Countries | Australia Zimbabwe |
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Administrator | Cricket Australia and Zimbabwe Cricket |
Format | Test cricket |
First edition | 1999–2000 (Zimbabwe) |
Latest edition | 2003–04 (Australia) |
Tournament format | Test Series |
Number of teams | 2 |
Current trophy holder | Australia |
Most successful | Australia (2 titles) |
Most runs | Matthew Hayden (501 runs) [1] |
Most wickets | Andy Bichel (10 wickets) [1] |
The Southern Cross Trophy is a cricket trophy that was awarded to the winner of Test series between Australia and Zimbabwe. [2] The Trophy was first contested in a single-Test series in Zimbabwe in 1999, which was accompanied by a series of three One Day Internationals. In the first Test of the second and last series of the Trophy in the 2003–04 season, Matthew Hayden scored a then-record highest Test score by a batsman, a 380 that won him the player of the series award. [1]
Season | Host | First Match | Tests | Australia | Zimbabwe | Drawn | Result | Holder | Player of the series |
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1999 | Zimbabwe | 14 October 1999 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Australia | Australia | Steve Waugh |
2003 | Australia | 9 October 2003 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Australia | Australia | Matthew Hayden |
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