25/08Result
1st Match, Zimbabwe Triangular Series at Harare, Aug 25 2014
Australia won by 198 runs
Player of the Match
Mitchell Marsh
Mitchell MarshAustralia
25/08Result
1st Match, Zimbabwe Triangular Series at Harare, Aug 25 2014
Australia won by 198 runs
Player of the Match
Mitchell Marsh
Mitchell MarshAustralia

  • Australia Innings

    BATSMEN
    R
    B
    M
    4s
    6s
    SR
    AJ Finch
    67
    79
    118
    5
    3
    84.81
    29.3 Finch has smoked this straight to backward square leg, this was set to disappear too, overpitched, on the pads, Finch bent for the sweep, and powered it to the fielder 145/2
    BJ Haddin †
    46
    58
    74
    2
    2
    79.31
    18.3 uh oh, unfortunate way to go, Haddin defends this short of a length ball, it drops onto the pitch, bounces and as it comes down, it disodges the leg bail 98/1
    MR Marsh
    89
    83
    108
    7
    4
    107.22
    45.2 the stand ends at a blistering 109 off 54 as Marsh fails to clear long on with this slower length ball 287/4
    GJ Bailey (c)
    14
    21
    26
    1
    0
    66.66
    36.2 Utseya has done superbly to hold on to this catch, Bailey had charged out inside the line and had a heave, sliced it behind point, from where Utseya set after it, Nyumbu tore in from short third man, it wasn't a head-on collision, but they did dash into each other, Utseya seems to have hurt himself 178/3
    GJ Maxwell
    93
    46
    50
    9
    5
    202.17
    47.4 does not matter what the format is, Maxwell loves the 90s, he cranked up for another six, this was pitched up and he connected too, but sent it soaring high up, long off does superbly to judge it and goes down with the take 317/6
    SPD Smith
    1
    1
    7
    0
    0
    100
    46.4 makes room and cracks it straight to mid off, Smith is half way up for the single, and Raza sends him back with a direct hit 298/5
    JP Faulkner
    not out
    5
    5
    18
    1
    0
    100
    MG Johnson
    not out
    20
    10
    13
    2
    1
    200
    Extras
    15 (b 1, lb 4, nb 3, w 7)
    TOTAL
    350/6 (50 Overs, RR: 7)
    Did not bat: MA Starc, KW Richardson, NM Lyon
    Fall of wickets: 1-98 (Brad Haddin, 18.3 ov), 2-145 (Aaron Finch, 29.3 ov), 3-178 (George Bailey, 36.2 ov), 4-287 (Mitchell Marsh, 45.2 ov), 5-298 (Steven Smith, 46.4 ov), 6-317 (Glenn Maxwell, 47.4 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
    T Panyangara716809.71217411
    TL Chatara907728.55288332
    J Nyumbu806418234400
    SC Williams1015915.9303210
    E Chigumbura603315.5213100
    P Utseya1014404.4322110

  • Zimbabwe Innings

    BATSMEN
    R
    B
    M
    4s
    6s
    SR
    TMK Mawoyo
    1
    6
    5
    0
    0
    16.66
    1.2 given straightaway! Starc strikes on his second ball. He pitched it right on middle stump on length and Mawoyo was struck on the front pad by the delivery that came in slightly as he was stuck to his crease 1/1
    Sikandar Raza
    33
    40
    60
    5
    0
    82.5
    13.6 Lyon's broken the stand with a soft dismissal! He pitched it up on off and Raza went down on a knee to sweep it straight to backward square leg in the circle to Mitchell Marsh. Raza drops his head in disappointment but he has to walk back after a useful stand 64/2
    H Masakadza
    70
    91
    142
    6
    1
    76.92
    33.3 gone this time! He was coming down the track too often and this time the turn beat him past the slog he tried and was way down the track when Haddin stumped him 138/7
    BRM Taylor
    10
    14
    21
    2
    0
    71.42
    18.3 gone! This one was on a similar length to the previous ball, but it bounced a lot more, and he pushed at it without really looking to do anything in particular. It was halfway uppercut, halfway dab, and the ball bounced out of Finch's upraised hands at first slip before he recovered to cling on, tumbling all the way 83/3
    E Chigumbura (c)
    0
    11
    13
    0
    0
    0
    21.1 the short ball has worked! Faulkner banged it in as Chigumbura pulled but only managed a leading edge high in the air, Haddin went back a few steps and pouched it in his gloves 86/4
    SC Williams
    1
    4
    5
    0
    0
    25
    22.1 strikes first ball of the new spell! It was angling away from Williams from back of length and he pushed it off the back foot straight to cover for an easy catch as if it was a fielding drill. Five down now Zimbabwe 88/5
    R Mutumbami †
    11
    24
    27
    1
    0
    45.83
    29.3 loud appeal for lbw and it's given! Mutumbami shuffled across towards off, the ball pitched on off and turned in to hit him in front of the stumps and the finger went up 117/6
    P Utseya
    9
    27
    36
    0
    0
    33.33
    37.4 he hands a simple catch to mid-on from outside off! It turned away again from the batsman, Utseya went back to pull it but failed to middle it and handed an easy one to Starc at mid-on 144/9
    T Panyangara
    1
    9
    14
    0
    0
    11.11
    36.6 what a yorker, the stumps go flying! It was coming in sharply with the angle, Panyangara tried to defend but it went right through him and sent the middle and leg stumps for a walk 144/8
    J Nyumbu
    1
    6
    10
    0
    0
    16.66
    39.3 it's all over now, Smith takes three! It was pitched up on middle and leg, Nyumbu went for a slog and a leading edge ballooned to point for an easy catch to end the match 152/10
    TL Chatara
    not out
    6
    5
    7
    1
    0
    120
    Extras
    9 (lb 2, w 7)
    TOTAL
    152 all out (39.3 Overs, RR: 3.84)
    Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Tino Mawoyo, 1.2 ov), 2-64 (Sikandar Raza, 13.6 ov), 3-83 (Brendan Taylor, 18.3 ov), 4-86 (Elton Chigumbura, 21.1 ov), 5-88 (Sean Williams, 22.1 ov), 6-117 (Richmond Mutumbami, 29.3 ov), 7-138 (Hamilton Masakadza, 33.3 ov), 8-144 (Tinashe Panyangara, 36.6 ov), 9-144 (Prosper Utseya, 37.4 ov), 10-152 (John Nyumbu, 39.3 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
    MG Johnson62711.16321000
    MA Starc612323.83260140
    KW Richardson522805.6205020
    MR Marsh501513211000
    NM Lyon714226206000
    JP Faulkner601913.16211000
    SPD Smith4.301633.55171000

Match Notes

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A solitary victory

1

Number of times in 28 ODIs that Zimbabwe have beaten Australia - in the 1983 World Cup, their first ever ODI

A rare occurrence

5

This is only the fifth instance of a team scoring 350 without a batsman making a hundred