The history of the ODI match between Zimbabwe and Australia is very old and naturally 6-time world champion Australia has dominated it. Zimbabwe has had success only occasionally. A recent record testifies to the extent to which Zimbabwe has had to struggle against the Australian team. In the third match of the series against Australia in Harare, three Zimbabwe batsmen scored half-centuries. Zimbabwe has done this for the first time against Australia.
Host Zimbabwe, which had already lost the ODI series, achieved this feat by batting first in the third match. Under the leadership of captain Sikandar Raza, Zimbabwe scored 271 runs after losing 8 wickets in this match against Australia. This score is not very big but during this period, 3 batsmen of the team crossed the 50 mark, in which captain Raza himself was also included.
After losing 3 wickets for just 68 runs, Innocent Kaiya and Craig Irvine made a partnership of 80 runs for Zimbabwe. Both these batsmen scored half-centuries. Raza, who came after him, also faced the Australian bowlers boldly and played the best innings for Zimbabwe. Captain Raza scored 81 runs in just 72 balls and returned unbeaten. In this way, for the first time in the history of 43 years and 36 matches since the first ODI in 1983, three Zimbabwean batsmen scored half-centuries in the same match against Australia.