25/08Result
1st Match, Zimbabwe Triangular Series at Harare, Aug 25 2014
Australia won by 198 runs
Player of the Match
Mitchell Marsh
Mitchell MarshAustralia
25/08Result
1st Match, Zimbabwe Triangular Series at Harare, Aug 25 2014
Australia won by 198 runs
Player of the Match
Mitchell Marsh
Mitchell MarshAustralia

Best performances - Batsmen

GJ Maxwell
GJ Maxwell
93(46) 9x4 - 5x6
Control %73%
  • Productive Shot
  • off drive
  • 19 runs
  • 2x4 - 1x6
9 13 16 11 13 6 19 6
MR Marsh
MR Marsh
89(83) 7x4 - 4x6
Control %86%
  • Productive Shot
  • off drive
  • 20 runs
  • 3x4 - 0x6
0 2 15 1 20 18 20 13

Best performances - Bowlers

SPD Smith
SPD Smith
O4.3
M0
R16
W3
Eco3.55
RHB
OFFLEG
2W
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
MA Starc
MA Starc
O6
M1
R23
W2
Eco3.83
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH

Partnerships

Australia - Innings

98
BJ Haddin46 (58)
AJ Finch47 (55)
47
AJ Finch20 (24)
MR Marsh26 (42)
33
GJ Bailey14 (21)
MR Marsh19 (20)
109
MR Marsh44 (21)
GJ Maxwell64 (33)
11
SPD Smith1 (1)
GJ Maxwell10 (7)
19
JP Faulkner0 (0)
GJ Maxwell19 (6)
33*
MG Johnson20 (10)
JP Faulkner5 (5)

Zimbabwe - Innings

1
TMK Mawoyo1 (6)
Sikandar Raza0 (2)
63
H Masakadza27 (38)
Sikandar Raza33 (38)
19
H Masakadza9 (13)
BRM Taylor10 (14)
3
H Masakadza2 (5)
E Chigumbura0 (11)
2
H Masakadza1 (2)
SC Williams1 (4)
29
H Masakadza15 (20)
R Mutumbami11 (24)
21
H Masakadza16 (13)
P Utseya5 (11)
6
P Utseya4 (12)
T Panyangara1 (9)
0
P Utseya0 (4)
J Nyumbu0 (0)
8
J Nyumbu1 (6)
TL Chatara6 (5)

Manhattan

Run rate graph

Worm

Match Coverage

All Match News

  • Marsh looks to build on 'special' knock

    It remains to be seen whether Marsh's top-order promotion will continue in the long term and he can emulate his cricketing hero, Jacques Kallis, but his productive start in the position will not have hurt his efforts.

  • Mind the windows, Mitchell

    Plays of the Day from the tri-series opener between Zimbabwe and Australia in Harare

  • Unforgiving Australia expose Zimbabwe's cracks

    Helmed by an overburdened head coach and weighed down by inconsistent selection, Zimbabwe's faults were glaringly obvious in their heaviest-ever defeat to Australia

  • Zimbabwe fold after Marsh, Maxwell blitz

    A blistering 109-run stand in nine overs between Mitchell Marsh and Glenn Maxwell saw Australia rack up the highest ODI total at the Harare Sports Club and leave Zimbabwe in the dust in the tri-series opener

  • Hughes left out despite Clarke injury

    Phillip Hughes has been surprisingly left out of Australia's side for their first one-day international against Zimbabwe despite captain Michael Clarke being ruled out with a hamstring injury

A solitary victory

1

Number of times in 28 ODIs that Zimbabwe have beaten Australia - in the 1983 World Cup, their first ever ODI

A rare occurrence

5

This is only the fifth instance of a team scoring 350 without a batsman making a hundred