Zimbabwean cricket team in Australia in 2003-04

Infobox cricket series
series=Zimbabwean cricket team in Australia in 2003-04
date=September 28, 2003 – February 3, 2004
place=Australia
result=Australia won 2 Test series 2-0
team1=cr|AUS
team2=cr|ZIM
captain1=Steve Waugh
captain2=Heath Streak
runs1=Matthew Hayden (501)
Ricky Ponting (259)
Steve Waugh (139)
runs2=Mark Vermeulen (166)
Stuart Carlisle (160)
Heath Streak (119)
wickets1=Andy Bichel (10)
Simon Katich (6)
Jason Gillespie (5)
wickets2=Ray Price (6)
Sean Ervine (4)
Andy Blignaut (3)

The Zimbabwean cricket team toured Australia in the 2003-04 season. On the tour, the Zimbabweans played two unclassified matches, one First-class match, three List A matches and two Tests, as well as taking part in the 2003-04 VB Series with Australia and India - who were touring Australia for 4 Tests at the same time. The Zimbabweans lost all but one international match - both Tests and seven of the eight One Day Internationals - the exception being called off for rain.

The tour was notable for Matthew Hayden's score of 380 in the first Test, this being the highest individual score in Test cricket at the time, beating Brian Lara's 375.

Tour matches

Zimbabweans v Rockingham-Mandurah Invitational XI

Test match
date = Sep 28 - Sep 30
team1 = cr-rt|ZIM
team2 = flagicon|Western Australia Rockingham-Mandurah XI

score-team1-inns1 = 149 (69.4 overs)
runs-team1-inns1 =
Darren Wates 4/22 (16 overs)
wickets-team1-inns1 = T Gilbert 3/35 (15 overs)

score-team2-inns1 = 123 (46.4 overs)
runs-team2-inns1 =
Sean Ervine 5/37 (15 overs)
wickets-team2-inns1 =

score-team1-inns2 = 255/9d (37 overs)
runs-team1-inns2 = Craig Wishart 116 (235)
wickets-team1-inns2 = Aaron Heal 3/53 (28.1 overs)
John Taylor 3/34 (17 overs)

score-team2-inns2 = 135/6 (113 overs)
runs-team2-inns2 =
Ray Price 4/55 (12 overs)
wickets-team2-inns2 =

result = Match drawn
venue = Settlers Hill, Baldivis
umpires = Andrew Craig and D Foggarty
motm = Luke Ronchi and Craig Wishart
report = [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/102/102823.html (Scorecard)]
rain =

This match did not have First-class status.

Zimbabweans v Cricket Australia Chairman's XI

Limited overs international
date = October 1
team1 = Cricket Australia Chairman's XI flagicon|Australia
team2 = cr|ZIM

score1 = 240 (49.5 overs)
runs1 = Ryan Campbell 65 (79)
wickets1 = Heath Streak 4/33 (9.5 overs)
Andy Blignaut 3/47 (10 overs)

score2 = 241/3 (41.2 overs)
runs2 = Stuart Carlisle 89* (95)
Craig Wishart 63* (76)
Mark Vermeulen 61 (61)
wickets2 =

result = cr|ZIM won by 7 wickets
report = [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/102/102824.html (scorecard)]
venue = Lilac Hill Park, Perth
umpires = Jeff Brookes and Ian Lock
motm = Heath Streak
rain =

This match did not have List A status.

Zimbabweans v Western Australia - First-class match

Test match
date = October 3 - October 5
team1 = cr-rt|ZIM
team2 = flagicon|Western Australia Western Australia

score-team1-inns1 = 330 (124.3 overs)
runs-team1-inns1 = Craig Wishart 100 (222)
Andy Blignaut 57 (78)
wickets-team1-inns1 = Paul Wilson 4/41 (30 overs)

score-team2-inns1 = 207/6d (61 overs)
runs-team2-inns1 = Marcus North 59 (115)
wickets-team2-inns1 = Heath Streak 3/35 (14 overs)

score-team1-inns2 = 146/6d (49.4 overs)
runs-team1-inns2 = Trevor Gripper 54 (93)
wickets-team1-inns2 = Paul Wilson 3/26 (14 overs)

score-team2-inns2 = 266/4 (38 overs)
runs-team2-inns2 = Mike Hussey 79 (79)
Ryan Campbell 59 (57)
wickets-team2-inns2 =

result = Match drawn
venue = WACA Ground, Perth
umpires = Bruce Bennett and Ian Lock
motm =
report = [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/78/78015.html (Scorecard)]
rain =

Zimbabweans v Australia A - List A match

Limited overs international
date = January 1
team1 = cr-rt|ZIM
team2 = flagicon|Australia Australia A cricket team

score1 = 240 (49.5 overs)
runs1 = Stuart Carlisle 100* (128)
wickets1 = Dominic Thornely 3/38 (9.5 overs)

score2 = 232 (49 overs)
runs2 = Shaun Marsh 57 (58)
wickets2 = Sean Ervine 4/44 (10 overs)

result = cr|ZIM won by 8 runs
report = [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/78/78685.html (scorecard)]
venue = WACA Ground, Perth
umpires = Bruce Oxenford and Bob Parry
motm = Stuart Carlisle
rain =

Zimbabweans v Western Australia - List A match

Limited overs international
date = January 4
team1 = Western Australia flagicon|Western Australia
team2 = cr|ZIM

score1 = 286/9 (50 overs)
runs1 = Scott Meuleman 67 (79)
wickets1 = Sean Ervine 5/56 (10 overs)

score2 = 216 (44.1 overs)
runs2 = Mark Vermeulen 55 (35)
wickets2 =

result = flagicon|Western Australia Western Australia won by 70 runs
report = [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/78/78715.html (scorecard)]
venue = WACA Ground, Perth
umpires = Bruce Bennett and Jeff Brookes
motm = Sean Ervine
rain =

Zimbabweans v Australia A - List A match

Limited overs international
date = January 7
team1 = Australia A cricket team flagicon|Australia
team2 = cr|ZIM

score1 = 327/6 (50 overs)
runs1 = Marcus North 115 (109)
Michael Clarke 93 (71)
wickets1 =

score2 = 208 (44 overs)
runs2 = Grant Flower 67 (85)
Sean Ervine 51 (75)
wickets2 =

result = flagicon|Australia Australia A cricket team won by 119 runs
report = [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/78/78752.html (scorecard)]
venue = Adelaide Oval, Adelaide
umpires = Ian Lock and John Smeaton
motm = Marcus North
rain =

2003-04 VB Series

Zimbabwe and Australia played in a tri-series tournament with India for the Australian Tri-Series, at the time sponsored by Victoria Bitter. Played in a round-robin format, all 3 teams played each other four times, meaning 8 matches each, with the top two teams going through to a head-to-head final to decide the winner.

Group Stage

Table key

*P = Games played
*W = Games won
*L = Games lost
*NR/T = Games with no result or games tied
*BP = Bonus points
*CP = Consolation points
*NRR = Net run rate

Points system

*Won = 5 points
*Lost = 0 points
*Tie or No result = 3 point
*Standard net run rate rules applied.
*Bonus points awarded for a win when the winning team's run rate is 1.25x that of the losing team.cite web | url=http://uk.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/2003-04/OD_TOURNEYS/VBS/wci/VBS_JAN-FEB2004_TABLE.html | title=VB Series, 2003-04 - Schedule | publisher=Cricinfo | accessdate=2007-07-06]
*Consolation points awarded for a loss when the losing team did not give up the bonus point to the winning team.

Position deciders

The deciding factors, in order, on table position were:
#Total points
#Games won
#Head-to-head result
#Bonus points
#Net run rate

Final series

First final

Limited overs international
date = February 6
team1 = cr-rt|IND
team2 = cr|AUS

score1 = 222 (49 overs)
runs1 = Hemang Badani 60* (81)
Ajit Agarkar 53 (62)
wickets1 =

score2 = 224/3 (40.1 overs)
runs2 = Ricky Ponting 88 (80)
Matthew Hayden 50 (91)
wickets2 = Lakshmipathy Balaji 3/52 (10 overs)

result = cr|AUS won by 7 wickets
report = [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/79/79000.html (scorecard)]
venue = Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
umpires = Steve Bucknor and Simon Taufel
motm = Ricky Ponting
rain =

econd final

Limited overs international
date = February 8
team1 = cr-rt|AUS
team2 = cr|IND

score1 = 359/5 (50 overs)
runs1 = Matthew Hayden 126 (122)
Damien Martyn 67 (76)
Andrew Symonds 66 (39)
wickets1 =

score2 = 151 (33.2 overs)
runs2 =
Brad Williams 2/12 (6.2 runs)
wickets2 =

result = cr|AUS won by 208 runs
report = [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/79/79019.html (scorecard)]
venue = Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
umpires = Daryl Harper and Rudi Koertzen
motm = Matthew Hayden
rain =

Adam Gilchrist was named Man of the Series for being leading runscorer, with 996 runs to his name.

Test matches

First Test

Test match
date = October 9 - October 13
team1 = cr-rt|AUS
team2 = cr|ZIM

score-team1-inns1 = 735/6d (146.3 overs)
runs-team1-inns1 = Matthew Hayden 380 (437)
Adam Gilchrist 113* (94)
Steve Waugh 78 (124)
Damien Martyn 53 (76)
wickets-team1-inns1 = Sean Ervine 4/146 (31 overs)

score-team2-inns1 = 239 (89.3 overs)
runs-team2-inns1 = Trevor Gripper 53 (135)
wickets-team2-inns1 = Jason Gillespie 3/52 (25.3 overs)
Brett Lee 3/48 (15 overs)

score-team1-inns2 =
runs-team1-inns2 =
wickets-team1-inns2 =

score-team2-inns2 = 321 (f/o) (127.2 overs)
runs-team2-inns2 = Heath Streak 71* (215)
Mark Vermeulen 63 (120)
Sean Ervine 53 (98)
wickets-team2-inns2 = Andy Bichel 4/63 (28.2 overs)
Darren Lehmann 3/61 (31.2 overs)

result = cr|AUS won by an innings and 175 runs
venue = WACA Ground, Perth
umpires = Venkat and Peter Willey
motm = Matthew Hayden
report = [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/78/78122.html (Scorecard)]
rain =

Matthew Hayden recorded the highest score ever in Test cricket, at the time, with his 380 in the first innings; surpassing the 375 set by Brian Lara in Antigua a decade earlier. Lara went on to reclaim the record less than 6 months later, however, with his 400 not out against England. [cite web | url=http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/134344.html | title=The highest score in Test cricket | publisher=Cricinfo | date=2007-04-12 | accessdate=2007-07-06]

econd Test

Test match
date = October 17 - October 21
team1 = cr-rt|ZIM
team2 = cr|AUS

score-team1-inns1 = 308 (107.2 overs)
runs-team1-inns1 = Stuart Carlisle 118 (213)
wickets-team1-inns1 = Andy Bichel 4/66 (24.2 overs)

score-team2-inns1 = 403 (103.3 overs)
runs-team2-inns1 = Ricky Ponting 169 (249)
Steve Waugh 61 (98)
Simon Katich 52 (86)
wickets-team2-inns1 = Ray Price 6/121 (41.3 overs)
Andy Blignaut 3/83 (20 overs)

score-team1-inns2 = 266 (91.5 overs)
runs-team1-inns2 =
Simon Katich 6/65 (25.5 overs)
wickets-team1-inns2 =

score-team2-inns2 = 172/1 (29.1 overs)
runs-team2-inns2 = Matthew Hayden 101* (85)
Ricky Ponting 53* (71)
wickets-team2-inns2 =

result = cr|AUS won by 9 wickets
venue = Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
umpires = Billy Bowden and Venkat
motm = Ricky Ponting
report = [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/78/78184.html (Scorecard)]
rain =

Records

Australia's Matthew Hayden was named Man of the Series for his 501 runs over the two Tests and the historic triple-century. Comparatively, Mark Vermeulen scored the most runs for Zimbabwe with 166. Andy Bichel took the most wickets of the series with 10, with Ray Price taking 6 for Zimbabwe.

ee also

*Indian cricket team in Australia in 2003-04
*2003-04 VB Series

Notes

External links

* [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Seasons/AUS/2003-04_AUS_Zimbabwe_in_Australia_2003-04.html CricketArchive - Tour homepage]
* [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Seasons/AUS/2003-04_AUS_VB_Series_2003-04.html CricketArchive - VB Series homepage]
* [http://uk.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/2003-04/ZIM_IN_AUS/ Cricinfo - Tour homepage]
* [http://uk.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/2003-04/OD_TOURNEYS/VBS/ Cricinfo - VB Series homepage]
* [http://uk.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/2003-04/ZIM_IN_AUS/STATS/ Cricinfo - Tour averages]
* [http://uk.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/2003-04/OD_TOURNEYS/VBS/wci/statistics.html Cricinfo - VB Series averages]

References

* "Playfair Cricket Annual"
* "Wisden Cricketers Almanack"