The one-off Test at Trent Bridge marked England's first red-ball match since their tour of New Zealand in December. Shoaib Bashir starred as England wrapped up a comfortable innings and 45-run win, taking six wickets in the second innings to bowl Zimbabwe out for 255 after England enforced the follow-on.

Shoaib Bashir's six-wicket haul breaks Zimbabwe's feisty resistance and leads England to victory by an innings and 45 runs inside three days of the one-off Test.

The top three batters hit centuries as England posted a mammoth score of 498-3 on the first day of a one-off test against Zimbabwe.

Zimbabwe won the toss and put hosts England into bat on the opening day of the four-day test at a Trent Bridge on Thursday, with visiting captain Craig Ervine having no hesitation in deciding to bowl under cloudy skies.

Zimbabwe captain Craig Ervine said there was no better place to "test yourself as a cricketer" as he called for his side to be given more international fixtures in England.

England hammered Zimbabwe by an innings and 45 runs in a one-off Test at Trent Bridge on Saturday. Off-spinner Shoaib Bashir took a Test-best 6-81 as Zimbabwe, following-on, was dismissed for 255 on the third day in what was the African nation’s first Test in England in 22 years.

Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) chairman Tavengwa Mukuhlani has said the team's ongoing Test against England is a "defining moment" that "underscores the importance of inclusive participation in the game's most revered format.

Zimbabwe will end a 22-year Test cricket drought against powerhouse England after many discussions over the past decade amid a thorny relationship.

The 50-over World Cup is far older and has been competed for since back in 1975. Australia are the record winners having run out victorious on five occasions (1987, 1999, 2003, 2007 and 2015). England took the 2019 crown after a dramatic Ben Stokes-inspired super-over win over New Zealand at Lord's.

For England, the cricket test against Zimbabwe in Nottingham this week is little more than a warm-up match ahead of much sterner examinations to come.

BBC Sport pundit Phil Tuffnell joins the Zimbabwe fans on day two of the Test match between England and Zimbabwe at Trent Bridge.