Day 1: Zimbabwe 256/8 (Blignaut 9*, Price 7*; 90 overs) Day 2: Zimbabwe 308, Australia 245/3 (Ponting 137*, Waugh 43*; 56.5 overs) Day 3: Australia 403, Zimbabwe 151/4 (Wishart 32*, Taibu 13*; 44.4 overs) Zimbabwe 1st innings R M B 4 6 DD Ebrahim b Lee 9 19 12 2 0 TR Gripper c Gilchrist b Bichel 15 56 32 2 0 MA Vermeulen lbw b Williams 17 44 32 2 0 SV Carlisle c Ponting b Bichel 118 298 213 15 2 CB Wishart c Gilchrist b Williams 14 69 62 1 0 +T Taibu c Gilchrist b Hogg 27 78 70 5 0 *HH Streak lbw b Hogg 14 117 89 1 0 GM Ewing c Martyn b Lee 2 9 5 0 0 AM Blignaut not out 38 109 72 7 0 RW Price c Williams b Bichel 20 62 46 3 0 NB Mahwire c Gilchrist b Bichel 6 22 20 1 0 Extras (b 4, lb 12, w 3, nb 9) 28 Total (all out, 107.2 overs, 441 mins) 308
FoW: 1-15 (Ebrahim, 4.1 ov), 2-45 (Gripper, 12.1 ov), 3-47 (Vermeulen, 13.2 ov), 4-95 (Wishart, 31.2 ov), 5-151 (Taibu, 49.5 ov), 6-218 (Streak, 80.5 ov), 7-222 (Ewing, 82.4 ov), 8-243 (Carlisle, 87.2 ov), 9-296 (Price, 101.5 ov), 10-308 (Mahwire, 107.2 ov).
Bowling O M R W Lee 23 5 78 2 (5nb) Williams 23 6 58 2 (1nb, 1w) Bichel 24.2 7 66 4 (3nb, 1w) Hogg 23 8 49 2 (1w) Waugh 4 0 7 0 Katich 7 0 25 0 Martyn 3 1 9 0
Australia 1st innings R M B 4 6 JL Langer c Streak b Blignaut 2 6 4 0 0 ML Hayden c Carlisle b Blignaut 20 60 39 3 0 RT Ponting b Price 169 314 249 23 2 DR Martyn lbw b Price 32 82 50 3 0 *SR Waugh c Carlisle b Price 61 132 98 9 0 SM Katich b Price 52 144 86 8 0 +AC Gilchrist b Streak 20 36 25 2 1 GB Hogg c Ebrahim b Price 13 46 39 0 0 AJ Bichel c Wishart b Blignaut 5 30 15 1 0 B Lee not out 6 26 17 1 0 BA Williams c & b Price 7 11 11 0 0 Extras (lb 2, w 1, nb 13) 16 Total (all out, 103.3 overs, 448 mins) 403
FoW: 1-7 (Langer, 1.1 ov), 2-51 (Hayden, 13.1 ov), 3-148 (Martyn, 31.1 ov), 4-283 (Waugh, 65.4 ov), 5-306 (Ponting, 75.5 ov), 6-347 (Gilchrist, 84.2 ov), 7-375 (Hogg, 95.2 ov), 8-384 (Katich, 97.2 ov), 9-394 (Bichel, 100.5 ov), 10-403 (Williams, 103.3 ov).
Bowling O M R W Streak 21 3 83 1 (1nb, 1w) Blignaut 20 2 83 3 (6nb) Mahwire 10 1 61 0 (6nb) Price 41.3 6 121 6 Ewing 11 1 53 0
Zimbabwe 2nd innings R M B 4 6 DD Ebrahim c Katich b Williams 0 3 4 0 0 TR Gripper c Hayden b Katich 47 129 87 8 0 MA Vermeulen c Waugh b Williams 48 95 70 8 0 SV Carlisle c Williams b Katich 5 12 10 1 0 CB Wishart st Gilchrist b Katich 45 94 89 7 0 +T Taibu c Ponting b Katich 35 181 150 4 0 *HH Streak run out (Katich/Gilchrist) 25 53 50 5 0 GM Ewing c Gilchrist b Hogg 0 7 5 0 0 AM Blignaut c Williams b Katich 44 69 63 7 1 RW Price lbw b Katich 0 13 14 0 0 NB Mahwire not out 1 15 13 0 0 Extras (b 6, lb 5, w 1, nb 4) 16 Total (all out, 91.5 overs, 342 mins) 266
FoW: 1-0 (Ebrahim, 0.4 ov), 2-93 (Vermeulen, 24.3 ov), 3-103 (Carlisle, 27.2 ov), 4-114 (Gripper, 31.2 ov), 5-176 (Wishart, 54.6 ov), 6-212 (Streak, 70.3 ov), 7-216 (Ewing, 72.2 ov), 8-230 (Taibu, 83.1 ov), 9-244 (Price, 87.3 ov), 10-266 (Blignaut, 91.5 ov).
Bowling O M R W Williams 16 8 56 2 (1w) Bichel 19 5 64 0 (3nb) Hogg 31 9 70 1 (1nb) Katich 25.5 3 65 6
Australia 2nd innings (target: 172 runs) R M B 4 6 JL Langer c Taibu b Streak 8 24 23 0 0 ML Hayden not out 101 140 85 11 3 RT Ponting not out 53 115 71 8 0 Extras (b 3, lb 3, nb 4) 10 Total (1 wicket, 29.1 overs, 140 mins) 172
DNB: DR Martyn, *SR Waugh, SM Katich, +AC Gilchrist, GB Hogg, AJ Bichel, B Lee, BA Williams.
FoW: 1-21 (Langer, 4.5 ov).
Bowling O M R W Streak 9 1 46 1 Blignaut 4 0 35 0 (4nb) Price 12.1 0 63 0 Gripper 1 0 2 0 Ewing 3 0 20 0
- Hours of Play: 10.30am - 12.30pm, 1.10pm - 3.10pm, 3.30pm - 5.30pm (90 overs per day)
- 12th Men: NW Bracken (Australia) and S Matsikenyeri (Zimbabwe)
- Scorers: CL Bennison and R Kelleher
Day 1 - Zimbabwe 50 in 75 mins, off 16.1 overs
- Lunch: Zimbabwe 86/3 (Carlisle 26*, Wishart 11*, 28 overs)
- Zimbabwe 100 in 140 mins, off 32.1 overs
- Carlisle/Taibu 50 partnership in 61 mins, off 83 balls
- Zimbabwe 150 in 209 mins, off 48.4 overs
- Carlisle 50 in 156 mins, off 96 balls, 9x4
- Tea: Zimbabwe 164/5 (Carlisle 59*, Streak 4*, 59 overs
- Zimbabwe 200 in 294 mins, off 73.3 overs
- Carlisle/Streak 50 partnership in 80 mins, off 143 balls
- Carlisle 100 in 261 mins, off 193 balls, 13x4, 2x6
- Zimbabwe 250 in 362 mins, off 88.3 overs
- Attendance: 5455
Day 2 - Blignaut/Price 50 partnership in 56 mins, off 82 balls
- Zimbabwe 300 in 435 mins, off 106 overs
- Lunch: Australia 31/1 (Hayden 8*, Ponting 19*, 8 overs)
- Austraia 50 in 59 mins, off 12.5 overs
- Ponting 50 in 79 mins, off 51 balls, 9x4
- Australia 100 in 95 mins, off 20.1 overs
- Ponting/Martyn 50 partnership in 35 mins, off 47 balls
- Australia 1st innings: 1x5-ball over (31st over - Streak's 10th over)
- Australia 150 in 145 mins, off 31.2 overs
- Tea: Australia 162/3 (Ponting 97*, Waugh 4*, 35 overs)
- Ponting 100 in 154 mins, off 113 balls, 16x1, 1x6
- Ponting/Waugh 50 partnership in 42 mins, off 77 balls
- Australia 200 in 188 mins, off 44.4 overs
- Bad light ended play at 4.54pm. Stumps were called at 5.50pm.
- Attendance: 5707
Day 3 - Play commenced at 10.00am with a minimum of 103.1 overs to be bowled. Stumps were scheduled for 5.52pm.
- Ponting/Waugh 100 partnership in 107 mins, off 173 balls
- Australia 250 in 253 mins, off 60 overs
- Waugh 50 in 117 mins, off 87 balls, 7x4
- Ponting 150 in 258 mins, off 205 balls, 21x4, 2x6
- Australia 300 in 316 mins, off 74.2 overs
- Australia 1st innings: Second new ball taken after 82 overs
- Australia 350 in 374 mins, off 87.3 overs
- Lunch: Australia 360/6 (Katich 33*, Hogg 10*, 93 overs)
- Katich 50 in 141 mins, off 84 balls, 8x4
- Australia 400 in 444 mins, off 102.2 overs
- Zimbabwe 50 in 45 mins, off 10.3 overs
- Gripper/Vermeulen 50 partnership in 42 mins, off 60 balls
- Tea: Zimbabwe 56/1 (Gripper 18*, Vermeulen 37*, 13 overs)
- Zimbabwe 100 in 106 mins, off 26.1 overs
- Zimbabwe 150 in 170 mins, off 43.3 overs
- Bad light ended play at 5.31pm. Stumps were called at 5.46pm.
- Attendance: 6058
Day 4 - Play commenced at 10.00am with a minimum of 99.2 overs to be bowled. Stumps were scheduled for 5.36pm.
- Wishart/Taibu 50 partnership in 59 mins, off 106 balls
- Zimbabwe 200 in 215 mins, off 67.2 overs
- Lunch: Zimbabwe 243/8 (Blignaut 23*, Price 0*, 87 overs)
- Zimbabwe 250 in 330 mins, off 88.3 overs
- Australia 50 in 62 mins, off 11.5 overs
- Hayden/Ponting 50 partnership in 49 mins, off 58 balls
- Blignaut conceded 21 runs in his 4th over: Ponting 2 4 4 4 LB1; Hayden NB4 1
- Hayden 50 in 88 mins, off 48 balls, 6x4, 1x6
- Australia 100 in 91 mins, off 17.1 overs
- Tea: Australia 107/1 (Hayden 57*, Ponting 33*, 18 overs)
- Hayden/Ponting 100 partnership in 81 mins, off 99 balls
- Ponting 50 in 92 mins, off 57 balls, 8x4
- Australia 150 in 124 mins, off 25.3 overs
- Hayden 100 in 136 mins, off 84 balls, 11x4, 3x6
- Hayden/Ponting 150 partnership in 111 mins, off 147 balls
- Match ended at 4.16pm
- Attendance: 1312 (Total: 18,532)
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