Fixture 21 Feb at 09:00 AM  • Ahmedabad
Australia vs Zimbabwe  • 4th Match, Group A (daynight)  • ICC Cricket World Cup 2011
  • Australia AUS
  • 262 / 6 ( 50 Ovs )
  • Zimbabwe ZIM
  • 171 / 10 ( 46.2 Ovs )
  • Australia won by 91 runs
    • Dot Ball
    Target 263
    Recent Balls
    • W000110100
    46.2
    W
    Johnson to Mpofu
    caught! And that's the end of the game. Johnson pitches one closer to the batsman around off stump and gets it to straighten ever so slightly. Mpofu pushes forward at it and gets an edge which Haddin takes pretty easily.
    46.1
    0
    Johnson to Mpofu
    Johnson goes round the wicket and bowls a full ball outside off. Mpofu chases and gets beaten
    45.6
    0
    Tait to Price
    played off the pads towards the leg side
    45.5
    0
    Tait to Price
    another short ball, Price ducks under it
    45.4
    1
    Tait to Mpofu
    Mpofu's headbutted the ball. He ducked low and right into the line of a short of a length delivery and gets a leg bye for it. Daft rule.
    45.3
    1
    Tait to Price
    full toss on leg stump and Price flicks firmly towards deep square leg
    45.2
    0
    Tait to Price
    good length and on off and middle stump, Price stays in his crease and blocks
    45.1
    1
    Tait to Mpofu
    Tait aims for the yorker first up and Mpofu manages to get some bat on it and play the ball behind square
    44.6
    0
    Johnson to Price
    driven off the front foot towards mid-off
    44.5
    0
    Johnson to Price
    Johnson beats the bat again by pitching one around middle and off and slanting it away from the right-hander. Price tried to drive without moving his feet and missed
    44.4
    0
    Johnson to Price
    good length delivery angling into the batsman, defended with a straight bat towards the bowler
    44.3
    0
    Johnson to Price
    short of a length delivery from round the wicket, Price wafts and misses
    44.2
    0
    Johnson to Price
    Price swings at a full and wide out and misses
    44.1
    0
    Johnson to Price
    Johnson sends down another fast bouncer, the batsmen ducks while leaving his bat up like a periscope
    43.6
    0
    Hussey to Mpofu
    driven towards mid-off from the crease
    43.5
    0
    Hussey to Mpofu
    pushed off the front foot towards cover
    43.4
    0
    Hussey to Mpofu
    Mpofu gets beaten again outside off stump
    43.3
    0
    Hussey to Mpofu
    defended confidently with a straight bat
    43.2
    0
    Hussey to Mpofu
    Mpofu tries to defend but gets beaten
    43.1
    0
    Hussey to Mpofu
    pushed on the off side on the front foot

    Match Info

    MATCH AUS Vs ZIM
    DATE 21 Feb, 2011
    TIME 09:00 AM UTC | 02:30 PM LOCAL
    VENUE Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad
    TOSS
    UMPIRES Asoka de Silva
    REFEREE Richard Kettleborough

    Australia (Batting) : 262/6 (50 Ovs)

    Batsmen R B 4s 6s SR
    SR Watson
    lbw b Cremer
    		 79 92 8 1 85.86
    BJ Haddin
    lbw b Utseya
    		 29 66 3 0 43.93
    RT Ponting
    run out (Mpofu)
    		 28 36 0 0 77.77
    MJ Clarke
    not out
    		58 55 4 0 105.45
    CL White
    b Mpofu
    		 22 36 0 0 61.11
    DJ Hussey
    b Price
    		 14 8 1 1 175
    SPD Smith
    c Chakabva b Mpofu
    		 11 4 1 1 275
    MG Johnson
    not out
    		7 3 1 0 233.33
    SW Tait
    JJ Krejza
    B Lee
    Total 262/6 (50 Ovs)      Extras: 14      ( b 0 , lb 7 , w 7 , nb 0 , p 0)

    Fall of Wickets

    Wkt # Player Runs Ovs
    1 BJ Haddin
    lbw b Utseya
    		 61 18.5
    2 SR Watson
    lbw b Cremer
    		 140 31.2
    3 RT Ponting
    run out (Mpofu)
    		 144 32.5
    4 CL White
    b Mpofu
    		 207 44.6
    5 DJ Hussey
    b Price
    		 241 48.1
    6 SPD Smith
    c Chakabva b Mpofu
    		 254 49.1

    Bowling

    Bowler O M R W WD NB ECO
    CB Mpofu 9 0 58 2 2 0 6.44
    RW Price 10 0 43 1 1 0 4.3
    P Utseya 10 2 43 1 2 0 4.3
    AG Cremer 10 0 41 1 1 0 4.1
    BRM Taylor 3 0 23 0 0 0 7.66
    E Chigumbura 2 0 18 0 1 0 9
    SC Williams 6 0 29 0 0 0 4.83

    Zimbabwe (Batting) : 171/10 (46.2 Ovs)

    Batsmen R B 4s 6s SR
    BRM Taylor
    b Tait
    		 16 24 1 0 66.66
    CK Coventry
    c & b Lee
    		 14 24 1 1 58.33
    T Taibu
    c Watson b Johnson
    		 7 17 1 0 41.17
    CR Ervine
    lbw b Johnson
    		 0 6 0 0 0
    E Chigumbura
    c †Haddin b Krejza
    		 14 25 2 0 56
    SC Williams
    c Watson b Tait
    		 28 40 1 1 70
    RW Chakabva
    lbw b Krejza
    		 6 18 0 0 33.33
    P Utseya
    c Ponting b Hussey
    		 24 45 1 0 53.33
    AG Cremer
    c †Haddin b Johnson
    		 37 51 4 0 72.54
    RW Price
    not out
    		5 19 0 0 26.31
    CB Mpofu
    c †Haddin b Johnson
    		 2 11 0 0 18.18
    Total 171/10 (46.2 Ovs)      Extras: 18      ( b 4 , lb 9 , w 3 , nb 2 , p 0)

    Fall of Wickets

    Wkt # Player Runs Ovs
    1 CK Coventry
    c & b Lee
    		 22 5.4
    2 T Taibu
    c Watson b Johnson
    		 40 10.3
    3 BRM Taylor
    b Tait
    		 40 11.2
    4 CR Ervine
    lbw b Johnson
    		 44 12.3
    5 E Chigumbura
    c †Haddin b Krejza
    		 88 21.2
    6 SC Williams
    c Watson b Tait
    		 96 24.6
    7 RW Chakabva
    lbw b Krejza
    		 104 27.2
    8 P Utseya
    c Ponting b Hussey
    		 153 39.2
    9 AG Cremer
    c †Haddin b Johnson
    		 167 42.4
    10 CB Mpofu
    c †Haddin b Johnson
    		 171 46.2

    Bowling

    Bowler O M R W WD NB ECO
    SW Tait 9 1 34 2 2 1 3.77
    B Lee 8 1 34 1 1 1 4.25
    MG Johnson 9.2 2 19 4 0 0 2.03
    JJ Krejza 8 0 28 2 0 0 3.5
    SR Watson 3 0 7 0 0 0 2.33
    SPD Smith 5 0 24 0 0 0 4.8
    DJ Hussey 4 1 12 1 0 0 3

    Australia Partnerships

    BJ Haddin
    29 (66)     		61 (113)
    18.5 Ovs     		SR Watson
    30 (47)
    RT Ponting
    27 (30)     		79 (75)
    12.3 Ovs     		SR Watson
    49 (45)
    RT Ponting
    1 (6)     		4 (9)
    1.3 Ovs     		MJ Clarke
    3 (3)
    MJ Clarke
    34 (37)     		63 (73)
    12.1 Ovs     		CL White
    22 (36)
    MJ Clarke
    18 (11)     		34 (19)
    3.1 Ovs     		DJ Hussey
    14 (8)
    MJ Clarke
    2 (2)     		13 (6)
    1 Ovs     		SPD Smith
    11 (4)
    MJ Clarke
    1 (2)     		8 (5)
    0.5 Ovs     		MG Johnson
    7 (3)

    Zimbabwe Partnerships

    CK Coventry
    14 (24)     		22 (34)
    5.4 Ovs     		BRM Taylor
    6 (10)
    T Taibu
    7 (17)     		18 (29)
    4.5 Ovs     		BRM Taylor
    10 (12)
    BRM Taylor
    0 (2)     		0 (5)
    0.5 Ovs     		CR Ervine
    0 (3)
    E Chigumbura
    0 (4)     		4 (7)
    1.1 Ovs     		CR Ervine
    0 (3)
    E Chigumbura
    14 (21)     		44 (53)
    8.5 Ovs     		SC Williams
    24 (32)
    SC Williams
    4 (8)     		8 (22)
    3.4 Ovs     		RW Chakabva
    4 (14)
    P Utseya
    5 (10)     		8 (14)
    2.2 Ovs     		RW Chakabva
    2 (4)
    P Utseya
    19 (35)     		49 (74)
    12 Ovs     		AG Cremer
    28 (39)
    RW Price
    4 (8)     		14 (20)
    3.2 Ovs     		AG Cremer
    9 (12)
    RW Price
    1 (11)     		4 (22)
    3.4 Ovs     		CB Mpofu
    2 (11)

    Australia (Batting) Overs

    # Bowler Runs W B TR TW ORR
    1 Chris Mpofu
    0 0 0 1 1 0     		2 0 6 2 0 2
    2 Ray Price
    		3 0 12 5 0 2.5
    3 Chris Mpofu
    		6 0 18 11 0 3.66
    4 Ray Price
    		3 0 24 14 0 3.5
    5 Chris Mpofu
    		1 0 30 15 0 3
    6 Ray Price
    		2 0 36 17 0 2.83
    7 Chris Mpofu
    		2 0 42 19 0 2.71
    8 Ray Price
    		6 0 48 25 0 3.12
    9 Chris Mpofu
    		2 0 54 27 0 3
    10 Ray Price
    		1 0 60 28 0 2.8
    11 Prosper Utseya
    		0 0 66 28 0 2.54
    12 Ray Price
    		3 0 72 31 0 2.58
    13 Prosper Utseya
    		1 0 78 32 0 2.46
    14 Chris Mpofu
    		17 0 84 49 0 3.5
    15 Prosper Utseya
    		4 0 90 53 0 3.53
    16 Ray Price
    		3 0 96 56 0 3.5
    17 Prosper Utseya
    		0 0 102 56 0 3.29
    18 Graeme Cremer
    		4 0 108 60 0 3.33
    19 Prosper Utseya
    		1 1 114 61 1 3.21
    20 Graeme Cremer
    		4 0 120 65 1 3.25
    21 Prosper Utseya
    		4 0 126 69 1 3.28
    22 Graeme Cremer
    		3 0 132 72 1 3.27
    23 Prosper Utseya
    		7 0 138 79 1 3.43
    24 Graeme Cremer
    		7 0 144 86 1 3.58
    25 Brendan Taylor
    		12 0 150 98 1 3.92
    26 Graeme Cremer
    		1 0 156 99 1 3.8
    27 Elton Chigumbura
    		8 0 162 107 1 3.96
    28 Graeme Cremer
    		12 0 168 119 1 4.25
    29 Elton Chigumbura
    		10 0 174 129 1 4.44
    30 Graeme Cremer
    		4 0 180 133 1 4.43
    31 Sean Williams
    		7 0 186 140 1 4.51
    32 Graeme Cremer
    		1 1 192 141 2 4.4
    33 Sean Williams
    		4 1 198 145 3 4.39
    34 Graeme Cremer
    		5 0 204 150 3 4.41
    35 Sean Williams
    		3 0 210 153 3 4.37
    36 Graeme Cremer
    		2 0 216 155 3 4.3
    37 Sean Williams
    		3 0 222 158 3 4.27
    38 Brendan Taylor
    		5 0 228 163 3 4.28
    39 Sean Williams
    		3 0 234 166 3 4.25
    40 Brendan Taylor
    		6 0 240 172 3 4.3
    41 Prosper Utseya
    		8 0 246 180 3 4.39
    42 Ray Price
    		6 0 252 186 3 4.42
    43 Prosper Utseya
    		8 0 258 194 3 4.51
    44 Ray Price
    		4 0 264 198 3 4.5
    45 Chris Mpofu
    		9 1 270 207 4 4.6
    46 Sean Williams
    		9 0 276 216 4 4.69
    47 Prosper Utseya
    		10 0 282 226 4 4.8
    48 Chris Mpofu
    		15 0 288 241 4 5.02
    49 Ray Price
    		13 1 294 254 5 5.18
    50 Chris Mpofu
    		8 1 300 262 6 5.24

    Zimbabwe (Batting) Overs

    # Bowler Runs W B TR TW ORR
    1 Shaun Tait
    1 1 0 0 0 0 0     		2 0 6 2 0 2
    2 Brett Lee
    		5 0 12 7 0 3.5
    3 Shaun Tait
    		6 0 18 13 0 4.33
    4 Brett Lee
    		8 0 24 21 0 5.25
    5 Mitchell Johnson
    		1 0 30 22 0 4.4
    6 Brett Lee
    		0 1 36 22 1 3.66
    7 Mitchell Johnson
    		2 0 42 24 1 3.42
    8 Brett Lee
    		6 0 48 30 1 3.75
    9 Mitchell Johnson
    		4 0 54 34 1 3.77
    10 Brett Lee
    		5 0 60 39 1 3.9
    11 Mitchell Johnson
    		1 1 66 40 2 3.63
    12 Shaun Tait
    		4 1 72 44 3 3.66
    13 Mitchell Johnson
    		0 1 78 44 4 3.38
    14 Shaun Tait
    		10 0 84 54 4 3.85
    15 Mitchell Johnson
    		3 0 90 57 4 3.8
    16 Jason Krejza
    		6 0 96 63 4 3.93
    17 Shane Watson
    		1 0 102 64 4 3.76
    18 Jason Krejza
    		8 0 108 72 4 4
    19 Shane Watson
    		3 0 114 75 4 3.94
    20 Jason Krejza
    		9 0 120 84 4 4.2
    21 Shane Watson
    		3 0 126 87 4 4.14
    22 Jason Krejza
    		1 1 132 88 5 4
    23 Shaun Tait
    		4 0 138 92 5 4
    24 Jason Krejza
    		3 0 144 95 5 3.95
    25 Shaun Tait
    		1 1 150 96 6 3.84
    26 Jason Krejza
    		1 0 156 97 6 3.73
    27 Steven Smith
    		6 0 162 103 6 3.81
    28 Jason Krejza
    		2 1 168 105 7 3.75
    29 Steven Smith
    		4 0 174 109 7 3.75
    30 Jason Krejza
    		2 0 180 111 7 3.7
    31 Steven Smith
    		6 0 186 117 7 3.77
    32 Brett Lee
    		1 0 192 118 7 3.68
    33 Steven Smith
    		4 0 198 122 7 3.69
    34 Brett Lee
    		5 0 204 127 7 3.73
    35 Steven Smith
    		5 0 210 132 7 3.77
    36 Brett Lee
    		4 0 216 136 7 3.77
    37 Shaun Tait
    		1 0 222 137 7 3.7
    38 David Hussey
    		4 0 228 141 7 3.71
    39 Shaun Tait
    		10 0 234 151 7 3.87
    40 David Hussey
    		4 1 240 155 8 3.87
    41 Mitchell Johnson
    		6 0 246 161 8 3.92
    42 David Hussey
    		4 0 252 165 8 3.92
    43 Mitchell Johnson
    		3 1 258 168 9 3.9
    44 David Hussey
    		0 0 264 168 9 3.81
    45 Mitchell Johnson
    		0 0 270 168 9 3.73
    46 Shaun Tait
    		3 0 276 171 9 3.71
    47 Mitchell Johnson
    		0 1 276 171 10 3.71
    5
    Sixes
    29
    Fours
    15
    Wickets
    258
    Sixes
    1902
    Fours
    668
    Wickets
    49
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    Player of the Match

    Shane Watson Shane Watson (AUS) 79 (92)
    Team M W T L PT NRR
    PAK 6 5 0 1 10 0.758
    SL 6 4 0 1 9 2.582
    AUS 6 4 0 1 9 1.123
    NZ 6 4 0 2 8 1.135
    ZIM 6 2 0 4 4 0.03
    CAN 6 1 0 5 2 -1.987
    KENYA 6 0 0 6 0 -3.042

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