Match overturned on the last ball, Australia beats Zimbabwe by 1 wicket in the third ODI, clean sweeps the series 3-0

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ZIM vs AUS: A very exciting and breath-taking match was seen between Zimbabwe and Australia at Harare Sports Club. In the third ODI match, Australia has defeated Zimbabwe by 1 wicket. In this very exciting match, Australia achieved the target of 272 runs with 1 ball remaining in the last over. With this close victory, the Australian team has made a clean sweep of Zimbabwe at home, capturing the three-match ODI series 3-0.

Zimbabwe had set a challenging score

After winning the toss and batting first, Zimbabwe made a strong score of 271 runs losing 8 wickets in the stipulated 50 overs. Captain Sikandar Raza played a brilliant innings for the host team and scored 81 runs in just 72 balls. Apart from them, Craig Erwin scored 59 runs and Innocent Kaia played half-century innings of 55 runs to take the team to this big score. While bowling for Australia, Nathan Ellis took maximum 3 wickets, while Spencer Johnson and Adam Zampa took 2-2 wickets.

Australia's strong start with Josh English's century

Chasing the target of 272 runs given by Zimbabwe, Australia had a very bad start when opener Travis Head was out after scoring only 6 runs. After this, wicketkeeper-batsman Josh English took charge and batted brilliantly and scored a century of 103 runs. Thanks to this innings of English, at one time Australia looked to be in a very strong position, but as soon as he was out, the fate of the match completely changed.

Zimbabwe's deadly bowling and the thrill of the last overs

Zimbabwean fast bowler Brad Evans bowled an excellent spell and destroyed Australia's middle and lower order. Evans took 4 important wickets for 47 runs and brought Australia to the brink of defeat. After the fall of 9 wickets, the match was completely tilted in favor of Zimbabwe and Australia needed 9 runs to win in the last over.

Nathan Ellis became the 'troubleshooter', the match turned on the last ball

Nathan Ellis, who showed brilliance in bowling in the last moments, did what no one had expected with the bat. Ellis, who came to bat at number 11, did not lose his cool in moments of pressure and played a fighting inning of 36 runs in 44 balls. After this, he scored the required runs on the fifth ball of the 49th over and gave Australia a miraculous victory by 1 wicket. Despite coming so close to victory, the Zimbabwean team failed to save its credibility in the series.

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