Australian cricket team in Zimbabwe in 2004

The Australia national cricket team toured Zimbabwe in May 2004 to play a series of three One Day International (ODI) matches against Zimbabwe in Harare.[1]

Australian cricket team in Zimbabwe in 2004
 
  Zimbabwe Australia
Dates 25 May – 29 May 2004
Captains Tatenda Taibu Ricky Ponting
One Day International series
Results Australia won the 3-match series 3–0
Most runs Brendan Taylor (125) Michael Clarke (126)
Most wickets Tawanda Mupariwa (4) Jason Gillespie (7)

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
Zimbabwe 
205/9 (50 overs)
v
 Australia
207/3 (39.4 overs)
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
Australia 
323/8 (50 overs)
v
 Zimbabwe
184 (44.3 overs)
Matthew Hayden 87 (101)
Stuart Matsikenyeri 2/43 (10 overs)
Brendan Taylor 65 (93)
Darren Lehmann 4/7 (4.3 overs)
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
Zimbabwe 
196 (48.5 overs)
v
 Australia
199/2 (30.4 overs)
Elton Chigumbura 77 (90)
Jason Gillespie 5/32 (10 overs)
Michael Clarke 105* (102)
Tawanda Mupariwa 2/48 (8 overs)
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.

References
  1. CricketArchive – tour itinerary Archived November 6, 2012, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved on 14 December 2010.
  2. "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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