NOTTINGHAM, England (AP) — Zimbabwe won the toss against England and chose to bowl first in their first cricket test in 22 years on Thursday at Trent Bridge.
The one-off four-day match will start under overcast skies. Rain is in the forecast in the weekend.
England's Joe Root may have a chance on Thursday to become the fifth batter to reach 13,000 test runs. He needs only 28 more to join Sachin Tendulkar, Ricky Ponting, Jacques Kallis and Rahul Dravid.
Fast bowler Sam Cook will make his test debut at 27 for England in an inexperienced attack.