ZIM vs AUS Live Cricket Score

9 OUT! CAUGHT! Newman Nyamhuri gets the big fish. Good length, wide of off, Mitchell Marsh looks to play the back foot punch again in the gap but finds Brian Bennett at covers. It flies flat and hard, but Brian dives low to his right and takes a superb catch to cut Marsh's innings short. A promising knock from the Aussie skipper comes to an end. 60/2

1.5 OUT! DRAGGED ON! A massive scalp for Zimbabwe and Brad Evans as they see the back of Travis Head early on in the contest. Good length, just on off, nips back in a bit, Travis Head looks for the square cut but this is too close to his body. He gets an inside edge that uproots the off-pole, and Travis Head has to walk back. This is now becoming a common dismissal for him, as we saw in the Bangladesh Test series as well. Australia are 10/1. 10/1

17.4 OUT! BOWLED'EM! Sikandar Raza does get his man eventually, and his front foot is fine on this occasion. He tosses it up, full and on off, gets it to turn away a shy bit but that is enough to deceive the batter. Cooper Connolly lunges out to defend but plays down the wrong line as the ball goes past the outside edge and hits the top of off pole. A dream dismissal, and Connolly is gone right after his fifty. Also, Matt Renshaw walks out to bat next. 107/4

13 OUT! EDGED AND GONE! Brendan Taylor proves that age is just a number with a stunning catch. Newman Nyamhuri goes much fuller and just outside off. Sikandar Raza, just before this ball, moved himself to backward point from first slip. Josh Inglis goes for the expansive drive, but maybe he would not have if a slip was in place. He gets a thick outside edge behind, where Taylor dives to his right and takes a one-handed blinder into his right glove. Australia are 83/3 now. 83/3

31.3 OUT! STRAIGHT TO THE FIELDER! Brad Evans strikes on his return to the attack. He lands this back of a length and outside off, giving width to the batter. Alex Carey frees his arms and tries to cut it away but fails to keep his shot down. It flies wide of backward point, where Ryan Burl (Sub) dives to his left to take a sharp low catch just above the ground. The 72-run stand has now been broken. 179/5

49.2 OUT! IN THE AIR...GONE! Newman Nyamhuri gets his maiden ODI five-wicket haul. He has bowled really well and deserves it. This is pitched up, on middle. Matt Renshaw steps across and tries to slog across the line but gets more height than distance as he hits it from the bottom half of the bat. It goes miles in the air towards deep mid-wicket, where Wessly Madhevere runs forward, settles under the skier and takes a superb catch. Renshaw walks back after a fantastic ton. 288/8

43 OUT! HIT WICKET! Would you believe it? Oliver Peake has broken his stumps. Good length, around off, Oliver Peake is already standing deep inside the crease, then hops up and moves back further to tuck this through mid-wicket. The back foot of Oliver breaks the stumps and he has to walk back here. Australia are 254/6 now. 254/6

45.5 OUT! CAUGHT! Newman Nyamhuri gets his fourth of the game. He lands this short of a length, outside off, takes pace off again. Xavier Bartlett backs away and tries to slap it away but goes through the shot a bit early. He gets no elevation at all as the ball flies straight to extra cover, where Craig Ervine gets low and takes a simple catch. Australia are 269/7 now. 269/7

9 OUT! EDGED AND GONE! Nathan Ellis with the double whammy. He lands this on a hard length and just around off, skids through a bi. Brian Bennett stays in his crease and tries to punch it away, but only with his hands and not moving his feet at all. Gets a thin outside edge behind, where Josh Inglis makes no mistake. 45/1 becomes 46/3 for Zimbabwe. 46/3

1.2 OUT! TAKEN! Xavier Bartlett draws first blood! He hits the length hard, around off, gets it to shape back in a bit. Ben Curran looks to drive it on the up, but the length is just not there for the shot. It hits him high on the bat and lobs up towards mid off, where Nathan Ellis takes a dolly. A two-baller for Curran, and Zimbabwe are 1/1, chasing 295 runs. 1/1

8.2 OUT! TAKEN! A fantastic catch, and Nathan Ellis strikes in his very first over. He cleverly rolls his fingers to take pace, serves this full and on middle, grips the surface and moves in a bit. Innocent Kaia gets completely deceived by the lack of pace and ends up tucking it uppishly in front of mid-wicket. Alex Carey, who usually has the gloves, runs forward and puts in a full-length dive to his front to take a superb catch. Zimbabwe are 45/2, chasing 295 runs. 45/2

13.3 OUT! CAUGHT! Error in judgment by Brendan Taylor costs him his wicket. You just cannot keep Matt Renshaw out of this game. A maiden ODI hundred with the bat and now a wicket as well. Pushed through around off, Brendan Taylor jumps onto his front foot and looks to go big down the ground but miscues it off the bottom of his bat towards Xavier Bartlett at long on, who holds onto it. 62/4

30.3 OUT! CASTLED! Nathan Ellis comes back into the attack and breaks a threatening partnership. Good length, on off, shaping away a hint from the batter. Craig Ervine plays inside the line and gets beaten on the outside. The ball goes on and uproots the off-pole. The 98-run stand has been broken. 160/5

36 OUT! TIMBER! This was on the cards as Raza was getting frustrated. Yorker, on the roots of the off-pole, Sikandar Raza gets late in bringing his bat down and pays with his wicket as the ball goes on and breaks the furniture. Sikandar Raza departs on 57. Zimbabwe are 181 for 6. 181/6

39.1 OUT! LBW! Cooper Connolly comes into the attack and removes the last hope of Zimbabwe by the looks of it. Under-cutter, around middle and off, Wessly Madhevere goes down on one knee and looks to sweep it away but misses and gets hit on his front pad. A loud appeal for LBW and the umpire acknowledges it with a raised index finger. Wessly Madhevere chances his luck this time by sending it upstairs. Nothing on the UltraEdge and three reds with the ball clattering into the middle pole, sees the end of Wessly Madhevere. 199/7

44.4 OUT! CAUGHT! That's probably the final nail in the coffin for Zimbabwe. Adam Zampa gets a wicket in his final over. He gives this one some more air, full and on middle, turns away as this is a leg-break. Brad Evans once again goes for a swipe across the line but can only manage a top edge. It goes up in the air towards short third man, where Spencer Johnson moves to his left and takes an easy catch. Australia just one wicket away from the win now. 235/9

43.1 OUT! LBW! That is a terrific review from Australia! Nathan Ellis lands this on a good length, on middle and leg. Wellington Masakadza stays back in his crease and tries to flick it away but the ball skids through and thuds him on the pads. It lobs up towards point as the batters cross. However, there is a big shout for LBW, but it is turned down. Ellis looks pretty confident and convinces his skipper, Mitchell Marsh, to take the review. The only thing here is whether it pitched in line or not. UltraEdge confirms no bat involved, and Ball Tracking shows that it has just pitched in line, and it is three reds, with the ball crashing into the leg stump. The on-field call is changed to Out. Australia are two wickets away from the win now. 227/8

45.1 OUT! CASTLED! Nathan Ellis wraps things up with a five-wicket haul. Australia win the first ODI by 59 runs. Back-of-the-hand slower one, on the leg-pole, Newman Nyamhuri backs away to his leg side and has a swing at it. Misses out on getting bat on ball, and the ball goes on and hits the leg stump, with the bails flying off. 235/10