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Australia v Zimbabwe @ Melbourne Cricket Ground
21 January 2001
Toss: Zimbabwe (bat)
Umpires: SJ Davis, PD Parker
Third Umpire: RG Patterson
Match Referee: DT Lindsay
Match Result: Australia won by 8 wickets
1st Innings
Zimbabwe
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Alistair Campbell | c Michael Bevan b Ian Harvey | 30 | 54 | 82 | 3 | - |
| 2. Guy Whittall | c Adam Gilchrist b Ian Harvey | 25 | 28 | 38 | 3 | - |
| 3. Stuart Carlisle | c Ian Harvey b Shane Warne | 12 | 26 | 29 | - | - |
| +4. Andy Flower | c Darren Lehmann b Andrew Symonds | 23 | 33 | 55 | - | - |
| 5. Grant Flower | c & b Shane Warne | 51 | 78 | 94 | 4 | - |
| 6. Gavin Rennie | st Adam Gilchrist b Andrew Symonds | 13 | 16 | 15 | 1 | - |
| 7. Dirk Viljoen | c & b Darren Lehmann | 7 | 20 | 17 | - | - |
| *8. Heath Streak | c Darren Lehmann b Ian Harvey | 23 | 30 | 45 | 1 | - |
| 9. Mluleki Nkala | b Ian Harvey | 16 | 22 | 30 | - | - |
| 10. Travis Friend | not out | 0 | 0 | 3 | - | - |
| 11. Brian Murphy |
| FOW | 1-50 (Guy Whittall), 2-67 (Stuart Carlisle), 3-78 (Alistair Campbell), 4-117 (Andy Flower), 5-145 (Gavin Rennie), 6-160 (Dirk Viljoen), 7-187 (Grant Flower), 8-219 (Heath Streak), 9-223 (Mluleki Nkala). |
| Extras | 0b, 7lb, 9w, 7nb, 0pen) 23 |
| Total | (for 9 wickets, 50 ovs, 208 mins) 223 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Brett Lee | 8 | 0 | 70 | 0 | (3w,7nb) |
| Nathan Bracken | 6 | 0 | 23 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Ian Harvey | 9 | 0 | 28 | 4 | (0w,0nb) |
| Shane Warne | 10 | 2 | 21 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Andrew Symonds | 10 | 2 | 38 | 2 | (2w,0nb) |
| Darren Lehmann | 7 | 0 | 36 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
Australia
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *+1. Adam Gilchrist | c Brian Murphy b Travis Friend | 39 | 29 | 35 | 6 | 1 |
| 2. Darren Lehmann | not out | 92 | 104 | 158 | 9 | - |
| 3. Ricky Ponting | run out (Travis Friend > Andy Flower) | 68 | 73 | 103 | 7 | - |
| 4. Michael Bevan | not out | 14 | 16 | 18 | 1 | - |
| 5. Simon Katich | ||||||
| 6. Damien Martyn | ||||||
| 7. Andrew Symonds | ||||||
| 8. Ian Harvey | ||||||
| 9. Shane Warne | ||||||
| 10. Brett Lee | ||||||
| 11. Nathan Bracken |
| FOW | 1-54 (Adam Gilchrist), 2-198 (Ricky Ponting). |
| Extras | 1b, 5lb, 6w, 1nb, 0pen) 13 |
| Total | (for 2 wickets, 36.5 ovs, 158 mins) 226 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Heath Streak | 5 | 1 | 37 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Travis Friend | 6.5 | 0 | 52 | 1 | (5w,1nb) |
| Brian Murphy | 10 | 0 | 47 | 0 | (1w,0nb) |
| Mluleki Nkala | 7 | 0 | 30 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Dirk Viljoen | 6 | 0 | 37 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Guy Whittall | 2 | 0 | 17 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
Squads
Australia:
Adam Gilchrist, Darren Lehmann, Ricky Ponting, Michael Bevan, Simon Katich, Damien Martyn, Andrew Symonds, Ian Harvey, Shane Warne, Brett Lee, Nathan Bracken