2014 Zimbabwe Tri-Series

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Zimbabwe Triangular Series
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Elton Chigumbura (Zim) • AB de Villiers (RSA) • M. Clarke (Aus)
Captains of the teams participating in the series
Date25 August 2014 – 6 September 2014
LocationFlag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe
ResultSouth Africa won the series
Player of the series Flag of South Africa.svg Faf du Plessis
Teams
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Flag of Australia (converted).svg  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)

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.

Contents

Squads

Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa [2] Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia [3]

Group stage points table

PosTeamPldWLTNRBPPts NRR
1Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 431002140.404
2Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 422002101.160
3Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 4130004−1.563
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:

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

Group stage matches

1st match

25 August
Scorecard
Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg
350/6 (50 overs)
v
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  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  Flag of Australia (converted).svg
327/7 (50 overs)
v
Flag of South Africa.svg  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  Flag of South Africa.svg
231 (49.5 overs)
v
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  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)

4th match

31 August 2014
Scorecard
Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg
209/9 (50 overs)
v
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  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  Flag of Australia (converted).svg
282/7 (50 overs)
v
Flag of South Africa.svg  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  Flag of South Africa.svg
271/6 (50 overs)
v
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  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  Flag of Australia (converted).svg
217/9 (50 overs)
v
Flag of South Africa.svg  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.

PlayerTeamRunsInnsAvgS/RHS100s50s
Faf du Plessis Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 464592.8092.5112631
Aaron Finch Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 250550.0075.7510212
Mitchell Marsh Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 250555.5096.518902
AB de Villiers Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 2155107.50116.84126*11
Hashim Amla Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 172534.4073.506602

Most Wickets

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

PlayerTeamWktsMtsAveS/REconBBI
Dale Steyn Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 10521.2027.34.654/34
Nathan Lyon Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 7425.7131.74.864/44
Prosper Utseya Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 7425.7134.24.505/36
Ryan McLaren Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 6424.0024.06.003/24
John Nyumbu Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 6431.5036.05.253/24

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  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
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