TestNo. 1663Men

Zimbabwe v Australia

Australia won by 9 wickets

Zimbabwe tour of Australia, Match 217 October 2003 to 20 October 2003Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney

Zimbabwebatted first

308 & 26691.5 ov

Australia

403 & 172/129.1 ov

Zimbabwe won the toss and chose to batPlayer of the match RT Ponting

Zimbabwe innings

308107.2 ov

Zimbabwe batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
DD Ebrahim	b B Lee	9	12	2	0	75.0
TR Gripper	c AC Gilchrist b AJ Bichel	15	32	2	0	46.9
MA Vermeulen	lbw b BA Williams	17	32	2	0	53.1
SV Carlisle	c RT Ponting b AJ Bichel	118	213	15	2	55.4
CB Wishart	c AC Gilchrist b BA Williams	14	62	1	0	22.6
T Taibu	c AC Gilchrist b GB Hogg	27	70	5	0	38.6
HH Streak	lbw b GB Hogg	14	89	1	0	15.7
GM Ewing	c DR Martyn b B Lee	2	5	0	0	40.0
AM Blignaut	not out	38*	72	7	0	52.8
RW Price	c BA Williams b AJ Bichel	20	46	3	0	43.5
NB Mahwire	c AC Gilchrist b AJ Bichel	6	20	1	0	30.0
Extras	b 4, lb 12, w 3, nb 9	28
Total	all out, 107.2 overs, run rate 2.87	308

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 410

1-15 DD Ebrahim2-45 TR Gripper3-47 MA Vermeulen4-95 CB Wishart5-151 T Taibu6-218 HH Streak7-222 GM Ewing8-243 SV Carlisle9-296 RW Price10-308 NB Mahwire

Bowling to Zimbabwe
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Wd	Nb
B Lee	23	5	78	2	3.39	109	12	0	0	5
BA Williams	23	6	58	2	2.52	112	8	0	1	1
AJ Bichel	24.2	7	66	4	2.71	118	9	0	1	3
GB Hogg	23	8	49	2	2.13	115	6	0	1	0
SR Waugh	4	0	7	0	1.75	19	0	0	0	0
SM Katich	7	0	25	0	3.57	33	2	2	0	0
DR Martyn	3	1	9	0	3.00	15	2	0	0	0

Australia innings

403103.2 ov

Australia batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
JL Langer	c HH Streak b AM Blignaut	2	4	0	0	50.0
ML Hayden	c SV Carlisle b AM Blignaut	20	39	3	0	51.3
RT Ponting	b RW Price	169	249	23	2	67.9
DR Martyn	lbw b RW Price	32	50	3	0	64.0
SR Waugh	c SV Carlisle b RW Price	61	98	9	0	62.2
SM Katich	b RW Price	52	86	8	0	60.5
AC Gilchrist	b HH Streak	20	25	2	1	80.0
GB Hogg	c DD Ebrahim b RW Price	13	39	0	0	33.3
AJ Bichel	c CB Wishart b AM Blignaut	5	15	1	0	33.3
B Lee	not out	6*	17	1	0	35.3
BA Williams	c & b RW Price	7	11	0	0	63.6
Extras	lb 2, w 1, nb 13	16
Total	all out, 103.2 overs, run rate 3.90	403

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 410

1-7 JL Langer2-51 ML Hayden3-148 DR Martyn4-283 SR Waugh5-306 RT Ponting6-347 AC Gilchrist7-375 GB Hogg8-384 SM Katich9-394 AJ Bichel10-403 BA Williams

Bowling to Australia
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Wd	Nb
HH Streak	20.5	3	83	1	3.98	90	11	0	1	1
AM Blignaut	20	2	83	3	4.15	93	11	0	0	6
NB Mahwire	10	1	61	0	6.10	38	9	0	0	6
RW Price	41.3	6	121	6	2.92	193	10	3	0	0
GM Ewing	11	1	53	0	4.82	45	9	0	0	0

Zimbabwe innings

26691.5 ov

Zimbabwe batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
DD Ebrahim	c SM Katich b BA Williams	0	4	0	0	0.0
TR Gripper	c ML Hayden b SM Katich	47	87	8	0	54.0
MA Vermeulen	c SR Waugh b BA Williams	48	70	8	0	68.6
SV Carlisle	c BA Williams b SM Katich	5	10	1	0	50.0
CB Wishart	st AC Gilchrist b SM Katich	45	89	7	0	50.6
T Taibu	c RT Ponting b SM Katich	35	150	4	0	23.3
HH Streak	run out (SM Katich, AC Gilchrist)	25	50	5	0	50.0
GM Ewing	c AC Gilchrist b GB Hogg	0	5	0	0	0.0
AM Blignaut	c BA Williams b SM Katich	44	63	7	1	69.8
RW Price	lbw b SM Katich	0	14	0	0	0.0
NB Mahwire	not out	1*	13	0	0	7.7
Extras	b 6, lb 5, w 1, nb 4	16
Total	all out, 91.5 overs, run rate 2.90	266

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 410

1-0 DD Ebrahim2-93 MA Vermeulen3-103 SV Carlisle4-114 TR Gripper5-176 CB Wishart6-212 HH Streak7-216 GM Ewing8-230 T Taibu9-244 RW Price10-266 AM Blignaut

Bowling to Zimbabwe
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Wd	Nb
BA Williams	16	8	56	2	3.50	78	11	0	1	0
AJ Bichel	19	5	64	0	3.37	92	10	0	0	3
GB Hogg	31	9	70	1	2.26	151	9	1	0	1
SM Katich	25.5	3	65	6	2.52	124	10	0	0	0

Australia innings

172/129.1 ov

Australia batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
JL Langer	c T Taibu b HH Streak	8	23	0	0	34.8
ML Hayden	not out	101*	85	11	3	118.8
RT Ponting	not out	53*	71	8	0	74.6
Extras	b 3, lb 3, nb 4	10
Total	1 wicket, 29.1 overs, run rate 5.90	172

Did not batDR Martyn, SR Waugh, SM Katich, AC Gilchrist, GB Hogg, AJ Bichel, B Lee, BA Williams

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 410

1-21 JL Langer

Bowling to Australia
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Nb
HH Streak	9	1	46	1	5.11	35	7	0	0
AM Blignaut	4	0	35	0	8.75	14	5	0	4
RW Price	12.1	0	63	0	5.18	39	7	1	0
TR Gripper	1	0	2	0	2.00	4	0	0	0
GM Ewing	3	0	20	0	6.67	11	0	2	0

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Player of the match

RT PontingAustralia

169off 249 balls, 23 fours and 2 sixes, strike rate 67.9

Match facts

Format: Test No. 1663
Competition: Zimbabwe tour of Australia
Toss: Zimbabwe, chose to bat
Umpires: BF Bowden and S Venkataraghavan
TV umpire: PD Parker
Match referee: GR Viswanath
Season: 2003/04

Conditions

The day's weather at the ground.

Day 1: 19 / 16°C, 0.5 mm rain
Day 2: 22 / 16°C, 2.3 mm rain
Day 3: 25 / 16°C, 10.5 mm rain
Day 4: 20 / 14°C, 0.8 mm rain

GET/v1/matches/2003-10-17-zimbabwe-v-australia/scorecard200

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  "result": "Australia won by 9 wickets",
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    { "team": "Australia", "runs": 403, "wickets": 10 },
    { "team": "Zimbabwe", "runs": 266, "wickets": 10 },
    { "team": "Australia", "runs": 172, "wickets": 1 }
  ],
  "batting": [ ... 36 rows ... ],
  "bowling": [ ... 21 rows ... ]
}

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