2014 Zimbabwe Tri-Series

The 2014 Zimbabwe Tri-Series was a One Day International cricket tournament held in Zimbabwe. It was a tri-nation series between Zimbabwe, South Africa and Australia.[1] South Africa won the series after defeating Australia in the final.

Zimbabwe Triangular Series
Elton Chigumbura AB de Villiers Michael Clarke (cricketer)
Elton Chigumbura (Zim) • AB de Villiers (RSA) • M. Clarke (Aus)
Captains of the teams participating in the series
Date25 August 2014 – 6 September 2014
Location Zimbabwe
ResultSouth Africa won the series
Player of the seriesSouth Africa Faf du Plessis
Teams
 Zimbabwe  South Africa  Australia
Captains
Elton Chigumbura AB de Villiers Michael Clarke
Most runs
Hamilton Masakadza (180) Faf du Plessis (464) Aaron Finch (250)
Most wickets
Prosper Utseya (7) Dale Steyn (10) Nathan Lyon (7)

Squads

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  Zimbabwe   South Africa [2]   Australia [3]

Group stage points table

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Pos Team Pld W L T NR BP Pts NRR
1   South Africa 4 3 1 0 0 2 14 0.404
2   Australia 4 2 2 0 0 2 10 1.160
3   Zimbabwe 4 1 3 0 0 0 4 −1.563
Source: [citation needed]

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

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1st match

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25 August
Scorecard
Australia  
350/6 (50 overs)
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  Zimbabwe
152 (29.3 overs)
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
Harare Sports Club, Harare
Umpires: Ian Gould (Eng) and Russell Tiffin (Zim)
Player of the match: Mitchell Marsh (Aus)
  • Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to field.
  • Points: Australia 5, Zimbabwe 0

2nd match

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27 August
Scorecard
Australia  
327/7 (50 overs)
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  South Africa
328/3 (46.4 overs)
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
Harare Sports Club, Harare
Umpires: Ian Gould (Eng) and Russell Tiffin (Zim)
Player of the match: AB de Villiers (RSA)
  • South Africa won the toss and elected to field.
  • Points: South Africa 4, Australia 0

3rd match

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29 August
Scorecard
South Africa  
231 (49.5 overs)
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  Zimbabwe
170 (38.3 overs)
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
Harare Sports Club, Harare
Umpires: Ian Gould (Eng) and Jeremiah Matibiri (Zim)
Player of the match: Prosper Utseya (Zim)

4th match

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31 August 2014
Scorecard
Australia  
209/9 (50 overs)
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  Zimbabwe
211/7 (48 overs)
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
Harare Sports Club, Harare
Umpires: Owen Chirombe (ZIM) and Aleem Dar (Pak)
Player of the match: Elton Chigumbura (Zim)
  • Australia won toss and elected to bat.
  • Points: Zimbabwe 4, Australia 0
  • Zimbabwe's victory over Australia was their first ODI win against them in 31 years.[6]
  • With this defeat, Australia lost their ICC ODI Championship number-one ranking to India.

5th match

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2 September
Scorecard
Australia  
282/7 (50 overs)
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  South Africa
220 (44 overs)
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
Harare Sports Club, Harare
Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Russell Tiffin (Zim)
Player of the match: Mitchell Marsh (Aus)
  • South Africa won the toss and elected to field.
  • Points: Australia 5 South Africa 0

6th match

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4 September
Scorecard
South Africa  
271/6 (50 overs)
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  Zimbabwe
208 (47.2 overs)
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
Harare Sports Club, Harare
Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Jeremiah Matibiri (Zim)
Player of the match: Faf du Plessis (SA)
  • Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to field.
  • Points South Africa 5 Zimbabwe 0

Final

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6 September
Scorecard
Australia  
217/9 (50 overs)
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  South Africa
221/4 (40.5 overs)
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
Harare Sports Club, Harare
Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Russell Tiffin (Zim)
Player of the match: Dale Steyn (SA)
  • South Africa won the toss and elected to field.
  • South Africa won the tri-series

Statistics

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Most Runs

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The top five run scorers (total runs) are included in this table.

Player Team Runs Inns Avg S/R HS 100s 50s
Faf du Plessis   South Africa 464 5 92.80 92.51 126 3 1
Aaron Finch   Australia 250 5 50.00 75.75 102 1 2
Mitchell Marsh   Australia 250 5 55.50 96.51 89 0 2
AB de Villiers   South Africa 215 5 107.50 116.84 126* 1 1
Hashim Amla   South Africa 172 5 34.40 73.50 66 0 2

Most Wickets

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The top five wicket takers (total wickets) are listed in this table.

Player Team Wkts Mts Ave S/R Econ BBI
Dale Steyn   South Africa 10 5 21.20 27.3 4.65 4/34
Nathan Lyon   Australia 7 4 25.71 31.7 4.86 4/44
Prosper Utseya   Zimbabwe 7 4 25.71 34.2 4.50 5/36
Ryan McLaren   South Africa 6 4 24.00 24.0 6.00 3/24
John Nyumbu   Zimbabwe 6 4 31.50 36.0 5.25 3/24

References

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  1. ^ Zimbabwe Tri-Series schedule
  2. ^ SA call up Rossouw, Shezi for Zimbabwe ODIs
  3. ^ Lyon back in Australia's ODI squad
  4. ^ Watson ruled out of Zimbabwe series
  5. ^ "Big win for SA despite Utseya hat-trick". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 30 August 2014.
  6. ^ "Zimbabwe end 31-year wait for victory against Australia". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 31 August 2014.
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