BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Dion Ebrahim	b Lee	9	12	19	2	0	75.00
Trevor Gripper	c †Gilchrist b Bichel	15	32	56	2	0	46.87
Mark Vermeulen	lbw b Williams	17	32	44	2	0	53.12
Stuart Carlisle	c Ponting b Bichel	118	213	298	15	2	55.39
Craig Wishart	c †Gilchrist b Williams	14	62	69	1	0	22.58
Tatenda Taibu †	c †Gilchrist b Hogg	27	70	78	5	0	38.57
Heath Streak (c)	lbw b Hogg	14	89	117	1	0	15.73
Gavin Ewing	c Martyn b Lee	2	5	9	0	0	40.00
Andy Blignaut	not out	38	72	109	7	0	52.77
Ray Price	c Williams b Bichel	20	46	62	3	0	43.47
Blessing Mahwire	c †Gilchrist b Bichel	6	20	22	1	0	30.00
Extras	(b 4, lb 12, nb 9, w 3)	28
TOTAL	107.2 Ov (RR: 2.86, 441 Mts)	308
Fall of wickets: 1-15 (Dion Ebrahim, 4.1 ov), 2-45 (Trevor Gripper, 12.1 ov), 3-47 (Mark Vermeulen, 13.2 ov), 4-95 (Craig Wishart, 31.2 ov), 5-151 (Tatenda Taibu, 49.5 ov), 6-218 (Heath Streak, 80.5 ov), 7-222 (Gavin Ewing, 82.4 ov), 8-243 (Stuart Carlisle, 87.2 ov), 9-296 (Ray Price, 101.5 ov), 10-308 (Blessing Mahwire, 107.2 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Brett Lee	23	5	78	2	3.39	111	12	0	0	5
4.1 to DD Ebrahim, . 15/1 82.4 to GM Ewing, . 222/7
Brad Williams	23	6	58	2	2.52	116	8	0	1	1
13.2 to MA Vermeulen, . 47/3 31.2 to CB Wishart, . 95/4
Andy Bichel	24.2	7	66	4	2.71	121	9	0	1	3
12.1 to TR Gripper, . 45/2 87.2 to SV Carlisle, . 243/8 101.5 to RW Price, . 296/9 107.2 to NB Mahwire, . 308/10
Brad Hogg	23	8	49	2	2.13	115	6	0	1	0
49.5 to T Taibu, . 151/5 80.5 to HH Streak, . 218/6
Steve Waugh	4	0	7	0	1.75	19	0	0	0	0
Simon Katich	7	0	25	0	3.57	33	2	2	0	0
Damien Martyn	3	1	9	0	3.00	15	2	0	0	0

Australia 1st INNINGS

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Justin Langer	c Streak b Blignaut	2	4	6	0	0	50.00
Matthew Hayden	c Carlisle b Blignaut	20	39	60	3	0	51.28
Ricky Ponting	b Price	169	249	314	23	2	67.87
Damien Martyn	lbw b Price	32	50	82	3	0	64.00
Steve Waugh (c)	c Carlisle b Price	61	98	132	9	0	62.24
Simon Katich	b Price	52	86	144	8	0	60.46
Adam Gilchrist †	b Streak	20	25	36	2	1	80.00
Brad Hogg	c Ebrahim b Price	13	39	46	0	0	33.33
Andy Bichel	c Wishart b Blignaut	5	15	30	1	0	33.33
Brett Lee	not out	6	17	26	1	0	35.29
Brad Williams	c & b Price	7	11	11	0	0	63.63
Extras	(lb 2, nb 13, w 1)	16
TOTAL	103.3 Ov (RR: 3.89, 448 Mts)	403
Fall of wickets: 1-7 (Justin Langer, 1.1 ov), 2-51 (Matthew Hayden, 13.1 ov), 3-148 (Damien Martyn, 31.1 ov), 4-283 (Steve Waugh, 65.4 ov), 5-306 (Ricky Ponting, 75.5 ov), 6-347 (Adam Gilchrist, 84.2 ov), 7-375 (Brad Hogg, 95.2 ov), 8-384 (Simon Katich, 97.2 ov), 9-394 (Andy Bichel, 100.5 ov), 10-403 (Brad Williams, 103.3 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Heath Streak	21	3	83	1	3.95	92	11	0	1	1
84.2 to AC Gilchrist, . 347/6
Andy Blignaut	20	2	83	3	4.15	94	11	0	0	6
1.1 to JL Langer, . 7/1 13.1 to ML Hayden, . 51/2 100.5 to AJ Bichel, . 394/9
Blessing Mahwire	10	1	61	0	6.10	38	9	0	0	6
Ray Price	41.3	6	121	6	2.91	193	10	3	0	0
31.1 to DR Martyn, . 148/3 65.4 to SR Waugh, . 283/4 75.5 to RT Ponting, . 306/5 95.2 to GB Hogg, . 375/7 97.2 to SM Katich, . 384/8 103.3 to BA Williams, . 403/10
Gavin Ewing	11	1	53	0	4.81	45	9	0	0	0

Zimbabwe 2nd INNINGS

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Dion Ebrahim	c Katich b Williams	0	4	3	0	0	0.00
Trevor Gripper	c Hayden b Katich	47	87	129	8	0	54.02
Mark Vermeulen	c Waugh b Williams	48	70	95	8	0	68.57
Stuart Carlisle	c Williams b Katich	5	10	12	1	0	50.00
Craig Wishart	st †Gilchrist b Katich	45	89	94	7	0	50.56
Tatenda Taibu †	c Ponting b Katich	35	150	181	4	0	23.33
Heath Streak (c)	run out (Katich/†Gilchrist)	25	50	53	5	0	50.00
Gavin Ewing	c †Gilchrist b Hogg	0	5	7	0	0	0.00
Andy Blignaut	c Williams b Katich	44	63	69	7	1	69.84
Ray Price	lbw b Katich	0	14	13	0	0	0.00
Blessing Mahwire	not out	1	13	15	0	0	7.69
Extras	(b 6, lb 5, nb 4, w 1)	16
TOTAL	91.5 Ov (RR: 2.89, 342 Mts)	266
Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Dion Ebrahim, 0.4 ov), 2-93 (Mark Vermeulen, 24.3 ov), 3-103 (Stuart Carlisle, 27.2 ov), 4-114 (Trevor Gripper, 31.2 ov), 5-176 (Craig Wishart, 54.6 ov), 6-212 (Heath Streak, 70.3 ov), 7-216 (Gavin Ewing, 72.2 ov), 8-230 (Tatenda Taibu, 83.1 ov), 9-244 (Ray Price, 87.3 ov), 10-266 (Andy Blignaut, 91.5 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Brad Williams	16	8	56	2	3.50	78	11	0	1	0
0.4 to DD Ebrahim, . 0/1 24.3 to MA Vermeulen, . 93/2
Andy Bichel	19	5	64	0	3.36	92	10	0	0	3
Brad Hogg	31	9	70	1	2.25	155	9	1	0	1
72.2 to GM Ewing, . 216/7
Simon Katich	25.5	3	65	6	2.51	124	10	0	0	0
27.2 to SV Carlisle, . 103/3 31.2 to TR Gripper, . 114/4 54.6 to CB Wishart, . 176/5 83.1 to T Taibu, . 230/8 87.3 to RW Price, . 244/9 91.5 to AM Blignaut, . 266/10

Australia 2nd INNINGS (Target: 172 runs)

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Justin Langer	c †Taibu b Streak	8	23	24	0	0	34.78
Matthew Hayden	not out	101	85	140	11	3	118.82
Ricky Ponting	not out	53	71	115	8	0	74.64
Extras	(b 3, lb 3, nb 4)	10
TOTAL	29.1 Ov (RR: 5.89, 140 Mts)	172/1
Did not bat: Damien Martyn, Steve Waugh (c), Simon Katich, Adam Gilchrist †, Brad Hogg, Andy Bichel, Brett Lee, Brad Williams
Fall of wickets: 1-21 (Justin Langer, 4.5 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Heath Streak	9	1	46	1	5.11	35	7	0	0	0
4.5 to JL Langer, . 21/1
Andy Blignaut	4	0	35	0	8.75	15	5	0	0	4
Ray Price	12.1	0	63	0	5.17	42	7	1	0	0
Trevor Gripper	1	0	2	0	2.00	4	0	0	0	0
Gavin Ewing	3	0	20	0	6.66	11	0	2	0	0

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MATCH DETAILS

Sydney Cricket Ground
Toss	Zimbabwe, elected to bat first
Series	Zimbabwe tour of Australia
Season	2003/04
Player Of The Match	Ricky Ponting
Player Of The Series	Matthew Hayden
Series result	Australia won the 2-match series 2-0
Match number	Test no. 1663
Match days	day (5-day match)
Test debut	Brad Williams Gavin Ewing
Umpires	Billy Bowden Srinivas Venkataraghavan
TV Umpire	Peter Parker
Match Referee	Gundappa Viswanath

CLOSE OF PLAY

Fri, 17 Oct - day 1 - Zimbabwe 1st innings 256/8 (Andy Blignaut 9*, Ray Price 7*, 90 ov)

Sat, 18 Oct - day 2 - Australia 1st innings 245/3 (Ricky Ponting 137*, Steve Waugh 43*, 56.5 ov)

Sun, 19 Oct - day 3 - Zimbabwe 2nd innings 151/4 (Craig Wishart 32*, Tatenda Taibu 13*, 44.4 ov)

Mon, 20 Oct - day 4 - Australia 2nd innings 172/1 (29.1 ov) - end of match

MATCH NOTES

General

Day 1

Zimbabwe 50 in 75 mins, off 16.1 overs
Lunch: Zimbabwe 86/3 (Carlisle 26*, Wishart 11*, 28 overs)
Zimbabwe 100 in 140 mins, off 32.1 overs
Carlisle/Taibu 50 partnership in 61 mins, off 83 balls
Zimbabwe 150 in 209 mins, off 48.4 overs
Carlisle 50 in 156 mins, off 96 balls, 9x4
Tea: Zimbabwe 164/5 (Carlisle 59*, Streak 4*, 59 overs
Zimbabwe 200 in 294 mins, off 73.3 overs
Carlisle/Streak 50 partnership in 80 mins, off 143 balls
Carlisle 100 in 261 mins, off 193 balls, 13x4, 2x6
Zimbabwe 250 in 362 mins, off 88.3 overs
Attendance: 5455

Day 2

Blignaut/Price 50 partnership in 56 mins, off 82 balls
Zimbabwe 300 in 435 mins, off 106 overs
Lunch: Australia 31/1 (Hayden 8*, Ponting 19*, 8 overs)
Austraia 50 in 59 mins, off 12.5 overs
Ponting 50 in 79 mins, off 51 balls, 9x4
Australia 100 in 95 mins, off 20.1 overs
Ponting/Martyn 50 partnership in 35 mins, off 47 balls
Australia 1st innings: 1x5-ball over (31st over - Streak's 10th over)
Australia 150 in 145 mins, off 31.2 overs
Tea: Australia 162/3 (Ponting 97*, Waugh 4*, 35 overs)
Ponting 100 in 154 mins, off 113 balls, 16x1, 1x6
Ponting/Waugh 50 partnership in 42 mins, off 77 balls
Australia 200 in 188 mins, off 44.4 overs
Bad light ended play at 4.54pm. Stumps were called at 5.50pm.
Attendance: 5707

Day 3

Play commenced at 10.00am with a minimum of 103.1 overs to be bowled. Stumps were scheduled for 5.52pm.
Ponting/Waugh 100 partnership in 107 mins, off 173 balls
Australia 250 in 253 mins, off 60 overs
Waugh 50 in 117 mins, off 87 balls, 7x4
Ponting 150 in 258 mins, off 205 balls, 21x4, 2x6
Australia 300 in 316 mins, off 74.2 overs
Australia 1st innings: Second new ball taken after 82 overs
Australia 350 in 374 mins, off 87.3 overs
Lunch: Australia 360/6 (Katich 33*, Hogg 10*, 93 overs)
Katich 50 in 141 mins, off 84 balls, 8x4
Australia 400 in 444 mins, off 102.2 overs
Zimbabwe 50 in 45 mins, off 10.3 overs
Gripper/Vermeulen 50 partnership in 42 mins, off 60 balls
Tea: Zimbabwe 56/1 (Gripper 18*, Vermeulen 37*, 13 overs)
Zimbabwe 100 in 106 mins, off 26.1 overs
Zimbabwe 150 in 170 mins, off 43.3 overs
Bad light ended play at 5.31pm. Stumps were called at 5.46pm.
Attendance: 6058

Day 4

Play commenced at 10.00am with a minimum of 99.2 overs to be bowled. Stumps were scheduled for 5.36pm.
Wishart/Taibu 50 partnership in 59 mins, off 106 balls
Zimbabwe 200 in 215 mins, off 67.2 overs
Lunch: Zimbabwe 243/8 (Blignaut 23*, Price 0*, 87 overs)
Zimbabwe 250 in 330 mins, off 88.3 overs
Australia 50 in 62 mins, off 11.5 overs
Hayden/Ponting 50 partnership in 49 mins, off 58 balls
Blignaut conceded 21 runs in his 4th over: Ponting 2 4 4 4 LB1; Hayden NB4 1
Hayden 50 in 88 mins, off 48 balls, 6x4, 1x6
Australia 100 in 91 mins, off 17.1 overs
Tea: Australia 107/1 (Hayden 57*, Ponting 33*, 18 overs)
Hayden/Ponting 100 partnership in 81 mins, off 99 balls
Ponting 50 in 92 mins, off 57 balls, 8x4
Australia 150 in 124 mins, off 25.3 overs
Hayden 100 in 136 mins, off 84 balls, 11x4, 3x6
Hayden/Ponting 150 partnership in 111 mins, off 147 balls
Match ended at 4.16pm
Attendance: 1312 (Total: 18,532)

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Australia Innings

PLAYER NAME		R	B
JL Langer	caught	8	23
ML Hayden	not out	101	85
RT Ponting	not out	53	71
Extras	(b 3, lb 3, nb 4)
Total	172(1 wkt; 29.1 ovs)

PLAYER NAME	O	M	R	W	Econ
HH Streak	9	1	46	1	5.11
AM Blignaut	4	0	35	0	8.75 (4 nb)
RW Price	12.1	0	63	0	5.17
TR Gripper	1	0	2	0	2
GM Ewing	3	0	20	0	6.66

WKT	RUNS	PLAYERS
1st	18	Justin Langer	Matthew Hayden
2nd	151	Matthew Hayden	Ricky Ponting

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