2014 Zimbabwe Tri-Series

July 2014 July 2014 Zimbabwe Triangular Series 75px|Elton Chigumbura 75px|AB de Villiers 75px|Michael Clarke (cricketer) Elton Chigumbura (Zim) • AB de Villiers (RSA) • M. Clarke (Aus) Captains of the teams participating in the series 25 August 2014 – 6 September 2014 South Africa won the series RSA Faf du Plessis ZIM RSA AUS Elton Chigumbura AB de Villiers Michael Clarke Hamilton Masakadza (180) Faf du Plessis (464) Aaron Finch (250) Prosper Utseya (7) Dale Steyn (10) Nathan Lyon (7) The 2014 Zimbabwe Tri-Series was a One Day International cricket tournament held in August and September in Zimbabwe. It was a tri-nation series featuring Zimbabwe, South Africa and Australia.Zimbabwe Tri-Series schedule South Africa won the series after defeating Australia in the final. Squads ZIMRSA SA call up Rossouw, Shezi for Zimbabwe ODIsAUS Lyon back in Australia's ODI squad Elton Chigumbura (c) Tendai Chatara Luke Jongwe Tafadzwa Kamungozi Neville Madziva Timycen Maruma Hamilton Masakadza Shingi Masakadza Tino Mawoyo Natsai M'shangwe Cuthbert Musoko Richmond Mutumbami John Nyumbu Tinashe Panyangara Vusi Sibanda Sikandar Raza Brendan Taylor Donald Tiripano Prosper Utseya Brian Vitori Malcolm Waller Sean Williams AB de Villiers (c) Hashim Amla (vc) Kyle Abbott Quinton de Kock (wk) JP Duminy Faf du Plessis Imran Tahir Ryan McLaren David Miller Morne Morkel Wayne Parnell Aaron Phangiso Rilee Rossouw Mthokozisi Shezi Dale Steyn Michael Clarke (c) George Bailey (vc) Ben Cutting James Faulkner Aaron Finch Brad Haddin (wk) Phillip Hughes Mitchell Johnson Nathan Lyon Mitchell Marsh Glenn Maxwell Kane Richardson Steve Smith Mitchell Starc Shane WatsonWatson ruled out of Zimbabwe series Group stage points table main CricketRR complete yes 4 SA AUS ZIM Q Q 3 1 1050 2 196.4 987 200.0 2 2 1168 2 200.0 911 194.4 1 3 741 0 198.0 1061 200.0 AUS RSA ZIM green1 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: The team with the highest number of wins If still equal, the team with the highest number of wins over the other team(s) who are equal on points and have the same number of wins If still equal, the team with the highest number of bonus points If still equal, the team with the highest net run rate 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 Net run rate (NRR): Runs per over scored less runs per over conceded, adjusting team batting first to overs of team batting second in rain rule matches, adjusting to team's full allocation if all out, and ignoring no result matches. Group stage matches 1st match 25 August AUS 350/6 (50 overs) 152 (29.3 overs) ZIM 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 Scorecard Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to field. Harare Sports Club, Harare Ian Gould (Eng) and Russell Tiffin (Zim) Mitchell Marsh (Aus) Points: Australia 5, Zimbabwe 0 2nd match 27 August AUS 327/7 (50 overs) 328/3 (46.4 overs) RSA 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 Scorecard South Africa won the toss and elected to field. Harare Sports Club, Harare Ian Gould (Eng) and Russell Tiffin (Zim) AB de Villiers (RSA) Points: South Africa 4, Australia 0 3rd match 29 August RSA 231 (49.5 overs) 170 (38.3 overs) ZIM 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 Scorecard Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to field. Harare Sports Club, Harare Ian Gould (Eng) and Jeremiah Matibiri (Zim) Prosper Utseya (Zim) Points: South Africa 5 Zimbabwe 0 Prosper Utseya (Zim) took a hat-trick.http://www.espncricinfo.com/zimbabwe-triangular-series-2014/content/story/775199.html Big win for SA despite Utseya hat-trick 30 August 2014 ESPN Cricinfo 4th match 31 August 2014 AUS 209/9 (50 overs) 211/7 (48 overs) ZIM 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 Scorecard Australia won toss and elected to bat. Harare Sports Club, Harare Owen Chirombe (ZIM) and Aleem Dar (Pak) Elton Chigumbura (Zim) Points: Zimbabwe 4, Australia 0 Zimbabwe's victory over Australia was their first ODI win against them in 31 years.http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/776347.html Zimbabwe end 31-year wait for victory against Australia 31 August 2014 ESPN Cricinfo With this defeat, Australia lost their ICC ODI Championship number-one ranking to India. 5th match 2 September AUS 282/7 (50 overs) 220 (44 overs) RSA 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 Scorecard South Africa won the toss and elected to field. Harare Sports Club, Harare Aleem Dar (Pak) and Russell Tiffin (Zim) Mitchell Marsh (Aus) Points: Australia 5 South Africa 0 6th match 4 September RSA 271/6 (50 overs) 208 (47.2 overs) ZIM 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 Scorecard Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to field. Harare Sports Club, Harare Aleem Dar (Pak) and Jeremiah Matibiri (Zim) Faf du Plessis (SA) Points South Africa 5 Zimbabwe 0 Final 6 September AUS 217/9 (50 overs) 221/4 (40.5 overs) RSA 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 Scorecard South Africa won the toss and elected to field. Harare Sports Club, Harare Aleem Dar (Pak) and Russell Tiffin (Zim) Dale Steyn (SA) 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 50sFaf du Plessis RSA 464 5 92.80 92.51 126 3 1Aaron Finch AUS 250 5 50.00 75.75 102 1 2Mitchell Marsh AUS 250 5 55.50 96.51 89 0 2AB de Villiers RSA 215 5 107.50 116.84 126* 1 1Hashim Amla RSA 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 BBIDale Steyn RSA 10 5 21.20 27.3 4.65 4/34Nathan Lyon AUS 7 4 25.71 31.7 4.86 4/44Prosper Utseya ZIM 7 4 25.71 34.2 4.50 5/36Ryan McLaren RSA 6 4 24.00 24.0 6.00 3/24John Nyumbu ZIM 6 4 31.50 36.0 5.25 3/24 References External links Series at CricInfo Category:2014 in Australian cricket Category:2014 in South African cricket Category:2014 in Zimbabwean cricket Category:Australian cricket tours of Zimbabwe Category:International cricket competitions in 2014 2014 Category:One Day International cricket competitions Category:Long stubs with short prose