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5:47 PM local time (9:17 PM IST): So, that will do it for the 1st ODI here, in Harare. We will come right back for the 2nd game of the series and see if Australia can wrap it up with a match to go. The first ball of the game will be bowled at 9:30 AM local time (1:00 PM IST). For now, this is Bidipto taking your leave. Keep following Sportskeeda!
Mitchell Marsh (Australia captain): "Good to get the win, and good to captain Australia in this format again! Matt (Renshaw) is a quality player! He has been, just been on and off a touch, but happy to see him get the hundred. Nathan Ellis is a gem! I think he is among the best white-ball bowlers in the world right now, if not the best. Great memories of this ground, but, it gets even special to win it today!"
Sikandar Raza (Zimbabwe captain): "I think we were in it, but we needed to both bat and bowl a bit better. We kept dishing out a few boundary balls. We'll learn from that and hopefully, come back better in the next game. Really happy for Newman Nyamhuri! Hope he keeps improving and gets more fifers! To get it against Australia should do his confidence a world of good. My body is good, hanging by a thread!"
Matt Renshaw (Player of the Match, 109 runs off 94 deliveries, and 1 wicket): "My thought process was to try and rebuild and put together a good partnership. It was a bit tricky to bat on early, but as the pitch settled down, it got harder and better for batting. A bit tired now, but happy to get the hundred. Always helps to come here a year before the World Cup, my first time too."
5:40 PM local time (9:10 PM IST): It's time for the post-match presentation.
5:28 PM local time (8:58 PM IST): Australia win by 59 runs with 29 balls to spare!
Matt Renshaw 109 (94) | Nathan Ellis - 5/31 (9.1)
Craig Ervine 59 (60) | Newman Nyamhuri - 5/62 (9)
A spectacular bowling performance from Nathan Ellis, with some clever changes of pace, and some rockets otherwise, made sure that Australia had the last laugh! The rest of the bowling chipped in too, and didn't allow the Zimbabweans to get ahead of the asking rate.
Only one substantial partnership came about from the hosts, in the form of Craig Ervine and skipper Sikandar Raza, as they played together for 102 deliveries to score 98 important runs. Both the veterans scored their respective half-centuries along the way, but as the partnership got broken by none other than Ellis himself, things went downhill for the Chevrons.
Sikandar Raza struggled with his right leg and that too helped in bringing about his undoing. But once he was out, the rest of the batting didn't quite cope up with the rate required. The top order failed to deliver once again on a reasonably good batting surface.
Australia had a few lapses in the field, but on the whole, the effort with the ball and in the field, bore fruit. Captaincy from Mitchell Marsh was very much spot on.
Matt Renshaw 109 (94) | Nathan Ellis - 5/31 (9.1)
Craig Ervine 59 (60) | Newman Nyamhuri - 5/62 (9)
A spectacular bowling performance from Nathan Ellis, with some clever changes of pace, and some rockets otherwise, made sure that Australia had the last laugh! The rest of the bowling chipped in too, and didn't allow the Zimbabweans to get ahead of the asking rate.
Only one substantial partnership came about from the hosts, in the form of Craig Ervine and skipper Sikandar Raza, as they played together for 102 deliveries to score 98 important runs. Both the veterans scored their respective half-centuries along the way, but as the partnership got broken by none other than Ellis himself, things went downhill for the Chevrons.
Sikandar Raza struggled with his right leg and that too helped in bringing about his undoing. But once he was out, the rest of the batting didn't quite cope up with the rate required. The top order failed to deliver once again on a reasonably good batting surface.
Australia had a few lapses in the field, but on the whole, the effort with the ball and in the field, bore fruit. Captaincy from Mitchell Marsh was very much spot on.
Newman Nyamhuri has been dismissed for 1 runs off 3 balls
45.1 Nathan Ellis to Newman Nyamhuri, KNOCKED HIM OVER! NATHAN ELLIS HAS HIS FIFTH WICKET! AND AUSTRALIA GET THE WIN! On the fuller side of good length on leg-stump. Nyamhuri tried to make room and have a big heave-ho. But all he ended up doing, is miss it. After that, he heard the sound of timber, meaning that the leg-stump went for a walk!
45Ov235/9Score
44.6 Adam Zampa to Blessing Muzarabani, AH! Full and slow on leg-stump. Muzarabani tried to whack that over deep mid-wicket, but ended up missing it too. No leg-bye again.
44.5 Adam Zampa to Blessing Muzarabani, SLIPS IN THE WRONG 'UN! BUT, IT'S MISSING LEG! Good length and on the pads. Muzarabani plays all around it on the back foot, and gets beaten. No leg-bye.
Blessing Muzarabani batting at 11th position
Brad Evans has been dismissed for 18 runs off 20 balls
44.4 Adam Zampa to Brad Evans, GONE THIS TIME! ADAM ZAMPA HAS HIS WICKET! Tossed up on off-stump with the leg-break. Evans went for a no-look slog-sweep and top-edged it. Spencer Johnson at short third moved to his left after that and took a simple catch!
44.3 Adam Zampa to Brad Evans, full and on the pads. Evans swings hard again to the on-side, but gets an inside edge on to pad this time. No run.
44.2 Adam Zampa to Brad Evans, SIX RUNS! Flighted on the good length on middle-stump. Evans sits down and hammers it well over deep mid-wicket!
44.1 Adam Zampa to Brad Evans, good length and slow on off-and-middle. Evans slogs it on to his back pad there. No run to point on the ricochet.
44Ov229/8Score
43.6 Nathan Ellis to Newman Nyamhuri, HMM! On the fuller side of good length and around off. That seamed away and beat the attempted cover drive on the up.
43.5 Nathan Ellis to Brad Evans, back of a length and around off-stump. Evans stays on the back foot and guides it away to third man for a single.
Australia294/8 (50 ov, RR 5.88)
| Batter | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mitchell Marsh (c) c B Bennett b N Nyamhuri | 36 | 28 | 6 | 1 | 128.6 |
b B Evans | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 80.0 |
b S Raza | 51 | 46 | 4 | 3 | 110.9 |
c B Taylor b N Nyamhuri | 4 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 33.3 |
c (sub RP Burl) b B Evans | 27 | 53 | 1 | 0 | 50.9 |
c W Madhevere b N Nyamhuri | 109 | 94 | 7 | 3 | 116.0 |
hit wicket (N Nyamhuri) | 30 | 40 | 1 | 1 | 75.0 |
c C Ervine b N Nyamhuri | 5 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 45.5 |
Not out | 9 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 75.0 |
Not out | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 150.0 |
Extras16 (b 0, lb 0, w 13, nb 3, p 0)
Total294/8 (50 ov · 20 fours, 8 sixes)
Did not batSpencer Johnson
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Eco |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blessing Muzarabani | 10 | 0 | 46 | 0 | 4.60 |
| Brad Evans | 9 | 0 | 51 | 2 | 5.67 |
| Newman Nyamhuri | 9 | 0 | 62 | 5 | 6.89 |
| Sikandar Raza | 10 | 0 | 62 | 1 | 6.20 |
| Wesley Madhevere | 3 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 6.00 |
| Brian Bennett | 3 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 6.33 |
| Wellington Masakadza | 6 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 6.00 |
Fall of wickets
| Batter | Score | Over |
|---|---|---|
b B Evans | 10-1 | 1.5 |
c B Bennett b N Nyamhuri | 60-2 | 8.6 |
c B Taylor b N Nyamhuri | 83-3 | 12.6 |
b S Raza | 107-4 | 17.4 |
Alex Carey 27 c (sub RP Burl) b B Evans | 179-5 | 31.3 |
Ollie Peake 30 hit wicket (N Nyamhuri) | 254-6 | 42.6 |
c C Ervine b N Nyamhuri | 269-7 | 45.5 |
Matt Renshaw 109 c W Madhevere b N Nyamhuri | 288-8 | 49.2 |
P1 0.1 – 10 ovP2 10.1 – 40 ovP3 40.1 – 50 ov
Zimbabwe235/10 (45.1 ov, RR 5.20)
| Batter | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
c J Inglis b N Ellis | 25 | 32 | 3 | 1 | 78.1 |
c N Ellis b XC Bartlett | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
c A Carey b N Ellis | 18 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 94.7 |
c XC Bartlett b MT Renshaw | 4 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 30.8 |
b N Ellis | 59 | 60 | 6 | 1 | 98.3 |
Sikandar Raza (c) b SH Johnson | 57 | 76 | 5 | 0 | 75.0 |
lbw b C Connolly | 22 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 73.3 |
c SH Johnson b A Zampa | 18 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 90.0 |
lbw b N Ellis | 14 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 82.4 |
b N Ellis | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 33.3 |
Not out | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Extras17 (b 0, lb 5, w 9, nb 3, p 0)
Total235/10 (45.1 ov · 19 fours, 3 sixes)
Yet to bat
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Eco |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spencer Johnson | 9 | 0 | 44 | 1 | 4.89 |
| Xavier Bartlett | 8 | 0 | 41 | 1 | 5.13 |
| Nathan Ellis | 9.1 | 1 | 31 | 5 | 3.38 |
| Matt Renshaw | 4 | 0 | 32 | 1 | 8.00 |
| Adam Zampa | 10 | 0 | 55 | 1 | 5.50 |
| Cooper Connolly | 4 | 0 | 23 | 1 | 5.75 |
| Ollie Peake | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4.00 |
Fall of wickets
| Batter | Score | Over |
|---|---|---|
c N Ellis b XC Bartlett | 1-1 | 1.2 |
c A Carey b N Ellis | 45-2 | 8.2 |
c J Inglis b N Ellis | 46-3 | 8.6 |
c XC Bartlett b MT Renshaw | 62-4 | 13.3 |
Craig Ervine 59 b N Ellis | 160-5 | 30.3 |
b SH Johnson | 181-6 | 35.6 |
lbw b C Connolly | 199-7 | 39.1 |
lbw b N Ellis | 227-8 | 43.1 |
Brad Evans 18 c SH Johnson b A Zampa | 235-9 | 44.4 |
b N Ellis | 235-10 | 45.1 |
P1 0.1 – 10 ovP2 10.1 – 40 ovP3 40.1 – 50 ov
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MatchZimbabwe vs Australia, 1st Match
SeriesAustralia tour of Zimbabwe
Date & timeTue, 15 Sep 2026 · 1:00 PM IST
VenueHarare Sports Club, Zimbabwe
TossAustralia won the toss and chose to bat
FormatODI
UmpiresAlex Wharf (England), Langton Rusere (Zimbabwe), Rashid Riaz (Pakistan, TV)
Match refereeAndy Pycroft (Zimbabwe)
Pitch
PitchFast & Bounce
BattingAverage
PacePace & Bounce
SpinAverage
Weather
ConditionBroken clouds
Temp24°C
Humidity34%
Wind13.3 km/h
Rain chance0%
Which team will win?
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