England cruised to an eight-wicket win over Zimbabwe in the third one-day international and can claim a series sweep if they win on Sunday.

Vikram Solanki hit a delightful 100 off just 91 balls as Zimbabwe's score of 238-7 never looked sufficient on a Bulawayo pitch tailor-made for batting.

And Simon Jones had a good debut in one-day internationals as he took 2-43.

Zimbabwe's Stuart Matsikenyeri made his best score for his country of 73 and added two wickets with his leg-breaks.

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44th over: A Vaughan boundary gives England victory in the match and the series.

43rd over: Vaughan punches a Taylor full-toss through the covers for three. A single then brings up his 11th fifty in one-day cricket.

42nd over: Strauss charges Hondo, driving straight and hard down the ground for four. Vaughan follows up with a thick edge which beats third man.

41st over: England continue to find Taylor's gentle off-spin hard to negotiate as two runs are scored by Strauss.

40th over: Vaughan is squared up and beaten by a Hondo snorter as ther ball flies past his outside edge.

39th over: Both batsmen deal in singles off the pedestrian Taylor before Strauss picks the on-side gap for two.

38th over: Vaughan is surprisingly sedate against Hondo with victory in sight for England.

37th over: Taylor replaces the expired Utseya. Strauss welcomes him with a slog-swept boundary.

36th over: The batsmen take a quick single with Vaughan just in his ground as the shy from mid-on hits the stumps at the non-striker's end. Strauss then punches for two to bring up England's 200.

35th over: Vaughan places the ball well to take three off Utseya before Strauss survives a very good lbw shout playing across the line. Utseya's 10 overs are complete, 35 runs having been scored off his bowling.

34th over: Solanki holes out to long-off as Matsikenyeri claims his second wicket.
England 191-2 (Solanki 100)

33rd over: Solanki drives Utseya down to long on to go to his century.

32nd over: The fifty partnership comes up as Solanki moves to 99.

31st over: Utseya is hit for just two runs as England exercise caution.

30th over: The barrage of singles off the spinners continues.

29th over: The Vaughan-Solanki partnership is now worth 41 of 57 balls.

28th over: England move to 175-1 with singles off all six balls off Matsikenyeri's seventh over.

27th over: Vaughan and Solanki remain content to push singles.

26th over: Just three runs come off this Matsikeyeri over.

25th over: Utseya bowls a very tidy over.

24th over: England coast along to 161-1.

23rd over: Solanki hits Utseya for a massive straight six.

22nd over: Vaughan glances Matsikenyeri fine for four.

21st over: Utseya keeps new batsman Vaughan on a tight leash.

20th over: Bell, trying something different, edges an attempted late cut to wicket-keeper Taibu to give Matsikeyeri a wicket.
Zimbabwe 138-1 (Bell 53)

19th over: Four more singles are added off Utseya.

18th over: England can go through the motions now, and they comfortably take four more runs in singles off Matsikenyeri.

17th over: Utseya, also bowling spin, concedes six runs in his first over.

16th over: Matsikenyeri is brought into the attack to bowl spin, but he is easily milked for singles.

15th over: Bell adds three boundaries off Mpofu, including one stunning cover-drive on the up.

14th over: Bell launches into a fine off-drive for four off Hondo.

13th over: Mpofu is driven straight down the ground for six by the rampant Solanki.

12th over: Panyangara is driven through mid-wicket as Solanki registers the 14th boundary of his remarkable innings.

11th over: Solanki drives a straight ball from the new bowler Chigumbura just wide of mid-on for four. Two more boundaries follow as the Worcestershire man races to 54 off 39 balls.

10th over: Unbelievably, Solanki is dropped off consecutive Panyangara deliveries - Mpofu at mid-off and Taylor at short mid-wicket the culprits.

9th over: Utseya spills an easy chance at mid-on, Bell getting a life on 17, in a vastly-improved over from Hondo.

8th over: Solanki hits the eighth and ninth boundaries of his innings as he continues his murderous assault of the Zimbabwean bowlers, Mpofu the man under fire this time.

7th over: Solanki pulls Hondo's first ball for four, cuts his second for another boundary and cover-drives the fifth for a third.

6th over: Mpofu concedes four runs in all, with Bell twice hitting the ball for two.

5th over: Bell flicks a Panyangara half-volley high over square leg for an effortless six and drives a no-ball wide of mid-off for four. Finally, Solanki gets across his stumps to put Panyangara away on the leg-side for four.

4th over: Solanki slams Mpofu through the covers with a clinical cut shot worth four and ends the over with a back-foot drive for four more.

3rd over: Panyangara serves up a wide, a no-ball and six dot balls to a watchful Bell.

2nd over: Bell is off the mark with a single off Mpofu.

1st over: Panyangara opens the bowling, with Solanki on strike. He hits the last ball off the back foot through the covers for four.

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INNINGS BREAK

50th over: Utseya drives the last ball of the innings for four.

Jones collects his second wicket, Anderson running in from long-on to take the catch.
Zimbabwe 234-7 (Taibu 24)

Taibu hits Jones over mid-off for four.

49th over: Wharf strikes for the first time in the innings, Collingwood taking a comfortable catch at long-on to remove Ebrahim.
Zimbabwe 227-6 (Ebrahim 65)

Ebrahim pulls Wharf for four.

48th over: Giles finishes well, with 1-44 off his allocation.

47th over: The out-of-sorts Anderson is slogged mercilessly by Taibu for four over mid-wicket and ends wicketless from his 10 overs, which have cost 51.

46th over: Giles is re-introduced and he bowls Masakadaza leg stump, the batsman missing with a wild slog.
Zimbabwe 203-5 (Masakadza 21)

45th over: Anderson returns to the attack and is hit for runs off every ball in the over.

44th over: Masakadza drives the returning Wharf wide of mid-off for four in an over costing 10.

43rd over: Ebrahim gets to his fifty as Giles's eighth over costs six.

42nd over: Masakadza edges a drive off Jones for four in a much better over for Zimbabwe - 10 runs coming off it.

41st over: Masakadza gets off the mark in a Giles over costing just two.

40th over: Chigumbura is run out without facing a ball after a terrible misunderstanding with Ebrahim over a second run to deep square leg.
Zimbabwe 165-4 (Chigumbura 0)

Jones is back into the attack - Vermeulen takes a quick single into the covers but Collingwood pounces to throw down the stumps at the non-striker's end. The batsman is out by inches.
Zimbabwe 164-3 (Vermeulen 12)

39th over: Giles does his best to restrict the scoring and at least no boundaries are conceded.

38th over: Vermeulen smashes Vaughan over cow corner for four.

37th over: Giles is re-introduced to the attack and keeps Vermeulen and Ebrahim honest.

36th over: Matisikenyeri's innings is finally brought to an end as he top-edges a sweep straight to Anderson at short fine leg.
Zimbabwe 143-2 (Matsikenyeri 73)

35th over: Matisikenyeri creams an off-drive off Anderson for four.

34th over: Vaughan, who may get through an entire 10-over spell, once again keeps the scoring down, three runs off the over.

33rd over: Matsikenyeri cuts the returning Anderson for his sixth boundary in an over worth nine.

32nd over: Vaughan concedes just two runs from his fifth over.

31st over: Matsikenyeri chops Collingwood down to third man to notch his first half-century in one-day internationals. With the slip absent he late cuts the bowler for a cheeky boundary at the end of the over.

30th over: Vaughan continues, Zimbabwe moving to 111-1.

29th over: Collingwood begins a new spell and bowls a tight over which costs just two.

28th over: Giles misfields on the boundary to gift a boundary to Ebrahim.

27th over: A lofted drive by Matiskenyeri worth three brings up the fifty partnership.

26th over: The run rate is drifting again with just three runs coming off Vaughan's second over.

25th over: At the midway point of their innings, Zimbabwe are 90-1 and will need to push on now if they are to threaten a score of 250.

24th over: Vaughan relieves Jones and with spin on at both ends, Zimbabwe push the score on to 87-1.

23rd over: Ebrahim playes the reverse sweep perfectly off Giles to bring himself four runs.

22nd over: Jones bowls an accurate overand the score moves to 76-1.

21st over: Giles is introduced to the attack and his first over costs four.

20th over: Matsikenyeri cuts Jones over point for a majestic six a la Tendulkar.

19th over: A much better over from Collingwood yields just three runs.

18th over: Jones drops short and Ebrahim cuts him comfortably through the off-side for four.

17th over: Matsikenyeri chops Collingwood down to third man where Jones, after his wicket maiden, misfields on the rope to concede four runs. The batsman produces an on-drive later in the over for four more.

16th over: Taylor edges a forward defensive shot off Jones which lands safely in the gloves of the other Jones behind the stumps and England have their first wicket.
Zimbabwe 45-1 (Taylor 25)

15th over: Taylor drives Collingwood high over mid-on for four. The next two balls both cost two. Nine runs come off the over and the overall run rate soars to three.

14th over: Jones bowls his first over in one-day internationals, and looks sharp, although Matiskenyeri does drive one ball through the covers for the second boundary of the morning.

13th over: Collingwood is the first bowling change, and has Taylor in a real pickle, almost bowling him through the gate on one occasion with the extra bounce saving the batsman.

12th over: Anderson finds some movement into the right-handers but the breakthrough is not forthcoming.

11th over: On such a good wicket for batting, Zimbabwe's total of 27 at this stage looks under par.

10th over: Some quick singles move the total to 26-0.

9th over: Taylor is almost cleaned up attempting to hook a Wharf bouncer and narrowly avoids giving a catch to short mid-wicket off the next ball.

8th over: Zimbabwe gain their first boundary, Matisikenyeri cutting Anderson in front of point for four.

7th over: Wharf's fourth over produces four runs in all for Zimbabwe.

6th over: Anderson's radar is improving, but he cannot prevent one wide.

5th over: Wharf mixes it up a bit and sends down an accurate maiden to Taylor.

4th over: Anderson serves up two wides and a series of half-volleys which Taylor is unable to put away.

3rd over: Wharf is on the money again as Zimbabwe move their total to just four.

2nd over: Anderson gets some movement away from the bat and concedes just one run with a no-ball.

1st over: Wharf is given the new ball for the first time in his England career and gets plenty of bounce in an over costing two runs.

Zimbabwe: Stuart Matsikenyeri, Brendan Taylor, Tatenda Taibu (captain), Dion Ebrahim, Hamilton Masakadza, Elton Chigumbura, Mark Vermeulen, Tinashe Panyangara, Prosper Utseya, Chris Mpofu, Douglas Hondo.