Zimbabwe v Australia 3rd ODI Highlights | 15:37
Josh Higgins from Fox Sports activitiesSeptember twenty first, 2026 8:52 am
Australia has accomplished a 3-0 sweep towards Zimbabwe in a sequence the place many shone however some others failed to fireplace.
Travis Head, Matt Renshaw and Josh Inglis also produced huge innings for the visitors, while Cooper Connolly’s consistency helped settle the Aussies after the loss of early wickets across the sequence.
Nathan Ellis was dominant with ball in hand, while the following wave of Australian quicks produced combined outcomes.
Learn on beneath for our sequence participant rankings from Australia’s sequence triumph.
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The Aussie opener and skipper was strong with the bat across his three matches, with 36 runs from 28 balls within the first match and 53 runs from 63 balls within the second.
However his third-match innings was his worst, after being caught out within the fourth over for eight runs from 5 balls, placing Cooper Connolly and Josh Inglis below pressure.
His strong management was on show throughout the sequence, nonetheless, cleverly managing Australia’s bowling assault following the Billy Stanlake harm within the second ODI.
Confirmed flashes of the batter he might be throughout the sequence, while giving his wicket away cheaply in video games one and three.
Head chopped onto his personal stumps within the first match, a dismissal which has become a typical prevalence across his recent international innings.
He made just 4 runs from 5 balls.
However he was able to dominate the hosts within the second match with 112 runs from 84 balls, the best ODI score by an Australian towards Zimbabwe in Zimbabwe.
Match three saw Head struggle once more, caught after just six balls as he completed with six runs.
Continued to impress for the Australians throughout this three-match sequence.
The 23-year-old was dominant with bat in hand for the Aussies, with knocks of 51 runs from 46 balls within the first match, 78 runs from 69 balls within the second and 21 runs from 39 balls within the third.
Coming in at quantity three for the Aussies, Connolly was able to steady himself and remain composed across all three matches as he appears to be like to set himself up for the South Africa ODI sequence and, finally, the 2027 World Cup.
He was also strong with ball in hand, with the Western Australian collecting three wickets across the three matches.
Australia’s first-choice wicketkeeper for the Australians across the three matches, ahead of Alex Carey.
He was strong behind the stumps however was unable to claim himself with bat in hand until game three, coming in at quantity 4 for the Aussies.
He was dismissed for 4 runs from 12 balls within the first match, then 21 runs from 26 balls within the second before his 103 runs from 101 balls within the third helped rescue the Australians after their poor begin.
It was the second ODI century of his profession.
Some constant kind with the bat is still required from the World Cup-winning keeper to make himself a lock in 2027.
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Carey was compelled to play a unique role for the Aussies with Inglis behind the stumps.
The Check wicketkeeper was composed with bat in hand across the three matches with out placing collectively an enormous score.
He had 27 runs from 53 balls within the first match, followed by 20 runs from 30 balls within the second and 34 runs from 30 balls within the third.
Carey was dismissed by Zimbabwe’s Brad Evans in all three matches of the sequence.
Renshaw is still early into his ODI profession for Australia, however his three-match sequence confirmed he’s greater than capable within the center order for the Aussies.
With Glenn Maxwell retiring from ODI cricket, a evident gap has been left within the aspect and Renshaw confirmed he might be the man to fill it.
Renshaw had an incredible 109 runs from 94 balls within the first match, which on the time was the best ODI score by an Australian towards Zimbabwe in Zimbabwe, before Head eclipsed the record.
Renshaw was unable to continue that impressive kind within the second match, with 15 runs from 11 balls, before making 4 runs from 10 balls within the third.
He was also impressive with the ball, collecting three wickets across the sequence and adding to his versatility as the selection squeeze for upcoming sequence and the 2027 World Cup continues to build.
The youngest member of the team to face Zimbabwe, Peake was a strong contributor for the Aussies across the sequence.
Peake scored 30 runs from 40 balls within the first match, which was one wanting his previous greatest ODI score of 31, before stepping on his stumps to end his day.
His second match was the place he went berserk, with an unbeaten 41 runs from 18 balls as the 20-year-old confirmed what he’s capable of.
The knock included two fours and three sixes.
He backed it up with 19 runs from 32 balls within the third match and was also strong with ball in hand, collecting one wicket from his seven overs throughout the sequence.
It was a tough sequence for Bartlett, discovering only one wicket across his two matches.
Bartlett had combined figures of 1/110 in 18 overs across matches one and three after missing the second match alongside Spencer Johnson.
Within the third match, he completed with figures of 0/69 from his 10 overs, struggling along with his line, size and consistency throughout.
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Ellis was extremely strong for the Australians across all three matches, selecting up 9 wickets within the sequence and playing a key role with the bat in a large assertion to World Cup selectors.
His five-wicket haul within the first match was impressive, allowing just 31 runs in a spell which included 39 dot balls.
In game two, he had figures of 1-31 from his six overs, before his three-wicket haul within the third game saw him end as Australia’s greatest bowler on the day and across the sequence.
He now has 20 wickets in his last 10 ODI matches and he also performed a essential role with the bat with hislate heroics securing a last-ball thriller within the final match.
Josh Hazlewood performed only one game for the Australians towards Zimbabwe, missing video games one and three of the sequence.
The 35-year-old made his return to the ODI format for the primary time since October 2025.
It would take until the 45th over for Hazlewood to strike, the place he collected the wickets of each Newman Nyamhuri and Wessly Madhevere.
His figures had been 2-48 from 9 overs, with 34 dot balls in his return to ODI cricket for Australia.
Zampa had an awesome sequence and also joined elite firm within the process, pickng up his 2 hundredth ODI wicket towards Zimbabwe within the second match to hitch Shane Warne as the only Australian spinners to succeed in the milestone.
Throughout the sequence, Zampa collected 5 wickets, along with his greatest figures being 2-53.
Spencer Johnson performed in two of the three matches on this sequence and completed with three wickets from his 19 overs.
Johnson had figures of 1-44 within the first match and 2-50 within the third as he responded strongly after missing the second match of the sequence.
Stanlake was introduced in for the second ODI, along with his day coming to an early end after he was dominated out with an oblique harm.
Stanlake bowled just 4.2 overs for the Aussies with figures of 0/19.
He also had 17 dot balls in his quick cameo however is now expected to miss a while with the harm.
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