In the third one-day cricket international, Zimbabwe defeated Australia by three wickets and won consolation with the assistance of leg-spinner Ryan Burl’s career-high five wickets for 10 runs.
After winning the toss and putting Zimbabwe in to bat, Australia won the first two matches by margins of five and eight wickets, respectively.
Regis Chakabva, the captain of Zimbabwe, won the toss on Saturday, but the outcome was very different as the visitors knocked Australia out for 141 runs after taking three wickets in the first 10 overs
With three wickets, Josh Hazlewood topped the Australian bowlers.
David Warner, a seasoned Australian opener, was six runs away from ending his century drought. Warner increased the total’s respectability by hitting 94 out of 96 balls. Aaron Finch was bowled by left-arm seamer Richard Ngarava for the third time in three ODIs. Victor Nyauchi trapped Steve Smith’s leg before for one at the opposite end, and the Australian was unable to get the decision overturned in a review.
After an errant shot that left Australia at 31-3 after nine overs, Alex Carey was the next to go down, caught behind. Warner quickly followed, keeping the scoreboard updated from the other end, before Marcus Stoinis and Cameron Green.
Soon after, Warner attempted a pull shot but it was caught on the boundary, keeping him from scoring a crucial century.
He had a strike rate of 97.3 and scored 14 fours and two sixes.
Since Warner’s last century, there have been 54 innings across all formats, with Saturday’s total marking the fourth time he has been ejected in the 1990s.