Welcome to the highlights of Zimbabwe vs Australia 2nd ODI - 2026 Australia tour of Zimbabwe 3-match ODI series - The second One-Day International cricket match between Zimbabwe and Australia was played at Harare Sports Club, Harare on September 18, 2026.
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Match Overview:
Top-order batsmen Travis Head's whirlwind 75-ball century, Mitchell Marsh, Cooper Connolly's half-centuries and Oliver Peake's quick-fire 18-ball 41* sets up to Australia thumping 84-run victory over Zimbabwe and took an unassailable 2-0 lead to seal the series in the second ODI.
Match Stats:
- Australia's 84-run win was their joint tenth largest victory by terms of runs against Zimbabwe in ODIs.
- 130 : Mitchell Marsh and Travis Head shared the second highest first-wicket partnership for Australia against Zimbabwe in ODIs, The highest is 140-run stand between Adam Gilchrist and Matthew Hayden at Hobart in the 2004 Victoria Bitter Series and the Australia's ninth highest any-wicket stand against Zimbabwe in ODIs.
- Travis Head hammered a 75-ball his third fastest century for Australia in One-day international and the fastest century by an Australian batsman against Zimbabwe in ODIs, surpassing the previous record of 86-ball hundred held by Matt Renshaw at same venue earlier in this series' first ODI.
- Travis Head became the eighth Australian batsman to score a century against Zimbabwe in ODIs.
- Travis Head's 112 was his sixth highest score for Australia in one-day international and the fourth highest-score by an Australian batsman against Zimbabwe in ODIs.
- This is the 18th instance of Australia's top three batsmen were scores of fifty or more runs in their innings in one-day international and It is their first such instance against Zimbabwe in ODIs.
- Australia's 356 was their highest score against Zimbabwe in T20 international and also It is their highest total at Harare in ODIs, previous highest was 350 also at same venue in 2014.
- Australia's 356 was the tenth highest total by any team in Zimbabwe in ODIs.
- Zimbabwe's 272 was their fourth highest score against Australia in ODIs.
In-Depth Match Highlights:
Australia scored mammoth total of 356-6 in 50 overs with top scorer by Travis Head hammered a 112 off 84-balls - which was his 8th ODI hundred and his first century against Zimbabwe in ODIs.
Cooper Connolly blasted a 78 off 69-balls including 3-sixes & 3-fours with strike rate of 113.04, Mitchell Marsh hit a 53 off 63-balls including 3-sixes & 3-fours.
Oliver Peake hammered a unbeaten 41 off 18-balls including 3-sixes & 2-fours with strike rate of 227.77, Josh Inglis cracked a 21 off 20-balls included 2-fours.
Alex Carey scored 20 off 30-balls including a boundary and Matt Renshaw hit 15 off 11-balls contained a four.
Zimbabwe bowled out for 272 in 48.3 overs with top scorer by Sikandar Raza struck 45 off 49-balls including 5-fours.
Brendan Taylor struck 39 off 40-balls including 3-fours, Craig Ervine cracked a 38 off 39-balls including 3-fours, Innocent Kaia scored 34 off 47-balls included three-fours.
Ben Curran hit 30 off 46-balls contained 4-fours, Wesley Madhewere blasted a 26 off 13-balls including 4-fours with strike rate of 200 and Brian Bennett scored 23 off 34-balls contained 3-fours.
Australia best bowler by Cooper Connolly, Matt Renshaw, Josh Hazlewood each took 2-wickets and one for Oliver Peake - Nathan Ellis.
Travis Head named Player of the match for his whirlwind batting performance to smashed a 112-runs knocked off facing 84-balls including 15-fours & 3-sixes with strike rate of 133.33.
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