Goodwin defeats his countrymen

A match which the Zimbabweans had under control for much of the time threatened to slip away, but Sean Ervine held his nerve at the death, ending an excellent 53-run last-wicket stand as Australia A fell just eight runs short in a warm-up match at

A review of Zimbabwe's tour to Australia, 2003-04

The experiment of out-of-season Test cricket has not turned out to be a great sucess

An unbeaten 101 off 85 balls by Matthew Hayden, and his 151-run unfinished partnership with Ricky Ponting helped Australia coast to a nine-wicket win at Sydney to wrap up the series 2-0 Earlier, Simon Katich was Australia's unlikely bowling hero,

Ray Price took a career-best 6 for 121 to bowl Australia out for 403, a first-innings lead of 95

Ricky Ponting dished out a batting lesson of his own with an unbeaten 137, as Australia reached 245 for 3, just 63 behind Zimbabwe's first-innings total of 308

Brett Lee has been ruled out for the rest of the second Test against Zimbabwe, and for the tri-series in India later this month