4th Match: Australia v Zimbabwe at Hobart, 16 Jan 2004

ODI # 2082
VB Series, 2003/04, 4th Match
Australia v Zimbabwe
Bellerive Oval, Hobart
16 January 2004 (50-over match)

Result: Australia won by 148 runs
Points: Australia 6, Zimbabwe 0

Toss: Australia
Umpires: SJ Davis and RE Koertzen (SA)
TV Umpire: PD Parker
Match Referee: CH Lloyd (WI)
Man of the Match: AC Gilchrist

Australia innings (50 overs maximum)                            R   M   B  4 6
+AC Gilchrist                            b Ervine             172 197 126 13 3
ML Hayden             c Sibanda          b Streak              63 106  75  5 0
*RT Ponting           c Matsikenyeri     b Flower              37  59  46  2 1
DR Martyn             not out                                  47  57  39  3 1
A Symonds             run out (Matsikenyeri/Ervine)             0   1   1  0 0
MG Bevan              c Streak           b Ervine               7  11   8  0 0
MJ Clarke             c Vermeulen        b Streak               0   3   2  0 0
AJ Bichel                                b Streak               0   1   1  0 0
GB Hogg               not out                                   6   6   4  1 0
Extras                (b 1, lb 5, w 4, nb 2)                   12
Total                 (7 wickets, 50 overs, 225 mins)         344

DNB: B Lee, BA Williams.

FoW: 1-140 (Hayden, 22.3 ov), 2-246 (Ponting, 37.3 ov),
    3-310 (Gilchrist, 44.2 ov), 4-310 (Symonds, 44.3 ov),
    5-326 (Bevan, 47.3 ov), 6-332 (Clarke, 48.2 ov),
    7-333 (Bichel, 48.4 ov).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Streak                      10      1     50      3 (1nb, 1w)
Hondo                        6      0     41      0 (2w)
Blignaut                     8      0     66      0 (1w)
Ervine                       9      0     65      2
Price                       10      0     59      0 (1nb)
Flower                       6      0     40      1
Matsikenyeri                 1      0     17      0

Zimbabwe innings (target: 345 runs from 50 overs)               R   M   B  4 6
DD Ebrahim            c Gilchrist        b Symonds             21  62  43  1 0
V Sibanda             c Gilchrist        b Lee                  1  20  10  0 0
MA Vermeulen          c Gilchrist        b Williams             1  10   7  0 0
GW Flower             run out (Hogg)                           40  85  74  3 0
SM Ervine             c Bichel           b Hogg                 8  17  10  2 0
*HH Streak            not out                                  64 114  82  3 2
+T Taibu              c Hayden           b Bichel              44  75  72  3 0
S Matsikenyeri        not out                                   1   2   2  0 0
Extras                (lb 11, w 5)                             16
Total                 (6 wickets, 50 overs, 195 mins)         196

DNB: AM Blignaut, RW Price, DT Hondo.

FoW: 1-15 (Sibanda, 4.5 ov), 2-19 (Vermeulen, 7.1 ov),
    3-36 (Ebrahim, 14.4 ov), 4-52 (Ervine, 18.2 ov),
    5-93 (Flower, 29.1 ov), 6-195 (Taibu, 49.3 ov).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Lee                         10      1     29      1 (1w)
Williams                     8      0     25      1 (1w)
Bichel                       9      0     31      1
Symonds                     10      0     48      1
Hogg                        10      0     36      1 (1w)
Clarke                       3      0     16      0 (2w)

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• 12th Men: IJ Harvey (Australia) and TJ Friend (Zimbabwe)
• Australia's 50 in 45 minutes off 54 balls
• Australia's hundre of 94 ball and 78 minutes
• Gilchrist fifty of 44 balls, 80 minutes with 5 fours
• Hayden's fifty off 54 ball and 81 minutes with five fours
• Gilchrist and Hayden partnership 140 runs of 136 ball in 106 minutes
• Gilchrist hundred off 89 balls in 140 minutes and consisted of 6 fours and 1 six
• Ponting/Gilchrist hundren partnership in56 minutes off 85 ball
• Australia 250 in 173 minutes of 274 balls
• Ponting and Gilchrist partnership, 106 runs of 59 ball in 91 minutes
• Australias 300 in 194 minutes off 269 balls
• Zimbabwe fifty off 105 balls in 76 minutes
• Zimbabwe 100 in 125 minutes off 189 balls
• Streak 50 off 66 balls in 81 minutes with 2 fours and 2 sixes
• Zimbabwe's 150 of 254 balls in 161 minutes
• Attendance: 12715
• Taibu / Streak 100 run partnership in 74 minutes off 117 balls