Australia vs Zimbabwe Twenty20 World Championship 2007


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Twenty20 World Championship 2007

Australia vs Zimbabwe

ICC World 20-20, AUS vs ZIM, Group B: Zimbabwe beat Australia by 5 wickets

Australia Cricket team Zimbabwe Cricket team Zimbabwe scored a credible 5 wicket win over Australia to display the first major upset of the Twenty20 World Cup. Zimbabwean wicketkeeper batsman Brendon Taylor shined both behind and in front of the wickets as he made his first International Twenty20 half century. His fifty came in style and in just 38 balls.
Vusimusi Sibanda who was hammering Australian bowlers all over the ground was dismissed in the 4th over. Sibandas run torrent came to an end as he edged a delivery from Nathan Bracken into the hands of wicketkeeper Adam Gilchrist. Sibanda made 24 runs from 16 balls.
Earlier, a depleted Australian side could manage just 138 runs for the loss of 8 wickets against Zimbabwe. Australia were sent into tizzy as they lost their top batsmen to some brilliant bowling and fielding display by Zimbabwe.
ICC World Twenty20, AUS vs ZIM, Group B: Zimbabwe 139-5 (19.5 overs) beat Australia 138-9 (20.0 overs) by 5 wickets
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Twenty20 World Championship 2007

Australia vs Zimbabwe

Scorecard

Australia won the toss and decided to bat
138 for 9 (20.0 overs)
139 for 5 (19.5 overs)

Australia Innings - Close
 
 
Runs
Balls
4s
6s
Gilchrist c Matsikenyeri b Chigumbura
4
6 0 0
Hayden c Taibu b Chigumbura
4
2 1 0
Ponting c Chigumbura b Brent
8
15 1 0
Symonds st Taibu b Masakadza
33
25 4 0
Hussey run out
 
15
23 1 0
Hodge not out
 
35
22 2 2
Haddin c Chigumbura b Utseya
6
12 0 0
Lee
 
b Brent
12
7 1 1
Johnson run out
 
9
5 1 0
Bracken c Sibanda b Chigumbura
4
3 0 0
Extras
 
6w 2b 8
 
Total
 
for 9 138 (20.0 ovs)

Bowler
O
M
R
W
Chigumbura 3.0 0 20 3
Brent 4.0 0 19 2
Mupariwa 3.0 0 23 0
Chibhabha 3.0 0 17 0
Utseya 4.0 0 28 1
Taibu 2.0 0 20 0
Masakadza 1.0 0 9 1
Fall of wicket
 
7 Hayden
12 Gilchrist
19 Ponting
48 Hussey
86 Symonds
102 Haddin
119 Lee
134 Johnson
138 Bracken

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Zimbabwe Innings - Close
 
 
Runs
Balls
4s
6s
Sibanda c Gilchrist b Bracken
23
15 5 0
Taylor not out
 
60
45 4 2
Chibhabha c Gilchrist b Clark
15
14 3 0
Taibu c Gilchrist b Johnson
0
6 0 0
Matsikenyeri c Gilchrist b Clark
3
8 0 0
Masakadza lbw b Lee
27
28 2 0
Chigumbura not out
 
4
3 0 0
Extras
 
3w 4lb 7
 
Total
 
for 5 139 (19.5 ovs)

Bowler
O
M
R
W
Lee 4.0 0 31 1
Bracken 3.5 0 25 1
Clark 4.0 0 22 2
Johnson 4.0 0 26 1
Symonds 2.0 0 11 0
Hodge 2.0 0 20 0
Fall of wicket
 
31 Sibanda
54 Chibhabha
55 Taibu
70 Matsikenyeri
123 Masakadza

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Umpires: Asad Rauf, A L Hill
Australia: Gilchrist, Hayden, Ponting, Symonds, Hussey, Hodge, Haddin, Lee, Johnson, Bracken, Clark
Zimbabwe: Masakadza, Chibhabha, Taylor, Sibanda, Taibu, Chigumbura, Matsikenyeri, Dabengwa, Utseya, Brent, Mupariwa


Editor: Nishanth Gopinathan.