Welcome to the highlights of Australia vs Zimbabwe - The 4th match of the 2007 ICC World Twenty20 International cricket tournament first time between Australia and Zimbabwe was played at Newlands, Cape Town on September 12, 2007.
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| Ricky Ponting watches on as Brendan Taylor and Elton Chigumbura celebrate their shock victory © Getty Images |
Match Overview:
A superb unbeaten 60 from Brendan Taylor led to Zimbabwe pulled off a their historic first-ever T20I win over Limited-overs world champions Australia by five-wickets in a low-scoring thriller of the fourth match of a ICC World Twenty20.
Match Stats:
- Brendan Taylor became the first Zimbabwean batsman to score a fifty in T20 international cricket history.
- Zimbabwe's 139 was their highest score ever in T20 internationals.
- Australia's 138 was their second lowest score in T20 internationals.
In-Depth Match Highlights:
Australia were 19-3 to scored 138-9 in 20 overs with top scorer by Debutant Brad Hodge - who blasted a unbeaten 35 off 22-balls on his debut T20I match including 2-sixes and 2-fours with strike rate of 159.09.
Andrew Symonds struck 33 off 25-balls including 4-fours with strike rate of 132 and Michael Hussey 13.
Zimbabwe best bowler by Elton Chigumbura picked up 3-wickets for 20-runs in 3-overs, Gary Brent took 2-wickets and one for Hamilton Masakadza - Prosper Utseya.
Zimbabwe chased 139-5 in 19.5 overs with top scorer by Brendan Taylor 60 not out, Hamilton Masakadza struck 27 off 28-balls including two-fours.
debutant Vusi Sibanda - who scored 23 off 15-balls on his debut T20I match - including five boundaries and Chamu Chibhabha 15.
Australia best bowler by Stuart Clark took 2-wickets, Nathan Bracken, Brett Lee both takes one-wickets and debutant Mitchell Johnson - who took one-wicket on his debut T20I match.
Brendan Taylor named Player of the match for his match-winning superb unbeaten 60-runs knocked off facing 45-balls including 4-fours and 2-sixes with strike rate of 133.33.
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