Zimbabwean cricket team in Australia in 2003-04
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| Steve Waugh | Heath Streak | ||||||
| Most Runs | |||||||
| Matthew Hayden (501) Ricky Ponting (259) Steve Waugh (139) |
Mark Vermeulen (166) Stuart Carlisle (160) Heath Streak (119) |
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| Most Wickets | |||||||
| Andy Bichel (10) Simon Katich (6) Jason Gillespie (5) |
Ray Price (6) Sean Ervine (4) Andy Blignaut (3) |
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The Zimbabwean cricket team toured Australia in the 2003-04 season. On the tour, the Zimbabweans played two unclassified matches, one First-class match, three List A matches and two Tests, as well as taking part in the 2003-04 VB Series with Australia and India - who were touring Australia for 4 Tests at the same time. The Zimbabweans lost all but one international match - both Tests and seven of the eight One Day Internationals - the exception being called off for rain.
The tour was notable for Matthew Hayden's score of 380 in the first Test, this being the highest individual score in Test cricket at the time, beating Brian Lara's 375.
[edit] Tour matches
[edit] Zimbabweans v Rockingham-Mandurah Invitational XI
| Sep 28 - Sep 30 (Scorecard) |
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| Zimbabwe 149 (69.4 overs) |
vs |  Rockingham-Mandurah XI123 (46.4 overs) |
Match drawn Settlers Hill, Baldivis Umpires: Andrew Craig and D Foggarty Man of the Match: Luke Ronchi and Craig Wishart |
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Darren Wates 4/22 (16 overs) T Gilbert 3/35 (15 overs) |
Sean Ervine 5/37 (15 overs) |
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| 255/9d (37 overs) | 135/6 (113 overs) | ||||
| Craig Wishart 116 (235) Aaron Heal 3/53 (28.1 overs) John Taylor 3/34 (17 overs) |
Ray Price 4/55 (12 overs) |
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This match did not have First-class status.
[edit] Zimbabweans v Cricket Australia Chairman's XI
| October 1 | ||||
| Cricket Australia Chairman's XI 240 (49.5 overs) |
vs | Zimbabwe 241/3 (41.2 overs) |
Zimbabwe won by 7 wickets Lilac Hill Park, Perth Umpires: Jeff Brookes and Ian Lock Man of the Match: Heath Streak |
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| Ryan Campbell 65 (79) Heath Streak 4/33 (9.5 overs) Andy Blignaut 3/47 (10 overs) |
(scorecard) | Stuart Carlisle 89* (95) Craig Wishart 63* (76) Mark Vermeulen 61 (61) |
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This match did not have List A status.
[edit] Zimbabweans v Western Australia - First-class match
| October 3 - October 5 (Scorecard) |
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| Zimbabwe 330 (124.3 overs) |
vs | Western Australia 207/6d (61 overs) |
Match drawn WACA Ground, Perth Umpires: Bruce Bennett and Ian Lock |
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| Craig Wishart 100 (222) Andy Blignaut 57 (78) Paul Wilson 4/41 (30 overs) |
Marcus North 59 (115) Heath Streak 3/35 (14 overs) |
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| 146/6d (49.4 overs) | 266/4 (38 overs) | ||||
| Trevor Gripper 54 (93) Paul Wilson 3/26 (14 overs) |
Mike Hussey 79 (79) Ryan Campbell 59 (57) |
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[edit] Zimbabweans v Australia A - List A match
| January 1 | ||||
| Zimbabwe 240 (49.5 overs) |
vs | Australia A cricket team 232 (49 overs) |
Zimbabwe won by 8 runs WACA Ground, Perth Umpires: Bruce Oxenford and Bob Parry Man of the Match: Stuart Carlisle |
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| Stuart Carlisle 100* (128) Dominic Thornely 3/38 (9.5 overs) |
(scorecard) | Shaun Marsh 57 (58) Sean Ervine 4/44 (10 overs) |
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[edit] Zimbabweans v Western Australia - List A match
| January 4 | ||||
| Western Australia 286/9 (50 overs) |
vs | Zimbabwe 216 (44.1 overs) |
Western Australia won by 70 runs WACA Ground, Perth Umpires: Bruce Bennett and Jeff Brookes Man of the Match: Sean Ervine |
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| Scott Meuleman 67 (79) Sean Ervine 5/56 (10 overs) |
(scorecard) | Mark Vermeulen 55 (35) |
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[edit] Zimbabweans v Australia A - List A match
| January 7 | ||||
| Australia A cricket team 327/6 (50 overs) |
vs | Zimbabwe 208 (44 overs) |
Australia A cricket team won by 119 runs Adelaide Oval, Adelaide Umpires: Ian Lock and John Smeaton Man of the Match: Marcus North |
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| Marcus North 115 (109) Michael Clarke 93 (71) |
(scorecard) | Grant Flower 67 (85) Sean Ervine 51 (75) |
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[edit] 2003-04 VB Series
Zimbabwe and Australia played in a tri-series tournament with India for the Australian Tri-Series, at the time sponsored by Victoria Bitter. Played in a round-robin format, all 3 teams played each other four times, meaning 8 matches each, with the top two teams going through to a head-to-head final to decide the winner.
[edit] Group Stage
| Pos | Team | P | W | L | NR/T | BP | CP | Points | NRR |
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| 1 | Australia |
8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 37 | +1.100 |
| 2 |  India |
8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 29 | +0.282 |
| 3 | Zimbabwe |
8 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | -1.326 |
[edit] Table key
- P = Games played
- W = Games won
- L = Games lost
- NR/T = Games with no result or games tied
- BP = Bonus points
- CP = Consolation points
- NRR = Net run rate
[edit] Points system
- Won = 5 points
- Lost = 0 points
- Tie or No result = 3 point
- Standard net run rate rules applied.
- Bonus points awarded for a win when the winning team's run rate is 1.25x that of the losing team.[1]
- Consolation points awarded for a loss when the losing team did not give up the bonus point to the winning team.[1]
[edit] Position deciders
The deciding factors, in order, on table position were:
- Total points
- Games won
- Head-to-head result
- Bonus points
- Net run rate
[edit] Final series
[edit] First final
| February 6 | ||||
| India 222 (49 overs) |
vs | Australia 224/3 (40.1 overs) |
Australia won by 7 wickets Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne Umpires: Steve Bucknor and Simon Taufel Man of the Match: Ricky Ponting |
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| Hemang Badani 60* (81) Ajit Agarkar 53 (62) |
(scorecard) | Ricky Ponting 88 (80) Matthew Hayden 50 (91) Lakshmipathy Balaji 3/52 (10 overs) |
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[edit] Second final
| February 8 | ||||
| Australia 359/5 (50 overs) |
vs | India 151 (33.2 overs) |
Australia won by 208 runs Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney Umpires: Daryl Harper and Rudi Koertzen Man of the Match: Matthew Hayden |
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| Matthew Hayden 126 (122) Damien Martyn 67 (76) Andrew Symonds 66 (39) |
(scorecard) | Brad Williams 2/12 (6.2 runs) |
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Adam Gilchrist was named Man of the Series for being leading runscorer, with 996 runs to his name.
[edit] Test matches
[edit] First Test
| October 9 - October 13 (Scorecard) |
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| Australia 735/6d (146.3 overs) |
vs | Zimbabwe 239 (89.3 overs) |
Australia won by an innings and 175 runs WACA Ground, Perth Umpires: Venkat and Peter Willey Man of the Match: Matthew Hayden |
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| Matthew Hayden 380 (437) Adam Gilchrist 113* (94) Steve Waugh 78 (124) Damien Martyn 53 (76) Sean Ervine 4/146 (31 overs) |
Trevor Gripper 53 (135) Jason Gillespie 3/52 (25.3 overs) Brett Lee 3/48 (15 overs) |
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| 321 (f/o) (127.2 overs) | |||||
| Heath Streak 71* (215) Mark Vermeulen 63 (120) Sean Ervine 53 (98) Andy Bichel 4/63 (28.2 overs) Darren Lehmann 3/61 (31.2 overs) |
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Matthew Hayden recorded the highest score ever in Test cricket, at the time, with his 380 in the first innings; surpassing the 375 set by Brian Lara in Antigua a decade earlier. Lara went on to reclaim the record less than 6 months later, however, with his 400 not out against England.[2]
[edit] Second Test
| October 17 - October 21 (Scorecard) |
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| Zimbabwe 308 (107.2 overs) |
vs | Australia 403 (103.3 overs) |
Australia won by 9 wickets Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney Umpires: Billy Bowden and Venkat Man of the Match: Ricky Ponting |
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| Stuart Carlisle 118 (213) Andy Bichel 4/66 (24.2 overs) |
Ricky Ponting 169 (249) Steve Waugh 61 (98) Simon Katich 52 (86) Ray Price 6/121 (41.3 overs) Andy Blignaut 3/83 (20 overs) |
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| 266 (91.5 overs) | 172/1 (29.1 overs) | ||||
Simon Katich 6/65 (25.5 overs) |
Matthew Hayden 101* (85) Ricky Ponting 53* (71) |
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[edit] Records
Australia's Matthew Hayden was named Man of the Series for his 501 runs over the two Tests and the historic triple-century. Comparatively, Mark Vermeulen scored the most runs for Zimbabwe with 166. Andy Bichel took the most wickets of the series with 10, with Ray Price taking 6 for Zimbabwe.
[edit] See also
[edit] Notes
[edit] External links
- CricketArchive - Tour homepage
- CricketArchive - VB Series homepage
- Cricinfo - Tour homepage
- Cricinfo - VB Series homepage
- Cricinfo - Tour averages
- Cricinfo - VB Series averages
[edit] References
- Playfair Cricket Annual
- Wisden Cricketers Almanack
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