England Cruise To Victory Over Zimbabwe

Trescothick (118) treated the opposing attack with contempt, and he and Nasser Hussain (75) farmed the change bowlers around in a record stand of 141 to build the platform for 298 for eight.

Hoggard then hit Zimbabwe with a triple blow as he removed Alistair Campbell, Grant Flower and Dion Ebrahim.

The Yorkshireman bowled out his 10 overs straight off to finish with figures of three for 25 and then Ronnie Irani chipped in with four wickets in the middle of the innings.

His first was the crucial one, removing Andy Flower (44), whose leading edge looped to Jeremy Snape, and he followed up with the dismissals of Stuart Carlisle, Guy Whittall and Douglas Hondo to end Zimbabwe's chances.

Heath Streak cracked an unbeaten 50 off 58 balls but his side limped to 190 for nine.

England now face India on Sunday to decide who goes through to the semi-finals.