2014 Zimbabwe Tri-Series

Zimbabwe Triangular Series
Elton Chigumbura (Zim) • AB de Villiers (RSA) • M. Clarke (Aus)


Captains of the teams participating in the series

Date 25 August 2014 – 6 September 2014
Location  Zimbabwe
Result South Africa won the series
Player of the series South Africa Faf du Plessis
Teams
 Zimbabwe  South Africa  Australia
Captains
Elton Chigumbura AB de Villiers Michael Clarke
Most runs
Hamilton Masakadza (180) Faf du Plessis (464) Aaron Finch (250)
Most wickets
Prosper Utseya (7) Dale Steyn (10) Nathan Lyon (7)

The 2014 Zimbabwe Tri-Series was a One Day International cricket tournament held in Zimbabwe. It was a tri-nation series between Zimbabwe, South Africa and Australia.[1] South Africa won the series after defeating Australia in the final.

Squads

 Zimbabwe  South Africa [2]  Australia [3]

Group stage points table

Group Stage
Pos Team P W L T NR BP Points NRR For Against
1  South Africa 4 3 1 0 0 2 14 +0.404 (1050/196.4) (987/200)
2  Australia 4 2 2 0 0 2 10 +1.160 (1168/200) (911/194.4)
3  Zimbabwe 4 1 3 0 0 0 4 -1.563 (741/198) (1061/200)

Points System:

In the event of teams finishing on equal points, the right to play in the final match or series was determined as follows:

In a match declared as no result, run rate is not applicable.

Won (W): 2
Lost (L): 0
No Result (NR): 1
Tie (T): 1

Group stage matches

1st match

25 August
Scorecard
Australia 
350/6 (50 overs)
v
 Zimbabwe
152 (29.3 overs)
Glenn Maxwell 93 (46)
Tendai Chatara 2/77 (9 overs)
Hamilton Masakadza 70 (91)
Steve Smith 3/16 (4.3 overs)
Australia won by 198 runs
Harare Sports Club, Harare
Umpires: Ian Gould (Eng) and Russell Tiffin (Zim)
Player of the match: Mitchell Marsh (Aus)
  • Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to field.
  • Points: Australia 5, Zimbabwe 0

2nd match

27 August
Scorecard
Australia 
327/7 (50 overs)
v
 South Africa
328/3 (46.4 overs)
Aaron Finch 102 (116)
Imran Tahir 2/45 (10 overs)
AB de Villiers 136* (106)
Mitchell Starc 2/62 (8 overs)
South Africa won by 7 wickets
Harare Sports Club, Harare
Umpires: Ian Gould (Eng) and Russell Tiffin (Zim)
Player of the match: AB de Villiers (RSA)
  • South Africa won the toss and elected to field.
  • Points: South Africa 4, Australia 0

3rd match

29 August
Scorecard
South Africa 
231 (49.5 overs)
v
 Zimbabwe
170 (38.3 overs)
Quinton de Kock 76 (76)
Prosper Utseya 5/36 (10 overs)
Sean Williams 46 (57)
Ryan McLaren 3/24 (7 overs)
South Africa won by 61 runs
Harare Sports Club, Harare
Umpires: Ian Gould (Eng) and Jeremiah Matibiri (Zim)
Player of the match: Prosper Utseya (Zim)

4th match

31 August 2014
Scorecard
Australia 
209/9 (50 overs)
v
 Zimbabwe
211/7 (48 overs)
Michael Clarke 68* (102)
Sean Williams 2/21 (10 overs)
Elton Chigumbura 52* (68)
Nathan Lyon 4/44 (10 overs)
Zimbabwe won by 3 wickets
Harare Sports Club, Harare
Umpires: Owen Chirombe (ZIM) and Aleem Dar (Pak)
Player of the match: Elton Chigumbura (Zim)
  • Australia won toss and elected to bat.
  • Points: Zimbabwe 4, Australia 0
  • Zimbabwe's victory over Australia was their first ODI win against them in 31 years.[6]
  • With this defeat, Australia lost their ICC ODI Championship number-one ranking to India.''

5th match

2 September
Scorecard
Australia 
282/7 (50 overs)
v
 South Africa
220 (44 overs)
Mitchell Marsh 82* (51)
Aaron Phangiso 2/39 (10 overs)
Faf du Plessis 126 (109)
Glenn Maxwell 2/22 (4 overs)
Australia won by 62 runs
Harare Sports Club, Harare
Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Russell Tiffin (Zim)
Player of the match: Mitchell Marsh (Aus)
  • South Africa won the toss and elected to field.
  • Points: Australia 5 South Africa 0

6th match

4 September
Scorecard
South Africa 
271/6 (50 overs)
v
 Zimbabwe
208 (47.2 overs)
Faf du Plessis 121 (140)
Neville Madziva 2/53 (6 overs)
Brendan Taylor 79 (96)
JP Duminy 3/35 (8.2 overs)
South Africa won by 63 runs
Harare Sports Club, Harare
Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Jeremiah Matibiri (Zim)
Player of the match: Faf du Plessis (SA)
  • Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to field.
  • Points South Africa 5 Zimbabwe 0

Final

6 September
Scorecard
Australia 
217/9 (50 overs)
v
 South Africa
221/4 (40.5 overs)
Aaron Finch 54 (87)
Dale Steyn 4/34 (10 overs)
Faf du Plessis 96 (99)
Steve Smith 1/9 (2 overs)
South Africa won by 6 wickets
Harare Sports Club, Harare
Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Russell Tiffin (Zim)
Player of the match: Dale Steyn (SA)
  • South Africa won the toss and elected to field.
  • South Africa won the tri-series

Statistics

Most Runs

The top five run scorers (total runs) are included in this table.

Player Team Runs Inns Avg S/R HS 100s 50s
Faf du Plessis  South Africa 464 5 92.80 92.51 126 3 1
Aaron Finch  Australia 250 5 50.00 75.75 102 1 2
Mitchell Marsh  Australia 250 5 55.50 96.51 89 0 2
AB de Villiers  South Africa 215 5 107.50 116.84 126* 1 1
Hashim Amla  South Africa 172 5 34.40 73.50 66 0 2

Most Wickets

The top five wicket takers (total wickets) are listed in this table.

Player Team Wkts Mts Ave S/R Econ BBI
Dale Steyn  South Africa 10 5 21.20 27.3 4.65 4/34
Nathan Lyon  Australia 7 4 25.71 31.7 4.86 4/44
Prosper Utseya  Zimbabwe 7 4 25.71 34.2 4.50 5/36
Ryan McLaren  South Africa 6 4 24.00 24.0 6.00 3/24
John Nyumbu  Zimbabwe 6 4 31.50 36.0 5.25 3/24

References

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