Another minnow, Zimbabwe was defeated in the 4th match. Australia continued its winning streak in World Cup to 30 matches.
Match Facts
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Match 4
Captains: Ponting (Aus), Chigumbura (Zim)
Toss: Australia
Result: Aus won by 91 runs
MOM: Watson (Aus)
50s: 2 (Watson 79, Clark 58*)
3wkts or more: 4/19 by Johnson
6s: 5 (3 Aus, 2 Zim)
50+ partnerships:
61 1st wkt Watson and Haddin
79 2nd wkt Watson and Ponting
63 4th wkt Clark and White
Australia innings (50 overs maximum)
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SR Watson lbw b Cremer 79 runs 8 4s 1 six
Haddin lbw b Utseya 29 runs 3 4s
Ponting run out 28
Clarke not out 58 runs 4 4s
White b Mpofu 22
D Hussey b Price 14 runs 1 four 1 six
Smith c Chakabva b Mpofu 11 runs 1 four 1 six
Johnson not out 7 runs 1 four
Extras (lb 7, w 7) 14
Total (50 overs) 262/6
Fall of wickets
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1-61 (Haddin, 18.5 ov), 2-140 (Watson, 31.2 ov), 3-144 (Ponting, 32.5 ov), 4-207 (White, 44.6 ov), 5-241 (Hussey, 48.1 ov), 6-254 (Smith, 49.1 ov)
Bowling
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Mpofu 9 runs 58/2
Price 10 ov 43/1
Utseya 10 ov 2 maidens 43/1
Cremer 10 ov 41/1
Taylor 3 ov 23/0
Chigumbura 2 ov 18/0
Williams 6 ov 29/0
Zimbabwe innings (target: 263 runs from 50 overs)
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Taylor b Tait 16 run 1 four
Coventry c & b Lee 14 runs 1 four 1 six
Taibu c Watson b Johnson 7 runs 1 four
Ervine lbw b Johnson 0
Chigumbura c Haddin b Krejza 14 runs 2 4s
Williams c Watson b Tait 28 runs 1 four 1 six
Chakabva lbw b Krejza 6
Utseya c Ponting b Hussey 24 runs 1 four
Cremer c Haddin b Johnson 37 runs 4 4s
Price not out 5
Mpofu c Haddin b Johnson 2
Extras (b 4, lb 9, w 3, nb 2) 18
Total (46.2 overs) 171
Fall of wickets
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1-22 (Coventry, 5.4 ov), 2-40 (Taibu, 10.3 ov), 3-40 (Taylor, 11.2 ov), 4-44 (Ervine, 12.3 ov), 5-88 (Chigumbura, 21.2 ov), 6-96 (Williams, 24.6 ov), 7-104 (Chakabva, 27.2 ov), 8-153 (Utseya, 39.2 ov), 9-167 (Cremer, 42.4 ov), 10-171 (Mpofu, 46.2 ov)
Bowling
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Tait 9 ov 1 maiden 34/2
Brett Lee 8 ov 1 maiden 34/1
Johnson 9.2 ov 2 maidens 19/4
Krejza 8 ov 28/2
Watson 3 ov 7/0
Smith 5 ov 24/0 4.80
Hussey 4 ov 1 maiden 12/1
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