Cricket Highlights, 3 Sep: AUS vs ZIM (3rd ODI)

AUS vs ZIM (3rd ODI) – Highlights

Australia and Zimbabwe met in the 3rd of the three-match ODI series early today Bangladesh time. Although Australia won the series with one match in hand, the Zimbabwean players did not have to be whitewashed due to their excellent performance in this match. Ryan Burl won the man of the match award for his outstanding bowling and Adam Zampa won the player of the series award.

The Zimbabwe cricket team gave birth to an incredible incident in the World Cup Super League match. They beat mighty Australia and earned 10 valuable points. Regis Chakabva’s team won by 3 wickets in the last match of the series on a mission to avoid a whitewash.

Zimbabwe has never previously defeated Australia in a competitive match played on Australian soil. In any of the 15 previous encounters, they were unable to compete with the Australians. This time, the Zimbabweans defeated the hosts by dismissing them for 141 runs to win the game.

Not only that, Zimbabwe won after 21 years against any opponent on Australian soil. They last beat West Indies on Australian soil in 2001. This time, the team that is in the Super League made new history by losing the hosts.

Zimbabwe’s victory is a big loss for Australia. In the Super League so far, the Aussies have won 90 points in 15 matches of the five series. Their position is number seven. On the other hand, Zimbabwe is second from the bottom with 45 points after winning only four matches in seven series.

They lost the first two ODIs and lost the series. However, Zimbabwe surprised Australia in the match to avoid a whitewash. Australia was bowled out for 141 in the third ODI of the series by Ryan Burle’s spin at Townshill.

Opener David Warner saved the Aussies from further embarrassment. He played an innings of 94 runs off 96 balls keeping one edge. The rest scored only 38 runs. 9 comes from Extra.

Only Glenn Maxwell has reached double figures with Warner. This all-rounder scored 19 runs off 22 balls. Captain Aaron Finch 5, Steven Smith 1, Alex Carey 4, Cameron Green 3, Ashton Agar 0, Mitchell Starc 2, Josh Hazlewood 0, and Marcus Stoinis was out for just 3 runs. Australia wrapped up in 31 overs.

Zimbabwean leg-spinner Ryan Burl took 5 wickets for just 10 runs in 3 overs. 2 wickets by pacer Brad Evans. In addition, Richard Ngarva, Victor Nyauchi, and Sean Williams took 1 wicket each.

The majority of the work for the victory was done by Zimbabwe’s bowlers, who held Australia to just 141 runs. Zimbabwe got out to a strong start before chasing the runs later. Takudzwanashe Kaitano and Tadiwanashe Marumani added 38 runs to the opening pair. When Kaitano got out with 19 and Marumari at 35 runs, Zimbabwe was in danger of defeat. 

Wesley Madhevere (2), Sean Williams (0), and Sikandar (8) were completely disappointed with the bat. The visitors were in danger after losing 5 wickets for only 77 runs. However, Captain Chakava led from the front. He was accompanied by Tony Munyonga and Ryan Burl.

First, Munyonga and Chakava made a crucial sixth-wicket partnership of 38 runs. Munyonga was out after 17 runs, but Chakava kept going with Burl. Today’s man of the match Ryan Burl was dismissed for 11 runs with five runs to spare. On the other end, Chakava exited the field with a powerful bat to ensure victory even if his teammates had fled. At 37 from 72 balls, the captain of Zimbabwe was still unbeaten. 

Right-arm pacer Josh Hazlewood took three wickets for Australia.

AUS vs ZIM Scoreboard  

Australia – 141/10 (31.0)

Zimbabwe – 142/7 (39.0)

Result – Zimbabwe won by 3 wickets 

Player of the match – Ryan Burl

Player of the series – Adam Zampa

AUS vs ZIM Playing XIs