Welcome to the highlights of Australia vs Zimbabwe - The second match of the 1998 Pepsi Triangular Series One-Day International cricket tournament between Australia and Zimbabwe was played at Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad on April 03, 1998.
Match Overview:
Ricky Ponting, Michael Bevan's half-centuries and Bowlers helped to Australia narrow 13-run victory over Zimbabwe, despite a fighting century by captain Alistair Campbell in a see-saw second match of a Pepsi Triangular Series.
Match Stats:
- Alistair Campbell became the first Zimbabwe batsman to score a century against Australia in ODI cricket history.
- Alistair Campbell's 102 was his second highest score for Zimbabwe in one-day international and the highest-score by an Zimbabwe batsman against Australia in ODIs, surpassing the previous record of 84 held by Dave Hougthon at Southampton in the 1983 World Cup.
- Alistair Campbell became first Zimbabwe batsman to scored two centuries in ODI cricket history.
In-Depth Match Highlights:
Australia scored 252-7 in 50 overs with top scorer by Michael Bevan cracked a 65 off 76-balls including 3-fours.
Ricky Ponting struck 53 off 84-balls including 5-fours, Steve Waugh hit 48 off 44-balls included 3-fours & a six with strike rate of 109.09 and Mark Waugh scored 37 off 48-balls contained 4-fours.
Zimbabwe best bowler by Heath Streak captured two-wickets, Craig Evans, Andy Whittall and Guy Whittall each took one-wickets.
Zimbabwe bowled out for 239 in 49.5 overs with top scorer by Alistair Campbell cracked a 102 off 145-balls - which was his 2nd ODI hundred and his first century against Australia in ODIs.
Murray Goodwin struck 55 off 62-balls including 3-fours & 2-sixes and Grant Flower hit 35 off 44-balls included 5-fours.
Australia best bowler by Damien Fleming picked up 3-wickets for 30-runs in 10-overs with economy rate of 3, Tom Moody captured three-wickets for 39-runs in 9.5-overs, Shane Warne and Adam Dale both took 2-wickets.
Alistair Campbell named Player of the match for his fighting innings of record-breaking 102-runs knocked off facing 145-balls including 11-fours & a six.
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