Australian cricket team in Zimbabwe in 2004

Australian cricket team in Zimbabwe in 2004
	Zimbabwe	Australia
Dates	25 May – 4 June 2004
Captains	Tatenda Taibu	Ricky Ponting
One Day International series
Results	Australia won the 5-match series 5–0
Most runs	Brendan Taylor (195)	Michael Clarke (318)
Most wickets	Tawanda Mupariwa (8)	Jason Gillespie (14)
Player of the series	Jason Gillespie (AUS)

The Australia national cricket team toured Zimbabwe in May 2004 to play a series of five One Day International (ODI) matches against Zimbabwe in Harare and Bulawayo.^[1]

Originally scheduled as a two-Test series to be held in April 2002. It was canceled by the Australian Cricket Board due to security reports received by them.^[2] Later, it was converted into an ODI series when ICC shutdown Test series due to Zimbabwe Board governance issues.^[2]

ODI series

1st ODI

25 May Scorecard

Zimbabwe  205/9 (50 overs)	v	Australia 207/3 (39.4 overs)
Brendan Taylor 59 (101) Jason Gillespie 2/21 (10 overs)		Ricky Ponting 91 (93) Tinashe Panyangara 2/48 (9.4 overs)

Australia won by 7 wickets Harare Sports Club, Harare Umpires: Kevan Barbour (Zim) and Steve Bucknor (WI) Player of the match: Ricky Ponting (Aus)

• Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to bat.

2nd ODI

27 May Scorecard

Australia  323/8 (50 overs)	v	Zimbabwe 184 (44.3 overs)
Matthew Hayden 87 (101) Stuart Matsikenyeri 2/43 (10 overs)		Brendan Taylor 65 (93) Darren Lehmann 4/7 (4.3 overs)

Australia won by 139 runs Harare Sports Club, Harare Umpires: Steve Bucknor (WI) and Ian Robinson (Zim) Player of the match: Darren Lehmann (Aus)

• Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to field.

3rd ODI

29 May Scorecard

Zimbabwe  196 (48.5 overs)	v	Australia 199/2 (30.4 overs)
Elton Chigumbura 77 (90) Jason Gillespie 5/32 (10 overs)		Michael Clarke 105* (102) Tawanda Mupariwa 2/48 (8 overs)

Australia won by 8 wickets Harare Sports Club, Harare Umpires: Steve Bucknor (WI) and Ian Robinson (Zim) Player of the match: Jason Gillespie (Aus)

• Australia won the toss and elected to field.
• Michael Clarke (Aus) scored his first century in ODIs.

4th ODI

1 June Scorecard

Zimbabwe  246 (48.5 overs)	v	Australia 249/2 (39.4 overs)
Elton Chigumbura 77 (90) Jason Gillespie 5/32 (10 overs)		Michael Clarke 125* (102) Tawanda Mupariwa 2/48 (8 overs)

Australia won by 8 wickets Harare Sports Club, Harare Umpires: Steve Bucknor (WI) and Ian Robinson (Zim) Player of the match: Jason Gillespie (Aus)

• Australia won the toss and elected to field.
• Michael Clarke (Aus) scored his first century in ODIs.

5th ODI

4 June Scorecard

Zimbabwe  126 (38.5 overs)	v	Australia 129/2 (20.4 overs)
Elton Chigumbura 37 (60) Jason Gillespie 5/22 (10 overs)		Michael Clarke 75* (92) Tawanda Mupariwa 2/28 (5 overs)

Australia won by 8 wickets Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo Umpires: Steve Bucknor (WI) and Ian Robinson (Zim) Player of the match: Jason Gillespie (Aus)

• Australia won the toss and elected to field.
• Michael Clarke (Aus) scored his first century in ODIs.

References

1. CricketArchive – tour itinerary Archived November 6, 2012, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved on 14 December 2010.
2. "Bangladesh v Australia tour, is Australia's tour of Bangladesh cancelled, Will Australia's tour go ahead: a look back at Australia's postponed tours of Pakistan and Zimbabwe". September 28, 2015.