Australia beat Zimbabwe Australia won by 9 wickets - Zimbabwe vs Australia, Zimbabwe tour of Australia, 2nd Test Match Summary, Report

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2nd Test, Sydney, October 17 - 20, 2003, Zimbabwe tour of Australia

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Zimbabwe

308 & 266

Australia

(T:172) 403 & 172/1

Australia won by 9 wickets

Player Of The Match

Ricky Ponting, AUS

169 & 53*

Player Of The Series

Matthew Hayden, AUS

501 runs

Price leads Zimbabwean fightback

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

08-Jul-2005•The Wisden Bulletin by Lynn McConnell

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Scorecard summary

Zimbabwe • 308/10(107.2 overs)

1st INNINGS

Stuart Carlisle 118 (213)

Andy Bichel4/66 (24.2)

Andy Blignaut *38 (72)

Brad Hogg2/49 (23)

Australia • 403/10(103.3 overs)

1st INNINGS

Ricky Ponting 169 (249)

Ray Price6/121 (41.3)

Steve Waugh 61 (98)

Andy Blignaut3/83 (20)

Zimbabwe • 266/10(91.5 overs)

2nd INNINGS

Mark Vermeulen 48 (70)

Simon Katich6/65 (25.5)

Trevor Gripper 47 (87)

Brad Williams2/56 (16)

Australia • 172/1(29.1 overs)

2nd INNINGS

Matthew Hayden *101 (85)

Heath Streak1/46 (9)

Ricky Ponting *53 (71)

Trevor Gripper0/2 (1)

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29.1

Price to Ponting, 1 run

end of over 298 runs

AUS: 171/1CRR: 5.89

Matthew Hayden101 (85b 11x4 3x6)

Ricky Ponting52 (70b 8x4)

Gavin Ewing 3-0-20-0

Ray Price 12-0-62-0

28.6

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Ewing to Hayden, no run

28.5

Ewing to Hayden, SIX runs

28.4

Ewing to Hayden, 2 runs

28.3

•

Ewing to Hayden, no run

28.2

•

Ewing to Hayden, no run

28.1

•

Ewing to Hayden, no run

end of over 283 runs

AUS: 163/1CRR: 5.82

Ricky Ponting52 (70b 8x4)

Matthew Hayden93 (79b 11x4 2x6)

Ray Price 12-0-62-0

Gavin Ewing 2-0-12-0

27.6

•

Price to Ponting, no run

27.5

•

Price to Ponting, no run

27.4

•

Price to Ponting, no run

27.3

•

Price to Ponting, no run

27.2

Price to Hayden, 1 run

27.1

Price to Hayden, 2 runs

end of over 273 runs

AUS: 160/1CRR: 5.92

Ricky Ponting52 (66b 8x4)

Matthew Hayden90 (77b 11x4 2x6)

Gavin Ewing 2-0-12-0

Ray Price 11-0-59-0

26.6

•

Ewing to Ponting, no run

26.5

•

Ewing to Ponting, no run

26.4

•

Ewing to Ponting, no run

26.3

•

Ewing to Ponting, no run

26.2

Ewing to Hayden, 1 run

26.1

Ewing to Hayden, 2 runs

end of over 2610 runs

AUS: 157/1CRR: 6.03

Matthew Hayden87 (75b 11x4 2x6)

Ricky Ponting52 (62b 8x4)

Ray Price 11-0-59-0

Gavin Ewing 1-0-9-0

25.6

Price to Hayden, 1 run

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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

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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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