Crik: Stewart and McGrath put England back on top

AAP Sports News (Australia), June, 2003

00-00-0000 Crik: Stewart and McGrath put England back on top

CHESTER-LE-STREET, England, June 5 Reuters - Alec Stewart and Anthony McGrath scored undefeated half-centuries to restore sanity to England's performance today as they reached 5-298 against Zimbabwe on the first day of the second cricket Test.

The pair put on 142 after the previously erratic Douglas Hondo had turned the game on its head by taking three middle-order wickets in an 11-ball spell during the afternoon.

Stewart, aged 40 and in his 128th match, and McGrath, in only his second, stuck to the basics after England, 1-0 up in the two-match series, had slumped from 1-109 to 5-156.

Stewart finished with 67 and his partner, who made 69 in his debut innings at...

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