Australia v Zimbabwe 2nd Test

Zimbabwe tour of Australia - 2003 (2003/04) · Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney · 17 October 2003

Australia won by 9 wickets

Australia won by 9 wickets. Ricky Ponting top-scored with 169 for Australia. Simon Katich took 6/65.

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MATCH FACTS

Series: Zimbabwe tour of Australia - 2003 (2003/04)
Ground: Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
Dates: 17 October 2003 to 20 October 2003
Toss: Zimbabwe, chose to bat
Result: Australia won by 9 wickets
Player of the match: Ricky Ponting
Captains: Heath Streak (Zimbabwe), Steve Waugh (Australia)
Debuts: Gavin Ewing (Zimbabwe), Brad Williams (Australia)
Umpires: BF Bowden and S Venkataraghavan
Match referee: GR Viswanath

HOW THE MATCH UNFOLDED

Zimbabwe won the toss and chose to bat. Gavin Ewing and Brad Williams played their first Tests.

Zimbabwe batted first and made 308 all out. Stuart Carlisle top-scored with 118 off 213 balls. Andy Bichel took 4 for 66 for Australia. That was well below the 2000s average first-innings total at Sydney Cricket Ground, 388 across 12 Tests.

Australia replied with 403 all out. Ricky Ponting top-scored with 169 off 249 balls, and Steve Waugh made 61. Ray Price took 6 for 121 for Zimbabwe. The innings was built on a 135-run stand for the fourth wicket between Steve Waugh and Ricky Ponting. Australia led by 95 on first innings.

Zimbabwe made 266 all out in their second innings. Mark Vermeulen top-scored with 48 off 70 balls, and Trevor Gripper made 47. Simon Katich took 6 for 65 for Australia.

Set 172 to win, Australia made 172 for 1. Matthew Hayden top-scored with 101 not out off 85 balls, and Ricky Ponting made 53. The innings was built on a 151-run stand for the second wicket between Matthew Hayden and Ricky Ponting, 88% of the total.

Australia won by 9 wickets.

ZIMBABWE, FIRST INNINGS: 308 ALL OUT

Batter	How out	R	B
Dion Ebrahim	b Brett Lee	9	12
Trevor Gripper	c Adam Gilchrist b Andy Bichel	15	32
Mark Vermeulen	lbw b Brad Williams	17	32
Stuart Carlisle	c Ricky Ponting b Andy Bichel	118	213
Craig Wishart	c Adam Gilchrist b Brad Williams	14	62
Tatenda Taibu	c Adam Gilchrist b Brad Hogg	27	70
Heath Streak	lbw b Brad Hogg	14	89
Gavin Ewing	c Damien Martyn b Brett Lee	2	5
Andy Blignaut	not out	38	72
Ray Price	c Brad Williams b Andy Bichel	20	46
Blessing Mahwire	c Adam Gilchrist b Andy Bichel	6	20

Extras 28 · Total 308 all out

Bowler (Australia)	O	M	R	W
Brett Lee	23	5	78	2
Brad Williams	23	6	58	2
Andy Bichel	24.2	7	66	4
Brad Hogg	23	8	49	2
Steve Waugh	4	0	7	0
Simon Katich	7	0	25	0
Damien Martyn	3	1	9	0

FALL OF WICKETS

1-15 (Dion Ebrahim, 4.1 ov), 2-45 (Trevor Gripper, 12.1 ov), 3-47 (Mark Vermeulen, 13.2 ov), 4-95 (Craig Wishart, 31.2 ov), 5-151 (Tatenda Taibu, 49.5 ov), 6-218 (Heath Streak, 80.5 ov), 7-222 (Gavin Ewing, 82.4 ov), 8-243 (Stuart Carlisle, 87.2 ov), 9-296 (Ray Price, 101.5 ov), 10-308 (Blessing Mahwire, 107.2 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Trevor Gripper (1) and Dion Ebrahim (0)	15	20
second	Mark Vermeulen (15) and Trevor Gripper (14)	30	49
third	Stuart Carlisle (0) and Mark Vermeulen (2)	2	7
fourth	Stuart Carlisle (30) and Craig Wishart (14)	48	110
fifth	Stuart Carlisle (20) and Tatenda Taibu (27)	56	113
sixth	Heath Streak (14) and Stuart Carlisle (50)	67	187
seventh	Stuart Carlisle (2) and Gavin Ewing (2)	4	11
eighth	Stuart Carlisle (16) and Andy Blignaut (4)	21	29
ninth	Ray Price (20) and Andy Blignaut (28)	53	89
tenth	Andy Blignaut (6) and Blessing Mahwire (6)	12	33

AUSTRALIA, FIRST INNINGS: 403 ALL OUT

Batter	How out	R	B
Justin Langer	c Heath Streak b Andy Blignaut	2	4
Matthew Hayden	c Stuart Carlisle b Andy Blignaut	20	39
Ricky Ponting	b Ray Price	169	249
Damien Martyn	lbw b Ray Price	32	50
Steve Waugh	c Stuart Carlisle b Ray Price	61	98
Simon Katich	b Ray Price	52	86
Adam Gilchrist	b Heath Streak	20	25
Brad Hogg	c Dion Ebrahim b Ray Price	13	39
Andy Bichel	c Craig Wishart b Andy Blignaut	5	15
Brett Lee	not out	6	17
Brad Williams	c & b Ray Price	7	11

Extras 16 · Total 403 all out

Bowler (Zimbabwe)	O	M	R	W
Heath Streak	21	3	83	1
Andy Blignaut	20	2	83	3
Blessing Mahwire	10	1	61	0
Ray Price	41.3	6	121	6
Gavin Ewing	11	1	53	0

FALL OF WICKETS

1-7 (Justin Langer, 1.1 ov), 2-51 (Matthew Hayden, 13.1 ov), 3-148 (Damien Martyn, 31.1 ov), 4-283 (Steve Waugh, 65.4 ov), 5-306 (Ricky Ponting, 75.5 ov), 6-347 (Adam Gilchrist, 84.2 ov), 7-375 (Brad Hogg, 95.2 ov), 8-384 (Simon Katich, 97.2 ov), 9-394 (Andy Bichel, 100.5 ov), 10-403 (Brad Williams, 103.3 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Justin Langer (1) and Matthew Hayden (4)	7	5
second	Matthew Hayden (16) and Ricky Ponting (27)	44	73
third	Damien Martyn (32) and Ricky Ponting (60)	97	112
fourth	Steve Waugh (61) and Ricky Ponting (69)	135	212
fifth	Ricky Ponting (13) and Simon Katich (10)	23	61
sixth	Adam Gilchrist (20) and Simon Katich (21)	41	51
seventh	Brad Hogg (13) and Simon Katich (14)	28	67
eighth	Andy Bichel (0) and Simon Katich (7)	9	14
ninth	Andy Bichel (5) and Brett Lee (4)	10	21
tenth	Brett Lee (2) and Brad Williams (7)	9	16

ZIMBABWE, SECOND INNINGS: 266 ALL OUT

Batter	How out	R	B
Dion Ebrahim	c Simon Katich b Brad Williams	0	4
Trevor Gripper	c Matthew Hayden b Simon Katich	47	87
Mark Vermeulen	c Steve Waugh b Brad Williams	48	70
Stuart Carlisle	c Brad Williams b Simon Katich	5	10
Craig Wishart	st Adam Gilchrist b Simon Katich	45	89
Tatenda Taibu	c Ricky Ponting b Simon Katich	35	150
Heath Streak	run out (Simon Katich, Adam Gilchrist)	25	50
Gavin Ewing	c Adam Gilchrist b Brad Hogg	0	5
Andy Blignaut	c Brad Williams b Simon Katich	44	63
Ray Price	lbw b Simon Katich	0	14
Blessing Mahwire	not out	1	13

Extras 16 · Total 266 all out

Bowler (Australia)	O	M	R	W
Brad Williams	16	8	56	2
Andy Bichel	19	5	64	0
Brad Hogg	31	9	70	1
Simon Katich	25.5	3	65	6

FALL OF WICKETS

1-0 (Dion Ebrahim, 0.4 ov), 2-93 (Mark Vermeulen, 24.3 ov), 3-103 (Stuart Carlisle, 27.2 ov), 4-114 (Trevor Gripper, 31.2 ov), 5-176 (Craig Wishart, 54.6 ov), 6-212 (Heath Streak, 70.3 ov), 7-216 (Gavin Ewing, 72.2 ov), 8-230 (Tatenda Taibu, 83.1 ov), 9-244 (Ray Price, 87.3 ov), 10-266 (Andy Blignaut, 91.5 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Trevor Gripper (0) and Dion Ebrahim (0)	0	4
second	Mark Vermeulen (48) and Trevor Gripper (42)	93	144
third	Stuart Carlisle (5) and Trevor Gripper (4)	10	17
fourth	Craig Wishart (10) and Trevor Gripper (1)	11	24
fifth	Craig Wishart (35) and Tatenda Taibu (25)	62	142
sixth	Heath Streak (25) and Tatenda Taibu (9)	36	92
seventh	Gavin Ewing (0) and Tatenda Taibu (0)	4	11
eighth	Andy Blignaut (13) and Tatenda Taibu (1)	14	65
ninth	Ray Price (0) and Andy Blignaut (11)	14	26
tenth	Andy Blignaut (20) and Blessing Mahwire (1)	22	27

AUSTRALIA, SECOND INNINGS: 172 FOR 1

Batter	How out	R	B
Justin Langer	c Tatenda Taibu b Heath Streak	8	23
Matthew Hayden	not out	101	85
Ricky Ponting	not out	53	71

Did not bat: Damien Martyn, Steve Waugh, Simon Katich, Adam Gilchrist, Brad Hogg, Andy Bichel, Brett Lee, Brad Williams

Extras 10 · Total 172 for 1

Bowler (Zimbabwe)	O	M	R	W
Heath Streak	9	1	46	1
Andy Blignaut	4	0	35	0
Ray Price	12.1	0	63	0
Trevor Gripper	1	0	2	0
Gavin Ewing	3	0	20	0

FALL OF WICKETS

1-21 (Justin Langer, 4.5 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Justin Langer (5) and Matthew Hayden (12)	21	26
second	Matthew Hayden (89) and Ricky Ponting (53)	151	149

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