2014 Zimbabwe Tri-Series

Zimbabwe Triangular Series
Elton Chigumbura (Zim) • AB de Villiers (RSA) • M. Clarke (Aus) Captains of the teams participating in the series
Date	25 August 2014 – 6 September 2014
Location	Zimbabwe
Result	South Africa won the series
Player of the series	Faf du Plessis
Teams   Zimbabwe   South Africa   Australia Captains Elton Chigumbura AB de Villiers Michael Clarke Most runs Hamilton Masakadza (180) Faf du Plessis (464) Aaron Finch (250) Most wickets Prosper Utseya (7) Dale Steyn (10) Nathan Lyon (7)
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The 2014 Zimbabwe Tri-Series was a One Day International cricket tournament held in Zimbabwe. It was a tri-nation series between Zimbabwe, South Africa and Australia. ^[1] South Africa won the series after defeating Australia in the final.

Squads

Zimbabwe	South Africa [2]	Australia [3]
Elton Chigumbura (c) Tendai Chatara Luke Jongwe Tafadzwa Kamungozi Neville Madziva Timycen Maruma Hamilton Masakadza Shingi Masakadza Tino Mawoyo Natsai M'shangwe Cuthbert Musoko Richmond Mutumbami John Nyumbu Tinashe Panyangara Vusi Sibanda Sikandar Raza Brendan Taylor Donald Tiripano Prosper Utseya Brian Vitori Malcolm Waller Sean Williams	AB de Villiers (c) Hashim Amla (vc) Kyle Abbott Quinton de Kock (wk) JP Duminy Faf du Plessis Imran Tahir Ryan McLaren David Miller Morne Morkel Wayne Parnell Aaron Phangiso Rilee Rossouw Mthokozisi Shezi Dale Steyn	Michael Clarke (c) George Bailey (vc) Ben Cutting James Faulkner Aaron Finch Brad Haddin (wk) Phillip Hughes Mitchell Johnson Nathan Lyon Mitchell Marsh Glenn Maxwell Kane Richardson Steve Smith Mitchell Starc Shane Watson [4]

Group stage points table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	T	NR	BP	Pts	NRR
1	South Africa	4	3	1	0	0	2	14	0.404
2	Australia	4	2	2	0	0	2	10	1.160
3	Zimbabwe	4	1	3	0	0	0	4	−1.563

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Points System:

In the event of teams finishing on equal points, the right to play in the final match or series was determined as follows:

• The team with the highest number of wins
• If still equal, the team with the highest number of wins over the other team(s) who are equal on points and have the same number of wins
• If still equal, the team with the highest number of bonus points
• If still equal, the team with the highest net run rate

In a match declared as no result, run rate is not applicable.

Won (W): 2

Lost (L): 0

No Result (NR): 1

Tie (T): 1

• Net run rate (NRR): Runs per over scored less runs per over conceded, adjusting team batting first to overs of team batting second in rain rule matches, adjusting to team's full allocation if all out, and ignoring no result matches.

Group stage matches

1st match

25 August Scorecard

Australia   350/6 (50 overs)	v	Zimbabwe 152 (29.3 overs)
Glenn Maxwell 93 (46) Tendai Chatara 2/77 (9 overs)		Hamilton Masakadza 70 (91) Steve Smith 3/16 (4.3 overs)

Australia won by 198 runs Harare Sports Club, Harare Umpires: Ian Gould (Eng) and Russell Tiffin (Zim) Player of the match: Mitchell Marsh (Aus)

• Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to field.
• Points: Australia 5, Zimbabwe 0

2nd match

27 August Scorecard

Australia   327/7 (50 overs)	v	South Africa 328/3 (46.4 overs)
Aaron Finch 102 (116) Imran Tahir 2/45 (10 overs)		AB de Villiers 136* (106) Mitchell Starc 2/62 (8 overs)

South Africa won by 7 wickets Harare Sports Club, Harare Umpires: Ian Gould (Eng) and Russell Tiffin (Zim) Player of the match: AB de Villiers (RSA)

• South Africa won the toss and elected to field.
• Points: South Africa 4, Australia 0

3rd match

29 August Scorecard

South Africa   231 (49.5 overs)	v	Zimbabwe 170 (38.3 overs)
Quinton de Kock 76 (76) Prosper Utseya 5/36 (10 overs)		Sean Williams 46 (57) Ryan McLaren 3/24 (7 overs)

South Africa won by 61 runs Harare Sports Club, Harare Umpires: Ian Gould (Eng) and Jeremiah Matibiri (Zim) Player of the match: Prosper Utseya (Zim)

• Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to field.
• Points: South Africa 5 Zimbabwe 0
• Prosper Utseya (Zim) took a hat-trick. ^[5]

4th match

31 August 2014 Scorecard

Australia   209/9 (50 overs)	v	Zimbabwe 211/7 (48 overs)
Michael Clarke 68* (102) Sean Williams 2/21 (10 overs)		Elton Chigumbura 52* (68) Nathan Lyon 4/44 (10 overs)

Zimbabwe won by 3 wickets Harare Sports Club, Harare Umpires: Owen Chirombe (ZIM) and Aleem Dar (Pak) Player of the match: Elton Chigumbura (Zim)

• Australia won toss and elected to bat.
• Points: Zimbabwe 4, Australia 0
• Zimbabwe's victory over Australia was their first ODI win against them in 31 years. ^[6]
• With this defeat, Australia lost their ICC ODI Championship number-one ranking to India.

5th match

2 September Scorecard

Australia   282/7 (50 overs)	v	South Africa 220 (44 overs)
Mitchell Marsh 82* (51) Aaron Phangiso 2/39 (10 overs)		Faf du Plessis 126 (109) Glenn Maxwell 2/22 (4 overs)

Australia won by 62 runs Harare Sports Club, Harare Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Russell Tiffin (Zim) Player of the match: Mitchell Marsh (Aus)

• South Africa won the toss and elected to field.
• Points: Australia 5 South Africa 0

6th match

4 September Scorecard

South Africa   271/6 (50 overs)	v	Zimbabwe 208 (47.2 overs)
Faf du Plessis 121 (140) Neville Madziva 2/53 (6 overs)		Brendan Taylor 79 (96) JP Duminy 3/35 (8.2 overs)

South Africa won by 63 runs Harare Sports Club, Harare Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Jeremiah Matibiri (Zim) Player of the match: Faf du Plessis (SA)

• Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to field.
• Points South Africa 5 Zimbabwe 0

Final

6 September Scorecard

Australia   217/9 (50 overs)	v	South Africa 221/4 (40.5 overs)
Aaron Finch 54 (87) Dale Steyn 4/34 (10 overs)		Faf du Plessis 96 (99) Steve Smith 1/9 (2 overs)

South Africa won by 6 wickets Harare Sports Club, Harare Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Russell Tiffin (Zim) Player of the match: Dale Steyn (SA)

• South Africa won the toss and elected to field.
• South Africa won the tri-series

Statistics

Most Runs

The top five run scorers (total runs) are included in this table.

Player	Team	Runs	Inns	Avg	S/R	HS	100s	50s
Faf du Plessis	South Africa	464	5	92.80	92.51	126	3	1
Aaron Finch	Australia	250	5	50.00	75.75	102	1	2
Mitchell Marsh	Australia	250	5	55.50	96.51	89	0	2
AB de Villiers	South Africa	215	5	107.50	116.84	126*	1	1
Hashim Amla	South Africa	172	5	34.40	73.50	66	0	2

Most Wickets

The top five wicket takers (total wickets) are listed in this table.

Player	Team	Wkts	Mts	Ave	S/R	Econ	BBI
Dale Steyn	South Africa	10	5	21.20	27.3	4.65	4/34
Nathan Lyon	Australia	7	4	25.71	31.7	4.86	4/44
Prosper Utseya	Zimbabwe	7	4	25.71	34.2	4.50	5/36
Ryan McLaren	South Africa	6	4	24.00	24.0	6.00	3/24
John Nyumbu	Zimbabwe	6	4	31.50	36.0	5.25	3/24

References

1. Zimbabwe Tri-Series schedule
2. SA call up Rossouw, Shezi for Zimbabwe ODIs
3. Lyon back in Australia's ODI squad
4. Watson ruled out of Zimbabwe series
5. "Big win for SA despite Utseya hat-trick". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 30 August 2014.
6. "Zimbabwe end 31-year wait for victory against Australia". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 31 August 2014.

External links

• Series at CricInfo