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
Zimbabwe vs Australia, 1st Match at Harare, Aug 25 2014 - Match Result
RESULT
1st Match, Harare, August 25, 2014, Zimbabwe Triangular Series
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Scores: M Venkat Raghav | Comms: Vishal DikshitScorecard summary
Australia • 350/6(50 overs)
93 (46)
2/77 (9)
89 (83)
1/33 (6)
Zimbabwe • 152/10(39.3 overs)
70 (91)
3/16 (4.3)
33 (40)
2/23 (6)
Time for the presentation:
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
W
Smith to Nyumbu, OUT
John Nyumbu c Faulkner b Smith 1 (6b 0x4 0x6 10m) SR: 16.66
39.2
•
Smith to Nyumbu, no run
looks to cut it off the back foot after the turn but misses the outside edge
39.1
•
Smith to Nyumbu, no run
sharp turn outside off, swished off the back foot to extra cover
end of over 393 runs
ZIM: 152/9CRR: 3.89 • RRR: 18.09
John Nyumbu1 (3b)
Tendai Chatara6 (5b 1x4)
Mitchell Starc 6-1-23-2
Steven Smith 4-0-16-2
38.6
1
Starc to Nyumbu, 1 run
on length and angled in from outside off, tapped wide of mid-on for a quick single
38.5
•
Starc to Nyumbu, no run
bangs in a short ball outside off with some swing, the batsman sways out of the way
38.5
1w
Starc to Nyumbu, 1 wide
down the leg side with the angle for a wide
38.4
•
Starc to Nyumbu, no run
on length on off stump, Nyumbu defends it back
38.3
1
Starc to Chatara, 1 run
angled sharply into the batsman, tucked to deep square leg and that takes them to 150
38.2
•
Starc to Chatara, no run
low full toss, nearly in the block hole, on middle stump, blocked again with an inside edge
38.1
•
Starc to Chatara, no run
right in the block hole again and Chatara blocks is back
Starc continues from round the wicket
end of over 385 runs • 1 wicket
ZIM: 149/9CRR: 3.92 • RRR: 16.83
Tendai Chatara5 (2b 1x4)
John Nyumbu0 (0b)
Steven Smith 4-0-16-2
Mitchell Starc 5-1-20-2
37.6
1
Smith to Chatara, 1 run
wider outside off after the turn, swatted towards long-off in the air this time for one
37.5
4
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
W
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
•
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
•
Smith to Utseya, no run
short and flat just outside off, cut off the back foot to point
37.1
•
Smith to Utseya, no run
flighted outside off, pushed off the front foot to cover
end of over 372 runs • 1 wicket
ZIM: 144/8CRR: 3.89 • RRR: 15.92
Prosper Utseya9 (23b)
Mitchell Starc 5-1-20-2
Steven Smith 3-0-11-1
36.6
W
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
•
Starc to Panyangara, no run
full and outside off, he drives and misses it
36.4
1
Starc to Utseya, 1 run
short ball and pulled powerfully with authority to deep midwicket but there's a man there
36.3
•
Starc to Utseya, no run
fuller outside off and pushed down to mid-on again
Best performances - batters
Spike Graph
Wagon Zone
AUS
93 runs (46)
9 fours5 sixes
Productive shot
off drive
19 runs
2 fours1 six
Control
74%
AUS
89 runs (83)
7 fours4 sixes
Productive shot
off drive
20 runs
3 fours0 six
Control
87%
Best performances - bowlers
AUS
O
4.3
M
0
R
16
W
3
ECO
3.55
FTYFGSGS
OFFLEG
RHB
2W | ||||
1W | ||||
AUS
O
6
M
1
R
23
W
2
ECO
3.83
FTYFGSGS
OFFLEG
RHB
1W | ||||
1W | ||||
Match details
| Harare Sports Club | |
| Toss | Zimbabwe, elected to field first |
| Series | |
| Season | 2014 |
| Player Of The Match | |
| Match number | ODI no. 3513 |
| Hours of play (local time) | 09.30 start, First Session 09.30-13.00 Interval 13.00-13.45, Second Session 13.45-17.15 |
| Match days | 25 August 2014 - day (50-over match) |
| Umpires | |
| TV Umpire | |
| Reserve Umpire | |
| Match Referee | |
| Points | Australia 5, Zimbabwe 0 |
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