SUMMARYFor two-phase ow models, upwind schemes are most often di cult do derive, and expensive to use. Centred schemes, on the other hand, are simple, but more dissipative. The recently proposed multistage (MUSTA) method is aimed at coming close to the accuracy of upwind schemes while retaining the simplicity of centred schemes. So far, the MUSTA approach has been shown to work well for the Euler equations of inviscid, compressible single-phase ow. In this work, we explore the MUSTA scheme for a more complex system of equations: the drift-ux model, which describes one-dimensional two-phase ow where the motions of the phases are strongly coupled. As the number of stages is increased, the results of the MUSTA scheme approach those of the Roe method. The good results of the MUSTA scheme are dependent on the use of a large-enough local grid. Hence, the main beneÿt of the MUSTA scheme is its simplicity, rather than CPU-time savings.