Australia v Zimbabwe
Australia won by 99 runs
VB Series, Match 211 January 2004Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
Australiabatted first
225/850 ov
Zimbabwetarget 226 in 50 overs
12637.3 ov
Australia won the toss and chose to batPlayer of the match BA Williams
Australia innings
225/850 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AC Gilchrist | c T Taibu b AM Blignaut | 34 | 44 | 5 | 0 | 77.3 |
| ML Hayden | b HH Streak | 14 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 38.9 |
| RT Ponting | c SV Carlisle b AM Blignaut | 21 | 31 | 2 | 1 | 67.7 |
| DR Martyn | c & b GW Flower | 21 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 123.5 |
| A Symonds | c DT Hondo b SM Ervine | 42 | 82 | 0 | 0 | 51.2 |
| MG Bevan | c & b GW Flower | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 42.9 |
| MJ Clarke | c V Sibanda b SM Ervine | 40 | 57 | 1 | 0 | 70.2 |
| IJ Harvey | c & b SM Ervine | 22 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 129.4 |
| AJ Bichel | not out | 11* | 13 | 0 | 0 | 84.6 |
| JN Gillespie | not out | 1* | 2 | 0 | 0 | 50.0 |
| Extras | lb 4, w 6, nb 6 | 16 | ||||
| Total | 8 wickets, 50 overs, run rate 4.50 | 225 | ||||
Did not batBA Williams
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 230
1-42 ML Hayden2-73 RT Ponting3-77 AC Gilchrist4-112 DR Martyn5-118 MG Bevan6-184 A Symonds7-192 MJ Clarke8-222 IJ Harvey
Zimbabwe innings chasing 226
12637.3 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| V Sibanda | c BA Williams b JN Gillespie | 7 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 43.8 |
| SV Carlisle | c ML Hayden b BA Williams | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 16.7 |
| MA Vermeulen | b BA Williams | 5 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 41.7 |
| GW Flower | lbw b BA Williams | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| S Matsikenyeri | c AC Gilchrist b BA Williams | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| T Taibu | c AC Gilchrist b A Symonds | 29 | 59 | 3 | 0 | 49.2 |
| HH Streak | st AC Gilchrist b MJ Clarke | 46 | 92 | 3 | 0 | 50.0 |
| SM Ervine | c RT Ponting b A Symonds | 14 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 82.4 |
| AM Blignaut | c RT Ponting b BA Williams | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 40.0 |
| RW Price | b JN Gillespie | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| DT Hondo | not out | 1* | 2 | 0 | 0 | 50.0 |
| Extras | b 1, lb 6, w 12 | 19 | ||||
| Total | all out, 37.3 overs, run rate 3.36 | 126 | ||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 230
1-2 SV Carlisle2-13 V Sibanda3-13 GW Flower4-14 S Matsikenyeri5-17 MA Vermeulen6-90 T Taibu7-119 SM Ervine8-122 HH Streak9-124 RW Price10-126 AM Blignaut
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Dots | 4s | 6s | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JN Gillespie | 8 | 0 | 21 | 2 | 2.63 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| BA Williams | 8.3 | 2 | 22 | 5 | 2.59 | 39 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| AJ Bichel | 6 | 2 | 24 | 0 | 4.00 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| IJ Harvey | 4 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 3.50 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| A Symonds | 6 | 1 | 24 | 2 | 4.00 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| MJ Clarke | 5 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 2.80 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
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