Zimbabwe v Australia 3rd ODI Highlights | 15:37
Josh Higgins from Fox SportsSeptember 21st, 2026 8:52 am
Australia has completed a 3-0 sweep against Zimbabwe in a series where many shone but some others failed to fire.
Travis Head, Matt Renshaw and Josh Inglis also produced big innings for the visitors, while Cooper Connolly’s consistency helped settle the Aussies after the loss of early wickets across the series.
Nathan Ellis was dominant with ball in hand, while the next wave of Australian quicks produced mixed results.
Read on below for our series player ratings from Australia’s series triumph.
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The Aussie opener and skipper was solid with the bat across his three matches, with 36 runs from 28 balls in the first match and 53 runs from 63 balls in the second.
But his third-match innings was his worst, after being caught out in the fourth over for eight runs from five balls, putting Cooper Connolly and Josh Inglis under pressure.
His strong leadership was on display throughout the series, however, cleverly managing Australia’s bowling attack following the Billy Stanlake injury in the second ODI.
Showed flashes of the batter he can be throughout the series, while giving his wicket away cheaply in games one and three.
Head chopped onto his own stumps in the first match, a dismissal which has become a common occurrence across his recent international innings.
He made just four runs from five balls.
But he was able to dominate the hosts in the second match with 112 runs from 84 balls, the highest ODI score by an Australian against Zimbabwe in Zimbabwe.
Match three saw Head struggle again, caught after just six balls as he finished with six runs.
Continued to impress for the Australians throughout this three-match series.
The 23-year-old was dominant with bat in hand for the Aussies, with knocks of 51 runs from 46 balls in the first match, 78 runs from 69 balls in the second and 21 runs from 39 balls in the third.
Coming in at number three for the Aussies, Connolly was able to steady himself and remain composed across all three matches as he looks to set himself up for the South Africa ODI series and, ultimately, 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 solid behind the stumps but was unable to assert himself with bat in hand until game three, coming in at number four for the Aussies.
He was dismissed for four runs from 12 balls in the first match, then 21 runs from 26 balls in the second before his 103 runs from 101 balls in the third helped rescue the Australians after their poor start.
It was the second ODI century of his career.
Some consistent form 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 forced to play a different role for the Aussies with Inglis behind the stumps.
The Test wicketkeeper was composed with bat in hand across the three matches without putting together a big score.
He had 27 runs from 53 balls in the first match, followed by 20 runs from 30 balls in the second and 34 runs from 30 balls in the third.
Carey was dismissed by Zimbabwe’s Brad Evans in all three matches of the series.
Renshaw is still early into his ODI career for Australia, but his three-match series showed he is more than capable in the middle order for the Aussies.
With Glenn Maxwell retiring from ODI cricket, a glaring hole has been left in the side and Renshaw showed he could be the man to fill it.
Renshaw had an incredible 109 runs from 94 balls in the first match, which at the time was the highest ODI score by an Australian against Zimbabwe in Zimbabwe, before Head eclipsed the record.
Renshaw was unable to continue that impressive form in the second match, with 15 runs from 11 balls, before making four runs from 10 balls in the third.
He was also impressive with the ball, collecting three wickets across the series and adding to his versatility as the selection squeeze for upcoming series and the 2027 World Cup continues to build.
The youngest member of the team to face Zimbabwe, Peake was a solid contributor for the Aussies across the series.
Peake scored 30 runs from 40 balls in the first match, which was one short of his previous best ODI score of 31, before stepping on his stumps to end his day.
His second match was where he went berserk, with an unbeaten 41 runs from 18 balls as the 20-year-old showed what he is capable of.
The knock included two fours and three sixes.
He backed it up with 19 runs from 32 balls in the third match and was also solid with ball in hand, collecting one wicket from his seven overs throughout the series.
It was a tough series for Bartlett, finding just 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.
In the third match, he finished with figures of 0/69 from his 10 overs, struggling with his line, length and consistency throughout.
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Ellis was incredibly strong for the Australians across all three matches, picking up nine wickets in the series and playing a key role with the bat in a massive statement to World Cup selectors.
His five-wicket haul in 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 in the third game saw him finish as Australia’s best bowler on the day and across the series.
He now has 20 wickets in his last 10 ODI matches and he also played a critical role with the bat with hislate heroics securing a last-ball thriller in the final match.
Josh Hazlewood played just one game for the Australians against Zimbabwe, missing games one and three of the series.
The 35-year-old made his return to the ODI format for the first time since October 2025.
It would take until the 45th over for Hazlewood to strike, where he collected the wickets of both Newman Nyamhuri and Wessly Madhevere.
His figures were 2-48 from nine overs, with 34 dot balls in his return to ODI cricket for Australia.
Zampa had a great series and also joined elite company in the process, pickng up his 200th ODI wicket against Zimbabwe in the second match to join Shane Warne as the only Australian spinners to reach the milestone.
Across the series, Zampa collected five wickets, with his best figures being 2-53.
Spencer Johnson played in two of the three matches in this series and finished with three wickets from his 19 overs.
Johnson had figures of 1-44 in the first match and 2-50 in the third as he responded strongly after missing the second match of the series.
Stanlake was brought in for the second ODI, with his day coming to an early end after he was ruled out with an oblique injury.
Stanlake bowled just 4.2 overs for the Aussies with figures of 0/19.
He also had 17 dot balls in his short cameo but is now expected to miss some time with the injury.
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