Australian cricket team in Zimbabwe in 2004

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Australian cricket team in Zimbabwe in 2004
  Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Flag of Australia.svg
  Zimbabwe Australia
Dates 25 May – 29 May 2004
Captains Tatenda Taibu Ricky Ponting
One Day International series
Results Australia won the 3-match series 3–0
Most runs Brendan Taylor (125) Michael Clarke (126)
Most wickets Tawanda Mupariwa (4) Jason Gillespie (7)

The Australia national cricket team toured Zimbabwe in May 2004 to play a series of three One Day International (ODI) matches against Zimbabwe in Harare.[1]

Originally scheduled as a two-Test series to be held in April 2002. It was canceled by the Australian Cricket Board due to security reports received by them.[2] Later, it was converted into an ODI series when ICC shutdown Test series due to Zimbabwe Board governance issues.[2]

ODI series[]

1st ODI[]

25 May
Scorecard
Zimbabwe 
205/9 (50 overs)
v
 Australia
207/3 (39.4 overs)
Brendan Taylor 59 (101)
Jason Gillespie 2/21 (10 overs)
Ricky Ponting 91 (93)
Tinashe Panyangara 2/48 (9.4 overs)
Australia won by 7 wickets
Harare Sports Club, Harare
Umpires: Kevan Barbour (Zim) and Steve Bucknor (WI)
Player of the match: Ricky Ponting (Aus)
  • Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to bat.

2nd ODI[]

27 May
Scorecard
Australia 
323/8 (50 overs)
v
 Zimbabwe
184 (44.3 overs)
Matthew Hayden 87 (101)
Stuart Matsikenyeri 2/43 (10 overs)
Brendan Taylor 65 (93)
Darren Lehmann 4/7 (4.3 overs)
Australia won by 139 runs
Harare Sports Club, Harare
Umpires: Steve Bucknor (WI) and Ian Robinson (Zim)
Player of the match: Darren Lehmann (Aus)
  • Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to field.

3rd ODI[]

29 May
Scorecard
Zimbabwe 
196 (48.5 overs)
v
 Australia
199/2 (30.4 overs)
Elton Chigumbura 77 (90)
Jason Gillespie 5/32 (10 overs)
Michael Clarke 105* (102)
Tawanda Mupariwa 2/48 (8 overs)
Australia won by 8 wickets
Harare Sports Club, Harare
Umpires: Steve Bucknor (WI) and Ian Robinson (Zim)
Player of the match: Jason Gillespie (Aus)
  • Australia won the toss and elected to field.
  • Michael Clarke (Aus) scored his first century in ODIs.

References[]

  1. ^ CricketArchive – tour itinerary Archived November 6, 2012, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved on 14 December 2010.
  2. ^ a b "Bangladesh v Australia tour, is Australia's tour of Bangladesh cancelled, Will Australia's tour go ahead: a look back at Australia's postponed tours of Pakistan and Zimbabwe". September 28, 2015.
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