Australian cricket team in Zimbabwe in 2004
Australian cricket team in Zimbabwe in 2004 | |||
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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]
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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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.
References
- ^ CricketArchive – tour itinerary Archived November 6, 2012, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved on 14 December 2010.
- ^ a b "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.
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Preceding season: International cricket in 2003–04
- Bangladesh in West Indies
- New Zealand in England
- Australia in Zimbabwe
- India in England
- Australia against Pakistan in England
- Champions Trophy
Following season: International cricket in 2004–05
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