Australian cricket team in Zimbabwe in 2004

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Australian cricket team in Zimbabwe in 2004
  Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Flag of Australia.svg
  Zimbabwe Australia
Dates 25 May – 4 June 2004
Captains Tatenda Taibu Ricky Ponting
One Day International series
Results Australia won the 5-match series 5–0
Most runs Brendan Taylor (195) Michael Clarke (318)
Most wickets Tawanda Mupariwa (8) Jason Gillespie (14)
Player of the series Jason Gillespie (AUS)

The Australia national cricket team toured Zimbabwe in May 2004 to play a series of five One Day International (ODI) matches against Zimbabwe in Harare and Bulawayo. [1]

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Originally scheduled as a two-Test series to be held in April 2002. It was canceled by the Australian Cricket Board due to security reports received by them. [2] Later, it was converted into an ODI series when ICC shutdown Test series due to Zimbabwe Board governance issues. [2]

ODI series

1st ODI

25 May
Scorecard
Zimbabwe  Flag of Zimbabwe.svg
205/9 (50 overs)
v
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
207/3 (39.4 overs)
Brendan Taylor 59 (101)
Jason Gillespie 2/21 (10 overs)
Ricky Ponting 91 (93)
Tinashe Panyangara 2/48 (9.4 overs)
Australia won by 7 wickets
Harare Sports Club, Harare
Umpires: Kevan Barbour (Zim) and Steve Bucknor (WI)
Player of the match: Ricky Ponting (Aus)
  • Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to bat.

2nd ODI

27 May
Scorecard
Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg
323/8 (50 overs)
v
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe
184 (44.3 overs)
Matthew Hayden 87 (101)
Stuart Matsikenyeri 2/43 (10 overs)
Brendan Taylor 65 (93)
Darren Lehmann 4/7 (4.3 overs)
Australia won by 139 runs
Harare Sports Club, Harare
Umpires: Steve Bucknor (WI) and Ian Robinson (Zim)
Player of the match: Darren Lehmann (Aus)
  • Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to field.

3rd ODI

29 May
Scorecard
Zimbabwe  Flag of Zimbabwe.svg
196 (48.5 overs)
v
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
199/2 (30.4 overs)
Elton Chigumbura 77 (90)
Jason Gillespie 5/32 (10 overs)
Michael Clarke 105* (102)
Tawanda Mupariwa 2/48 (8 overs)
Australia won by 8 wickets
Harare Sports Club, Harare
Umpires: Steve Bucknor (WI) and Ian Robinson (Zim)
Player of the match: Jason Gillespie (Aus)
  • Australia won the toss and elected to field.
  • Michael Clarke (Aus) scored his first century in ODIs.

4th ODI

1 June
Scorecard
Zimbabwe  Flag of Zimbabwe.svg
246 (48.5 overs)
v
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
249/2 (39.4 overs)
Elton Chigumbura 77 (90)
Jason Gillespie 5/32 (10 overs)
Michael Clarke 125* (102)
Tawanda Mupariwa 2/48 (8 overs)
Australia won by 8 wickets
Harare Sports Club, Harare
Umpires: Steve Bucknor (WI) and Ian Robinson (Zim)
Player of the match: Jason Gillespie (Aus)
  • Australia won the toss and elected to field.
  • Michael Clarke (Aus) scored his first century in ODIs.

5th ODI

4 June
Scorecard
Zimbabwe  Flag of Zimbabwe.svg
126 (38.5 overs)
v
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
129/2 (20.4 overs)
Elton Chigumbura 37 (60)
Jason Gillespie 5/22 (10 overs)
Michael Clarke 75* (92)
Tawanda Mupariwa 2/28 (5 overs)
Australia won by 8 wickets
Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo
Umpires: Steve Bucknor (WI) and Ian Robinson (Zim)
Player of the match: Jason Gillespie (Aus)
  • Australia won the toss and elected to field.
  • Michael Clarke (Aus) scored his first century in ODIs.

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References

  1. CricketArchive – tour itinerary Archived November 6, 2012, at the Wayback Machine . Retrieved on 14 December 2010.
  2. 1 2 "Bangladesh v Australia tour, is Australia's tour of Bangladesh cancelled, Will Australia's tour go ahead: a look back at Australia's postponed tours of Pakistan and Zimbabwe". September 28, 2015.