Elton Chigumbura: Outplayed, as simple as that. We have to keep working hard and play a different game next time. The main focus is on our batting but we keep losing wickets, we have two more games so have to keep working hard. Need to lift our spirits up and hopefully things will change in the next game.

George Bailey: Outstanding stand from Finch and Haddin and great innings from Mitch and Maxi took us to a huge total. And great work from our bowlers too. Plenty of things to improve on - no hundreds within our group. It was a good one-day wicket and there was a bit there with new ball, slowed in the middle and the ball got soft later. Maxi' shots showed the quality of hitting, it wasn't so easy to bat on.

Man of the Match is Mitchell Marsh: I didn't start slow on purpose, it took time to adjust to the wicket and we had wickets in hand so that helped. I like the No. 3 position, it was a great opportunity and hopefully I can play there more. When the wickets are flat, I'm definitely a batter.

That's all we have from the tri-series opener. Join us for the second match between Australia and South Africa on Wednesday. Hope you enjoyed our coverage, until the next game it's goodbye on behalf of Abhishek Purohit and Vishal Dikshit. Ciao!

4.45pm Australia have started the tri-series with a massive win and hence a bonus point. 198 runs is the margin after Australia piled on 350. It was always going to be tough for Zimbabwe even though Raza and Masakadza resisted with a stand of 82. But once that was broken, many soft dismissals led to an easy win for Australia. Masakadza fought till the 34th over but was running out of partners. There's not much you can do when Maxwell hammers you for a 46-ball 93.

Mitchell Johnson: The pitch was a bit slow and they bowled really well early on. It was toughish wicket and Maxi played the way he's been playing for the last 12 months. I felt good and happy, there was a soft outfield. I had five weeks at home to get ready and that played a role, I was anxious to get out there and play.

I was very happy with that [six] because I tried to hit it as straight as possible. I'm not going to apologise for that (laughs).

39.3

Smith to Nyumbu, OUT

it's all over now, Smith takes three! It was pitched up on middle and leg, Nyumbu went for a slog and a leading edge ballooned to point for an easy catch to end the match

John Nyumbu c Faulkner b Smith 1 (6b 0x4 0x6 10m) SR: 16.66

39.2

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Smith to Nyumbu, no run

looks to cut it off the back foot after the turn but misses the outside edge

39.1

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Smith to Nyumbu, no run

sharp turn outside off, swished off the back foot to extra cover

Over39

3 runs

ZIM 152/9CRR: 3.89 RRR: 18.09

John Nyumbu 1 (3b)Tendai Chatara 6 (5b 1x4)

Mitchell Starc2/23 (6)

38.6

Starc to Nyumbu, 1 run

on length and angled in from outside off, tapped wide of mid-on for a quick single

38.5

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Starc to Nyumbu, no run

bangs in a short ball outside off with some swing, the batsman sways out of the way

38.5

Starc to Nyumbu, 1 wide

down the leg side with the angle for a wide

38.4

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Starc to Nyumbu, no run

on length on off stump, Nyumbu defends it back

38.3

Starc to Chatara, 1 run

angled sharply into the batsman, tucked to deep square leg and that takes them to 150

38.2

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Starc to Chatara, no run

low full toss, nearly in the block hole, on middle stump, blocked again with an inside edge

38.1

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Starc to Chatara, no run

right in the block hole again and Chatara blocks is back

Starc continues from round the wicket

Over38

5 runs, 1 wicket

ZIM 149/9CRR: 3.92 RRR: 16.83

Tendai Chatara 5 (2b 1x4)John Nyumbu 0 (0b)

Steven Smith2/16 (4)

37.6

Smith to Chatara, 1 run

wider outside off after the turn, swatted towards long-off in the air this time for one

37.5

Smith to Chatara, FOUR runs

short and flat, he's bowling too many of these, and the batsman swats it to the long-on boundary for four since there's nobody in the deep

37.4

Smith to Utseya, OUT

he hands a simple catch to mid-on from outside off! It turned away again from the batsman, Utseya went back to pull it but failed to middle it and handed an easy one to Starc at mid-on

Prosper Utseya c Starc b Smith 9 (27b 0x4 0x6 36m) SR: 33.33

37.3

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Smith to Utseya, no run

short and even wider, he packs another punch off the back foot but can't clear the packed off side

37.2

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Smith to Utseya, no run

short and flat just outside off, cut off the back foot to point

37.1

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Smith to Utseya, no run

flighted outside off, pushed off the front foot to cover

Over37

2 runs, 1 wicket

ZIM 144/8CRR: 3.89 RRR: 15.92

Prosper Utseya 9 (23b)

Mitchell Starc2/20 (5)

36.6

Starc to Panyangara, OUT

what a yorker, the stumps go flying! It was coming in sharply with the angle, Panyangara tried to defend but it went right through him and sent the middle and leg stumps for a walk

Tinashe Panyangara b Starc 1 (9b 0x4 0x6 14m) SR: 11.11

36.5

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Starc to Panyangara, no run

full and outside off, he drives and misses it

36.4

Starc to Utseya, 1 run

short ball and pulled powerfully with authority to deep midwicket but there's a man there

36.3

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Starc to Utseya, no run

fuller outside off and pushed down to mid-on again

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