- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR7.2 short delivery outside the off stump, Wishart goes for the pull, gets a bottom edge and the ball crashes into the wood-work, Gillespie strikes again! 28/23.1 short delivery outside the off stump, Whittall goes for the pull and ends up hitting it high up towards the sqaure leg region, Hogg gets under it and makes no mistakes, Gillespie strikes! 13/130.1 flipper on the off, the ball bounces on off, drifts in and really fizzes off the pitch, Andy Flower is late on the ball and his stumps are shattered! What a ball! 121/428.1 on the pads, tucked away down to fine leg, the batsmen take the first one quickly, then hesitate on the second, the throw comes in from Bevan at fine leg, Gilchrist collects and throws down the stumps at the bowler's end 112/336.5 tossed up delivery on the middle and leg stump line, Ebrahim moves across to play it but misses out on the shot, ball crashes into the furniture, Hogg strikes again! 142/549.1 yorker on the middle, Taibu plays all over it, the furniture is re-arranged, Useful innings from Taibu comes to an end! 242/836.6 ho god!flighted delivery on the middle and leg stump line, Marillier straight away goes for the sweep, the ball takes the toe end of the bat and goes straight to Ponting at short mid-wicket, Hogg on a hat-trick! 142/644.3 fulltoss on the middle, smashed back to Lee at tremendous speed, catch held, makes it look easy, Blignaut departs! 208/749.4 another one bites the dust! fuller length delivery on the middle stump line, Huge swing and miss, ball crashes into the stumps, McGrath strikes again! 244/9Extras14 (b 4, lb 3, nb 4, w 3)TOTAL246/9 (50 Overs, RR: 4.92)Fall of wickets: 1-13 (Guy Whittall, 3.1 ov), 2-28 (Craig Wishart, 7.2 ov), 3-112 (Grant Flower, 28.1 ov), 4-121 (Andy Flower, 30.1 ov), 5-142 (Dion Ebrahim, 36.5 ov), 6-142 (Dougie Marillier, 36.6 ov), 7-208 (Andy Blignaut, 44.3 ov), 8-242 (Tatenda Taibu, 49.1 ov), 9-244 (Brian Murphy, 49.4 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB GD McGrath 9 2 24 2 2.66 36 1 0 1 0 JN Gillespie 9 1 50 2 5.55 35 9 0 1 0 A Symonds 10 1 35 0 3.5 37 4 0 0 0 B Lee 10 0 63 1 6.3 32 6 1 1 3 GB Hogg 8 0 46 3 5.75 26 3 2 0 1 DR Martyn 4 0 21 0 5.25 13 3 0 0 0
24/02Result
27th Match, ICC World Cup at Bulawayo, Feb 24 2003
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![Zimbabwe]( "Zimbabwe")
246/9 -
![Australia]( "Australia")
248/3 (47.3/50 ov)
Player of the Match
24/02Result
27th Match, ICC World Cup at Bulawayo, Feb 24 2003
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![Zimbabwe]( "Zimbabwe")
246/9 -
![Australia]( "Australia")
248/3 (47.3/50 ov)
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR21.4 short delivery on the middle and off stump line, Gilchrist goes back and pulls it straight down the throat of Ervine at deep mid-wicket 113/214.1 pitched up delivery on the pads, hits straight to the Grant Flower at short fine-leg 89/132.4 tossed up a bit more, slow and on the stumps, Ponting tries to work the ball to the on side, closes the face of the bat early and edges a simple catch back to the bowler 156/3Extras9 (lb 1, w 8)TOTAL248/3 (47.3 Overs, RR: 5.22)Fall of wickets: 1-89 (Matthew Hayden, 14.1 ov), 2-113 (Adam Gilchrist, 21.4 ov), 3-156 (Ricky Ponting, 32.4 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB HH Streak 6 0 38 0 6.33 17 5 0 1 0 AM Blignaut 10 0 54 0 5.4 30 5 0 4 0 DT Hondo 9 0 49 1 5.44 23 5 0 0 0 GJ Whittall 3.3 0 26 0 7.42 9 4 0 0 0 DA Marillier 10 1 32 1 3.2 32 0 0 3 0 BA Murphy 9 0 48 1 5.33 22 4 0 0 0
Match Details
Series
Toss
Zimbabwe , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Match number
Season
Match days
24 February 2003 (50-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Match Referee
Points
Australia 4, Zimbabwe 0
Match Notes
- 12th Men: SM Ervine (Zimbabwe) and JP Maher (Australia)
- When A Flower reached 24* he became the leading run scorer for Zimbabwe in World Cups (previous: DL Houghton 567 runs)
- AM Blignaut's highest score against Australia in ODIs (previous: 27 at Bulawayo, 1999/00)
- When HH Streak reached 15* he passed 2000 runs in ODIs
- T Taibu and HH Streak's partnership of 34 runs set a new 8th wicket partnership for Zimbabwe v Australia in ODIs (previous: 32 HH Streak and ML Nkala at Melbourne, 2000/01)
- GB Hogg's best bowling against Zimbabwe in ODIs (previous: 1/26 at Colombo, 1996/97)
- DR Martyn and DS Lehmann's partnership set a new 4th wicket partnership record for Australia against Zimbabwe in ODIs (previous: 78 ME Waugh and SR Waugh at Harare, 1999/00)
- Australia innings: 1x5 ball over (15th over)
Match Coverage
All Match NewsZimbabwe go down fighting to Australia
Under a cloudless blue sky, Australia continued their victorious World Cupprogress with a seven-wicket victory against Zimbabwe
World Cup
| Super Sixes | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
| AUS | 5 | 5 | 0 | 24 | 1.854 |
| IND | 5 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 0.886 |
| KENYA | 5 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 0.354 |
| SL | 5 | 2 | 3 | 11.5 | -0.844 |
| NZ | 5 | 1 | 4 | 8 | -0.896 |
| ZIM | 5 | 0 | 5 | 3.5 | -1.254 |
| Pool A | |||||
| Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
| AUS | 6 | 6 | 0 | 24 | 2.045 |
| IND | 6 | 5 | 1 | 20 | 1.108 |
| ZIM | 6 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 0.504 |
| ENG | 6 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 0.821 |
| PAK | 6 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 0.227 |
| NED | 6 | 1 | 5 | 4 | -1.454 |
| NAM | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | -2.955 |
| Pool B | |||||
| Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
| SL | 6 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 1.204 |
| KENYA | 6 | 4 | 2 | 16 | -0.691 |
| NZ | 6 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 0.99 |
| WI | 6 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 1.103 |
| SA | 6 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 1.73 |
| CAN | 6 | 1 | 5 | 4 | -1.989 |
| BAN | 6 | 0 | 5 | 2 | -2.046 |