicket on this tour. Matthew Hoggard, James Kirtley, Jeremy Snape and Mark Ramprakash all did so in the first match on Wednesday.

• Three runs in three innings for Grant Flower, and he is in the midst of a shocking run against England. In his last 13 international innings against England he has scored only 123 runs, and nine of the 13 knocks have mustered five or less.

• Paul Collingwood and Andy Flintoff added 72 for the fifth wicket, a record for England in one-dayers against Zimbabwe. The previous best was the partnership of 64 between Alec Stewart and Graeme Hick at Sydney in 1994-95.

• Collingwood's 36 was his highest one-day score. Before today he had managed 20 runs in four innings, with a highest score of 9 against Australia at Old Trafford last summer.

• Nasser Hussain and Jeremy Snape added an unbroken 41 for the seventh wicket, also a record for England in one-dayers against Zimbabwe, surpassing the 16 that Craig White and Mark Ealham added at Cape Town in 1999-2000.

• England recorded their sixth consecutive one-day win in Zimbabwe and their tenth in 11 matches between the sides.

• Zimbabwe have lost 10 one-dayers in a row, and excluding matches against Bangladesh they have lost their last 15.

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