Zimbabwe v Australia, Live Cricket Score and Commentary, 1st Match, Australia tour of Zimbabwe, 2026

Australia tour of Zimbabwe 1st Match: Zimbabwe v Australia at Harare, September 15, 2026

Zimbabwe

ZIM

235/10 (45.1)

Australia

AUS

294/8 (50)

Finished

AUS won by 59 runs

Australia InningAUS Inning294/8 (50 ov)

Batsmen		R	B	4S	6S	SR
Mitchell Marsh(C)	c B Bennett b N Nyamhuri	36	28	6	1	128.57
c B Bennett b N Nyamhuri
Travis Head	b B Evans	4	5	1	0	80.00
b B Evans
Cooper Connolly	b S Raza	51	46	4	3	110.87
b S Raza
Josh Inglis(WK)	c B Taylor b N Nyamhuri	4	12	0	0	33.33
c B Taylor b N Nyamhuri
Alex Carey	c (sub RP Burl) b B Evans	27	53	1	0	50.94
c (sub RP Burl) b B Evans
Matt Renshaw	c W Madhevere b N Nyamhuri	109	94	7	3	115.96
c W Madhevere b N Nyamhuri
Ollie Peake	hit wicket (N Nyamhuri)	30	40	1	1	75.00
hit wicket (N Nyamhuri)
Xavier Bartlett	c C Ervine b N Nyamhuri	5	11	0	0	45.45
c C Ervine b N Nyamhuri
Nathan Ellis	Not out	9	12	0	0	75.00
Not out
Adam Zampa	Not out	3	2	0	0	150.00
Not out
Extra	16 (b 0, w 13, nb 3, lb 0)
Total	294/8 (50)

BOWLING	O	R	W	ECON
Blessing Muzarabani	10	46	0	4.60
Brad Evans	9	51	2	5.67
Newman Nyamhuri	9	62	5	6.89
Sikandar Raza	10	62	1	6.20
Wesley Madhevere	3	18	0	6.00
Brian Bennett	3	19	0	6.33
Wellington Masakadza	6	36	0	6.00

Fall of wickets: 1-10 (T Head - 1.5 ov), 2-60 (M Marsh - 8.6 ov), 3-83 (J Inglis - 12.6 ov), 4-107 (C Connolly - 17.4 ov), 5-179 (A Carey - 31.3 ov), 6-254 (O Peake - 42.6 ov), 7-269 (XC Bartlett - 45.5 ov), 8-288 (MT Renshaw - 49.2 ov)

Zimbabwe InningZIM Inning235/10 (45.1 ov)

Batsmen		R	B	4S	6S	SR
Brian Bennett	c J Inglis b N Ellis	25	32	3	1	78.13
c J Inglis b N Ellis
Ben Curran	c N Ellis b XC Bartlett	0	2	0	0	0.00
c N Ellis b XC Bartlett
Innocent Kaia	c A Carey b N Ellis	18	19	2	0	94.74
c A Carey b N Ellis
Brendan Taylor(WK)	c XC Bartlett b MT Renshaw	4	13	0	0	30.77
c XC Bartlett b MT Renshaw
Craig Ervine	b N Ellis	59	60	6	1	98.33
b N Ellis
Sikandar Raza(C)	b SH Johnson	57	76	5	0	75.00
b SH Johnson
Wesley Madhevere	lbw b C Connolly	22	30	2	0	73.33
lbw b C Connolly
Brad Evans	c SH Johnson b A Zampa	18	20	0	1	90.00
c SH Johnson b A Zampa
Wellington Masakadza	lbw b N Ellis	14	17	1	0	82.35
lbw b N Ellis
Newman Nyamhuri	b N Ellis	1	3	0	0	33.33
b N Ellis
Blessing Muzarabani	Not out	0	2	0	0	0.00
Not out
Extra	17 (b 0, w 9, nb 3, lb 5)
Total	235/10 (45.1)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON
Spencer Johnson	9	0	44	1	4.89
Xavier Bartlett	8	0	41	1	5.13
Nathan Ellis	9.1	1	31	5	3.38
Matt Renshaw	4	0	32	1	8.00
Adam Zampa	10	0	55	1	5.50
Cooper Connolly	4	0	23	1	5.75
Ollie Peake	1	0	4	0	4.00

Fall of wickets: 1-1 (B Curran - 1.2 ov), 2-45 (I Kaia - 8.2 ov), 3-46 (B Bennett - 8.6 ov), 4-62 (B Taylor - 13.3 ov), 5-160 (C Ervine - 30.3 ov), 6-181 (S Raza - 35.6 ov), 7-199 (W Madhevere - 39.1 ov), 8-227 (W Masakadza - 43.1 ov), 9-235 (B Evans - 44.4 ov), 10-235 (N Nyamhuri - 45.1 ov)

Man of the Match

Matt Renshaw

Date

2026-09-15 13:00 PM

Venue

Harare Sports Club, Harare

Toss

Australia elected to bat

Umpires

Tv Umpires

Match Referee