Australia vs Zimbabwe, 1st Match at Colombo, Aug 26 1996 - Full Scorecard
RESULT
1st Match (D/N), Colombo (RPS), August 26, 1996, Singer World Series
Australia  (50 ovs maximum)
| Batting | Â | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| c Strang b Whittall | 50 | 69 | 79 | 4 | 0 | 72.46 | |||
| b Strang | 18 | 27 | 43 | 2 | 0 | 66.66 | |||
| c & b Whittall | 53 | 82 | 93 | 0 | 0 | 64.63 | |||
| c Campbell b Whittall | 82 | 70 | 89 | 5 | 3 | 117.14 | |||
| b Streak | 20 | 24 | 44 | 1 | 0 | 83.33 | |||
| c Campbell b Brandes | 9 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 112.50 | |||
| b Brandes | 5 | 10 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 | |||
| not out | 11 | 14 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 78.57 | |||
| Extras | (b 1, lb 8, nb 3, w 3) | 15 | |||||||
| Total | 50 Ov (RR: 5.26) | 263/7 | |||||||
Did not bat | |||||||||
Fall of wickets 1-48 (Mark Waugh), 2-92 (Michael Slater), 3-167 (Ricky Ponting), 4-230 (Steve Waugh), 5-240 (Michael Bevan), 6-242 (Stuart Law), 7-263 (Ian Healy) | |||||||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | 1 | 50 | 1 | 5.00 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | 1 | 47 | 2 | 4.70 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | 0 | 41 | 1 | 4.55 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 6 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 4.66 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | 0 | 53 | 3 | 5.30 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 5.66 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 2 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 9.00 | - | 0 | 0 |
Zimbabwe  (T: 264 runs from 50 ovs)
| Batting | Â | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| c Ponting b Fleming | 7 | 23 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 30.43 | |||
| c ME Waugh b Hogg | 41 | 76 | 125 | 0 | 1 | 53.94 | |||
| lbw b Fleming | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| lbw b McGrath | 9 | 11 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 81.81 | |||
| c †Healy b Reiffel | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| b Reiffel | 11 | 27 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 40.74 | |||
| c †Healy b SR Waugh | 15 | 29 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 51.72 | |||
| not out | 8 | 43 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 18.60 | |||
| b ME Waugh | 9 | 26 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 34.61 | |||
| b ME Waugh | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| c Hogg b ME Waugh | 17 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 141.66 | |||
| Extras | (lb 4, nb 7, w 10) | 21 | |||||||
| Total | 41 Ov (RR: 3.36) | 138 | |||||||
Fall of wickets 1-16 (Grant Flower), 2-16 (Andy Flower), 3-33 (Alistair Campbell), 4-35 (Craig Wishart), 5-56 (Guy Whittall), 6-98 (Craig Evans), 7-100 (Ali Shah), 8-120 (Paul Strang), 9-120 (Heath Streak), 10-138 (Eddo Brandes) | |||||||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 1.85 | - | 1 | 0 | |
| 7 | 0 | 24 | 2 | 3.42 | - | 3 | 2 | |
| 6 | 1 | 23 | 2 | 3.83 | - | 0 | 3 | |
| 7 | 2 | 24 | 1 | 3.42 | - | 2 | 2 | |
| 9 | 2 | 26 | 1 | 2.88 | - | 2 | 3 | |
| 5 | 1 | 24 | 3 | 4.80 | - | 0 | 0 |
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Match Flow
During the Australian innings, 55 minutes of play was rained out. However, no overs were reduced from either innings.
Match Details
TossAustralia, elected to bat first
Season1996
Player Of The Match
Match numberODI no. 1105
Match daysdaynight (50-over match)
ODI debut
TV Umpire
Match Referee
PointsAustralia 2, Zimbabwe 0