Australian cricket team in Zimbabwe in 2004

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

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]

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.

References

1. CricketArchive – tour itinerary. Retrieved on 14 December 2010.