England vs Zimbabwe Preview & Prediction | Test Match

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The first Test of England’s international summer sees Ben Stokes’s side take on Zimbabwe at Trent Bridge in a four-day contest.

Date/time:

Venue: Trent Bridge, Nottingham, England

Weather: Rain only expected on Day 3, with sporadic sunshine otherwise amid cloudy conditions and temperatures below 20c. 

How to watch: USA – Willow TV / UK – Sky Sports

England vs Zimbabwe prediction

England will be expected to start the home summer with a comfortable victory against Zimbabwe, whose preparation for this Test saw them lose a warm-up match by 138 runs vs a select county XI. Whilst the tourists do boast a couple of dangerous bowlers such as pacer Blessing Muzarabani, not to mention some experienced batters, England are superior in quality across all departments, even with a starting line-up missing some key players and including a debutant in Essex bowler Sam Cook.

After having starred in county cricket for many years, Cook is likely to make a big impact in this Test, but the sensible play would be to back a proven performer. Joe Root so often scores big for England in red ball cricket and on usually a good pitch at Trent Bridge, backing him to rack up a high number of runs across the four days has to be favoured.

England vs Zimbabwe tip: Joe Root to score over 76.5 match runs