Andrew Flintoff celebrates a wicket

"I'll see what he's got to say and then report back," Hussain said afterwards.

He praised his side for improving on their performance in the opening game, with Matthew Hoggard picking up three wickets to earn the Man of the Match award.

"He's putting pressure on Darren Gough and Andrew Caddick, and that's the way it should be.

"We have three very good white-ball bowlers now and we will have to see if we'll be able to play them all together," said Hussain.

Kirtley backing

"We had a really good middle of their innings, kept taking wickets. Our fielding was a bit better, took some good catches, and I thought we batted exceptionally."

England have complained to the International Cricket Council over the way in which match referee Colonel Naushad Ali made concerns about Kirtley's bowling action public following the opening game.

Kirtley kept his mind on the job

"I think it's important procedures are followed and clearly they haven't been in this case," said England and Wales chief executive Tim Lamb.

"The whole thing hasn't been particularly well handled, and I feel sorry for James - no-one should be in any doubt about the seriousness of the charge of throwing against a bowler."

Zimbabwe Cricket Union chief executive David Ellman-Brown, speaking after the match, said he had received no official report on the matter.

Zimbabwe captain Heath Streak, meanwhile, was understandably disappointed by his side's efforts.

"We're just not playing good cricket and we've got to find something to pick ourselves up. It's hard when you've lost so many in a row.

"We played bad cricket in all departmemnts today. We should have scored a lot more than we did and we didn't bowl well to try and defend what we had on the board," he said.

They could also make changes for Sunday, with some of their younger players coming into contention.