Australia v Zimbabwe, Perth

Australia 735/6

Zimbabwe 239/10 & 321/10

Australia won by 175 runs

Australia v Zimbabwe 2003 · 1st Test Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth, Perth 9–13 Oct 2003

Conditions

Conditions model covers 2008-present. Raw match aggregate: 1295 runs at 49.8 per wicket.

The lead

How Australia's lead moved across the match.

Best bowling

Top match figures

AJ Bichel4/63

SM Ervine4/146

B Lee3/48

JN Gillespie3/52

Top score

380

ML Hayden · Australia

Biggest stand

233

6th wkt · Australia

Worst collapse

3–8

3 wkts for 8 · Zimbabwe

Match facts

TossZimbabwe, field

ResultAustralia won by 175 runs

Length5 days

Australia

735 /6 (146.3 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
JL Langer	b SM Ervine	26	38	5	0	68.42
ML Hayden	c SV Carlisle b TR Gripper	380	437	39	11	86.96
RT Ponting	lbw b SM Ervine	37	65	6	0	56.92
DR Martyn	c CB Wishart b TR Gripper	53	76	9	0	69.74
SR Waugh	c & b SM Ervine	78	124	10	1	62.90
DS Lehmann	c & b SM Ervine	30	48	3	1	62.50
AC Gilchrist*	not out	113	94	12	4	120.21

Extras 18 (b 4, lb 10, w 1, nb 3)

Total 735/6 (146.3 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
HH Streak	26.0	6	131	0	5.04
AM Blignaut	28.0	4	115	0	4.11
SM Ervine	31.0	4	146	4	4.71
RW Price	36.0	5	187	0	5.19
TR Gripper	25.3	0	142	2	5.57

Fall of wickets

1-43 (JL Langer, 8.4)·2-102 (RT Ponting, 30.6)·3-199 (DR Martyn, 54.1)·4-406 (SR Waugh, 98.4)·5-502 (DS Lehmann, 112.4)·6-735 (ML Hayden, 146.3)

Zimbabwe

239 /10 (89.3 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
DD Ebrahim	b JN Gillespie	29	62	5	46.77
TR Gripper	c DS Lehmann b B Lee	53	135	6	39.26
MA Vermeulen	c ML Hayden b SCG MacGill	38	94	5	40.43
SV Carlisle	c ML Hayden b SCG MacGill	2	17	0	11.76
CB Wishart	c AC Gilchrist b AJ Bichel	46	78	6	58.97
CN Evans	b AJ Bichel	22	55	3	40.00
T Taibu	lbw b JN Gillespie	15	46	1	32.61
HH Streak	b B Lee	9	36	1	25.00
SM Ervine	c SR Waugh b JN Gillespie	6	12	1	50.00
AM Blignaut	lbw b B Lee	0	1	0	0.00
RW Price*	not out	2	6	0	33.33

Extras 17 (lb 10, w 2, nb 5)

Total 239/10 (89.3 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
B Lee	15.0	4	48	3	3.20
JN Gillespie	25.3	9	52	3	2.04
AJ Bichel	21.0	2	62	2	2.95
SCG MacGill	21.0	4	54	2	2.57
DS Lehmann	2.0	1	3	0	1.50
SR Waugh	5.0	1	10	0	2.00

Fall of wickets

1-61 (DD Ebrahim, 22.3)·2-105 (TR Gripper, 42.1)·3-120 (SV Carlisle, 47.5)·4-131 (MA Vermeulen, 53.1)·5-199 (CB Wishart, 72.3)·6-200 (CN Evans, 74.1)·7-231 (T Taibu, 85.3)·8-231 (HH Streak, 86.5)·9-231 (AM Blignaut, 86.6)·10-239 (SM Ervine, 89.3)

Zimbabwe

321 /10 (127.2 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
DD Ebrahim	b JN Gillespie	4	26	0	0	15.38
TR Gripper	c AC Gilchrist b JN Gillespie	0	1	0	0	0.00
MA Vermeulen	c AC Gilchrist b B Lee	63	120	9	1	52.50
SV Carlisle	c ML Hayden b DS Lehmann	35	114	6	0	30.70
CB Wishart	lbw b AJ Bichel	8	13	1	0	61.54
CN Evans	b DS Lehmann	5	25	1	0	20.00
T Taibu	c AC Gilchrist b AJ Bichel	3	19	0	0	15.79
SM Ervine	b AJ Bichel	53	98	7	1	54.08
HH Streak*	not out	71	215	10	0	33.02
AM Blignaut	st AC Gilchrist b DS Lehmann	22	29	5	0	75.86
RW Price	c SR Waugh b AJ Bichel	36	110	6	0	32.73

Extras 21 (b 4, lb 6, w 5, nb 6)

Total 321/10 (127.2 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
B Lee	35.0	8	96	1	2.74
JN Gillespie	3.0	0	6	2	2.00
SCG MacGill	3.4	1	10	0	2.73
AJ Bichel	28.2	16	63	4	2.22
DS Lehmann	31.2	16	61	3	1.95
DR Martyn	13.0	5	34	0	2.62
SR Waugh	8.0	2	26	0	3.25
RT Ponting	5.0	1	15	0	3.00

Fall of wickets

1-2 (TR Gripper, 1.6)·2-11 (DD Ebrahim, 5.4)·3-110 (MA Vermeulen, 42.2)·4-112 (SV Carlisle, 43.3)·5-118 (CB Wishart, 46.3)·6-126 (T Taibu, 52.1)·7-126 (CN Evans, 53.1)·8-209 (SM Ervine, 81.6)·9-247 (AM Blignaut, 91.3)·10-321 (RW Price, 127.2)