Australian national cricket team in Zimbabwe in 1999/2000

The tour of the Australian national cricket team to Zimbabwe in the 1999/2000 season took place from October 14 to 24, 1999. The international cricket tour was part of the 1999/2000 international cricket season and included a test and three ODIs . Australia won the Test Series 1-0 and the ODI Series 3-0.

prehistory

Zimbabwe previously played a tournament in Kenya , for Australia it was the first tour of the season. It was the first meeting of the two teams that contained a test or ODI. Zimbabwe previously visited Australia for first class. The last meeting of the two teams on a tour took place in Australia in the 1994/95 season .

Stages

Bulawayo Harare

Tour venues

The following stages have been designated as the venue for the tour.

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
Queens Sports Club	Bulawayo	9,000	1st test; 1. ODI
Harare Sports Club	Harare	10,000	2. test; 2nd & 3rd ODI

Squad lists

Zimbabwe named its ODI squad on October 18, 1999.

test		ODI
Zimbabwe	Australia	Zimbabwe	Australia
Alastair Campbell Andy Flower Grant Flower Murray Goodwin Trevor Gripper Neil Johnson Henry Olonga Gavin Rennie Bryan Strand Heath Streak Guy Whittall	Greg Blewett Damien Fleming Ian Healy Justin Langer Glenn McGrath Colin Miller Ricky Ponting Michael Slater Shane Warne Mark Waugh Steve Waugh	Andy Blingnaut Gary Brent Alistair Campbell Andy Flower Grant Flower Murray Goodwin Neil Johnson Trevor Madondo David Mutendera Gavin Rennie John Rennie Guy Whittall Andy Whittall	Michael Bevan Adam Dale Damien Fleming Adam Gilchrist Damien Martyn Glenn McGrath Tom Moody Darren Lehmann Ricky Ponting Andrew Symonds Shane Warne Mark Waugh Steve Waugh

Tour matches

October 9-11 Scorecard	Bulawayo	Australians 335-7d (93.3) & 304-5 (62.1)	-	Zimbabwe Cricket Union President's XI 219 (80.3) & 176 (54.4)
		Australia wins with 244 runs

Testing

First test in Harare

October 14th - 17th scorecard	Harare	Zimbabwe 194 (85) & 232 (122.1)	-	Australia 422 (139.4) & 5-0 (0.4)
		Australia wins with 10 wickets

One-day internationals

First ODI in Bulawayo

October 21 scorecard	Bulawayo	Australia 303-4 (50)	-	Zimbabwe 220 (43.4)
		Australia wins with 83 runs

Second ODI in Harare

October 23 scorecard	Harare	Zimbabwe 116 (37.3)	-	Australia 117-1 (28.3)
		Australia wins with 9 wickets

Third ODI in Harare

October 24th scorecard	Harare	Zimbabwe 200-9 (50)	-	Australia 201-1 (39)
		Australia wins with 9 wickets

Web links

• The series on Cricinfo

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Zimbabwe announce team to face Australia in one-day internationals ( English ) Cricinfo. October 18, 1999. Retrieved July 21, 2017.