Reports and comment from Trent Bridge:Sky Sports has switched over to the second women’s T20 between England and the West Indies (you can too with Rob Smyth).That means I don’t have quotes to pull from the TV.So with that, I’ll sign off and thank you for your company.Zimbabwe’s batters have ensured we’ll get some cricket tomorrow and rain might even see us get some on Sunday.Have a lovely evening wherever you may be.

That’ll be that for the day.Opener Curran is not-out on 4 with Williams – who clobbered two fours and collected two twos in that final over from Tongue – will resume tomorrow on 22.Zimbabwe are following on, 270 runs behind, but they had a much better day today.Bennett scored his country’s fastest ever ton when he struck 139 off 143 balls.Two quick wickets for England in the fading light means they’re well on top heading into day three.

9th over: Zimbabwe 17-2 (Curran 4, Williams 9) Bashir into the attack,I think he’ll only get this one over though,Just two singles from it,8th over: Zimbabwe 15-2 (Curran 3, Williams 8) Tongue’s extra pace and slightly shorter length has the ball lifting awkwardly,That saw Ervine caught at short leg and also caused Williams some discomfort.

But the new batter was off the mark with a clipped four down to fine leg and then picked up another boundary with a lovely flick through midwicket,An eventful over that doubled both the runs and wickets tallies,The bowling change works! Tongue into the attack and he pounds a back of a length lifter that Ervine can’t control,He hops back in his crease and pops a simple catch to Pope at forward short leg,7th over: Zimbabwe 6-1 (Curran 2, Ervine 2) It’s hardly Bazball.

Just a single from this Cook over, operating round the wicket, hoping to get one to straighten,One is a little too straight and Curran can tuck it down the leg side for a single,We’ve reached that point in the game where we’re talking about fashion,Well, at least Brian Baldwin is:“At what point do Stokes, Pope, Duckett, ‘et al’ start wearing the sunglasses perched on their caps or is that not part of their sponsorship deals?”6th over: Zimbabwe 5-1 (Curran 1, Ervine 2) A maiden from Atkinson,No half chances, no loose balls.

Show this to your friends who can’t understand why we’re all happy watching five days of Test cricket,5th over: Zimbabwe 5-1 (Curran 1, Ervine 2) Suddenly the ball is doing bits,One shoots low, another lifts off the surface,One from Cook, round the wicket to the lefty Curran, grips and straightens and beats the outside edge,There’s a review for lbw, but it hit Curran outside the line and clipped his bat.

Still, lovely bowling.England will want at least two more before the close I reckon.4th over: Zimbabwe 4-1 (Curran 1, Ervine 1) Atkinson is pumped.The big wicket of Bennett has given him a spring in his step as he welcomes Ervine to the crease with a nasty bouncer.The new man manages to prod it away and get off the mark.

Plumb! Just as I said that the pitch was looking like a road, Atkinson gets one to shoot low and thwacks Bennett below the role.He was rising with what he thought was going to be conventional bounce, but couldn’t get his bat down in time.The batters review but more in hope.That was crashing into leg stump.Zimbabwe’s centurion from the first dig is out for a single digit score.

3rd over: Zimbabwe 3-0 (Bennett 1, Curran 1) Bennett is off the mark with clip off his pads through midwicket.Cook is probing away but the pitch has definitely flattened out.Looks a bit of a road late in the day.2nd over: Zimbabwe 2-0 (Bennett 0, Curran 1) A maiden to start from Atkinson.Good to full lengths, encouraging Curran to get on the front foot.

The lefty nails a straight drive but picks out mid-off.1st over: Zimbabwe 2-0 (Bennett 0, Curran 1) A single off Bennett’s pads and one off Curran’s bat, Zimbabwe are up and running, safely navigating that proving first over from Cook who held a nibbly line and length throughout.We’re back.Bennett is back out there having made a sensational hundred.But now he has to get in again against the new ball.

Cook has it in his hands,Stokes wastes no time in making his decision,Cook has bowled 17 overs, Atkinson 13, Tongue 13 and Bashir 16,But there’s not long to go today and a good night’s sleep will have them fresh tomorrow morning,Atkinson closes out the innings.

He castles Muzarabani for 12 by pegging back his off stump.Nyauchi is left not-out on 0.Just the nine wickets to fall but Ngavara won’t bat after picking up an injury in the field yesterday.63rd over: Zimbabwe 265-8 (Muzarabani 12, Nyachi 0) Big Muz leans back and spanks a straight back-foot drive through Bashir’s legs for four.Was it a catch? Would have been a helluva grab.

His injured finger meant he wasn’t keen.Three more runs and three dot balls sees out the over.62nd over: Zimbabwe 258-8 (Muzarabani 5, Nyauchi 0) Just one wicket needed thanks to Atkinson’s strike.He’s on the board now which means all of England’s bowlers will leave with something to show for their toil.Will Stokes enforce the follow on? If you’re asking me, I reckon he will.

A successful review for England! Atkinson’s yorker seemed to hit bat and pad at the same time,This he on field decision was not-out but Stokes figured it was worth a look,He was vindicated,Before meeting the full face of Chivanga’s bat, the ball brushed the front pad,England need just one wicket to wrap up this innings as the injured Ngarava won’t bat.

61st over: Zimbabwe 257-7 (Muzarabani 4, Chivanga 2) We’re in a bit of a lull at the moment,Bashir continues and is testing both edges,Muzarabani gets inside the line of one and manages to free his arms enough to squirt a single to the off side,60th over: Zimbabwe 256-7 (Muzarabani 3, Chivanga 2) Chivanga survives this maiden from Atkinson, though he tried his best not to,Atkinson banged a few halfway down and the right handed batter seemed intent on providing catching practice for the slips.

Only he couldn’t make contact with his pokes and steers,Stokes burned a review when there was the suggestion of a noise as the ball passed the bat,But clear daylight between leather and willow snuffed that out quick,Chivanga wore a bouncer but is there to continue to the fight,Drinks.

Can Zimbabwe survive til the close?59th over: Zimbabwe 256-7 (Muzarabani 3, Chivanga 2) A single for the long limbed Muzarabani before Bashir gives it some air to Chivanga,I’d like to see more of that from the spinner,This floater is swatted with venom by Chivanga, but it’s straight to the man sweeping on the off side,58th over: Zimbabwe 254-7 (Muzarabani 2, Chivanga 1) A maiden from Atkinson,Chivanga safely behind it bit not quite skilful enough to work the single.

57th over: Zimbabwe 254-7 (Muzarabani 2, Chivanga 1) A handy three-for for Bashir, who now has more Test wickets this summer than he’s managed in first class cricket all season.Funny ol’ game this, eh? Muzarabani heaves a high slog into the deep on the leg side but finds a big gap and collects two.The new man Chivanga is off the mark with a dinked drive to deep point.A beauty from Bashir.A perfect off-spinner’s wicket to the right hander.

Flight and drift and just the right pace and length, Tsiga goes searching for it with a drive which leaves a gap between bat and pad.The ball bites in the surface and turns sharply towards the stumps.Zimbabwe are falling fast.56th over: Zimbabwe 251-6 (Tsiga 22, Muzarabani 0) Tsiga is going to play some shots now.He’s clearly capable, judging from that glorious pick up for four past square leg.

Atikinson, back into the attack, doesn’t like that treatment so starts banging in some short balls.Tsiga eases a single which brings Muzarabani on strike who is going to swing as hard as he can.No connection this time though.55th over: Zimbabwe 246-6 (Tsiga 17, Muzarabani 0) A wicket maiden from Tongue who bagged the big wicket to get on the board.Muzarabani, the new man, doesn’t look long for this innings.

He has shoes made of concrete and is wafting away from his body.I can’t see him hanging about.And repeat.Bennett leaves the middle to a standing ovation.That was a tremendous knock but a pretty tame end.

Tongue banged it in short and for some reason, Bennett looked really uncomfortable against the bumper from round the wicket,He hopped up and poked at it, spooning it up straight to Pope,After a brief pause to check if the ball was legal, Tongue could celebrate,54th over: Zimbabwe 246-5 (Bennett 139, Tsiga 17) After all the drama from the previous over, Tsiga takes the sting out of it by blocking a maiden from Cook,53rd over: Zimbabwe 246-5 (Bennett 139, Tsiga) It was so close to being perfect for Stokes and England.

Scrapping the ploy to bowl straight with catchers either side of the wicket, Tongue went round the wicket to hammer it halfway down the track.Bennett was comfortably ducking until the last ball that was perfectly directed.Bennett fended and Pope, who had just moved into the position at short leg, held onto to a stunning one-handed grab.But it was a no-ball!Another life for Bennett! It was so nearly the perfect bit of captaincy from Stokes, who brought in a short leg under the lid for the final ball of the over.Tongue banged it in, Bennett fended it and Pope took a spectacular catch with a full length dive.

But the extra effort meant Tongue overstepped and Bennett survives.52nd over: Zimbabwe 245-5 (Bennett 139, Tsiga 17) Cook has settled onto a good length, getting heaps of praise from the Sky commentators.But he soon over pitches and Bennett, driving like a prime Michael Schumacher, lashes another boundary down the ground.That’s followed by a bumper that Bennett meets with the cue end of his bat from a pull shot that squirts for a single.51st over: Zimbabwe 240-5 (Bennett 134, Tsiga 17) Tsiga rises with the bounce off Tongue and steers it behind point for four