21.   Butcher had looked by far the most comfortable of the England batsmen on a gradually wearing wicket against the ominous leg spinner Shane Warne.

22.   But when leg spinner Shane Warne achieved that against Zimbabwe Friday, his captain thought the performance could have been better.

23.   Campbell won some consolation ahead of the match when injured leg spinner Paul Strang came out for nets Tuesday and seemed ready to play again.

24.   Capt. Alastair Campbell preferred Adam Huckle to Paul Strang as leg spinner.

25.   Cairns hit three sixes, two off leg spinner Shane Warne, one of them disappearing in a ditch over long-off outside the ground.

26.   Campbell struck a nicely timed straight drive off Srinath, steered leg-spinner Anil Kumble before lofting the leg spinner to the mid-wicket fence for four runs.

27.   Cronje, the hometown hero, hit three soaring sixes and six boundaries until he top edged a catch off leg spinner Stuart Law.

28.   Cullinan has struggled to play the leg spinner in previous matches between the two countries.

29.   Earlier on, leg spinner Shane Warne triggered the collapse, removing Cullinan and Bacher in successive overs.

30.   Earlier, leg spinner Mushtaq Ahmed trapped Herschelle Gibbs legs before for four runs.