Australian national cricket team in Zimbabwe in the 2004 season
The Australian national cricket team's tour to Zimbabwe in the 2004 season took place from May 25-29, 2004. The international cricket tour was part of the 2004 international cricket season and included three ODIs . Australia won the series 3–0.
prehistory
Zimbabwe previously played a tour against Sri Lanka , for Australia it was the first tour of the season. The last meeting of the two teams on a tour took place in the 2003/04 season in Australia . After Australia refused to tour Zimbabwe in April 2002 following the re-election of Robert Mugabe , an investigation led to Australia making the trip this time. Australian player Stuart MacGill declared that he was not available for the tour due to moral reasons. However, other players who also considered this step started the tour.
Stages
Tour venues |
The following stages have been designated as the venue for the tour.
| Stadion | city | capacity | Games |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harare Sports Club | Harare | 10,000 | 1st - 3rd ODI |
Squad lists
Australia named its roster at Zimbabwe named its ODI roster on May 21, 2004.
| ODI | |
|---|---|
 Zimbabwe
|
 Australia
|
Tour matches
| May 17-18 scorecard |
Harare (CC) |
Zimbabwe A 151 (57) |
- |
Australians 448 (94.1) |
| draw | ||||
One-day internationals
First ODI in Harare
| May 25 scorecard |
Harare |
Zimbabwe 205-9 (50) |
- |
Australia 207-3 (39.4) |
| Australia wins with 7 wickets | ||||
Second ODI in Harare
| May 27th scorecard |
Harare |
Australia 323-8 (50) |
- |
Zimbabwe 184 (44.3) |
| Australia wins with 139 runs | ||||
Third ODI in Harare
| May 29 scorecard |
Harare |
Zimbabwe 196 (48.5) |
- |
Australia 199-2 (30.4) |
| Australia wins with 8 wickets | ||||
statistics
The following cricket statistics were obtained on this tour.
| ODIs | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batting | ||||||||
| player | team | Games | Innings | Runs | Average | HS | 100s | 50s |
| Michael Clarke |
Australia
|
3 | 3 | 126 | 126.00 | 105 * | 1 | 0 |
| Brendan Taylor |
Zimbabwe
|
3 | 3 | 125 | 41.66 | 65 | 0 | 2 |
| Ricky Ponting |
Australia
|
3 | 2 | 101 | 50.50 | 91 | 0 | 1 |
| Damien Martyn |
Australia
|
3 | 2 | 94 | 94.00 | 74 * | 0 | 1 |
| Adam Gilchrist |
Australia
|
3 | 3 | 90 | 30.00 | 44 | 0 | 0 |
| bowling | ||||||||
| player | team | Games | Overs | Wickets | Average | BBI | 5W | 10W |
| Jason Gillespie |
Australia
|
3 | 28 | 7th | 12.85 | 5/32 | 1 | 0 |
| Darren Lehmann |
Australia
|
2 | 10.3 | 5 | 7.80 | 4/7 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Kasprowicz |
Australia
|
3 | 29 | 5 | 15.20 | 2/23 | 0 | 0 |
| Brad Hogg |
Australia
|
2 | 16.5 | 5 | 18.60 | 3/37 | 0 | 0 |
| Tawanda Mupariwa |
Zimbabwe
|
3 | 26.3 | 4th | 39.75 | 2/48 | 0 | 0 |
Player of the Match
The following players were recognized as Player of the Match .
| game | Player of the Match |
|---|---|
| 1. ODI |
 Ricky Ponting
|
| 2. ODI |
Darren Lehmann
|
| 3. ODI |
Jason Gillespie
|
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Australia tour of Zimbabwe under review ( English ) Cricinfo. December 10, 2003. Retrieved December 29, 2016.
- ↑ Australia to go ahead with Zimbabwe tour ( English ) Cricinfo. April 16, 2004. Retrieved December 29, 2016.
- ↑ More Australians may boycott Zimbabwe ( English ) Cricinfo. April 22, 2004. Retrieved December 29, 2016.
- ↑ Cricket Australia: Other players won't join MacGill ( English ) Cricinfo. April 23, 2004. Retrieved December 29, 2016.
- ↑ McGrath included in squad for Zimbabwe ( English ) Cricinfo. April 21, 2004. Retrieved December 29, 2016.
- ↑ Taibu continues to lead depleted side ( English ) Cricinfo. May 21, 2004. Retrieved December 29, 2016.
- ↑ Records / Australia in Zimbabwe ODI Series, 2004 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved January 5, 2017.
- ↑ Records / Australia in Zimbabwe ODI Series, 2004 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved January 5, 2017.