AUS VS ZIM: Zimbabwe stun Australia and created history

AUS vs ZIM

            Zimbabwe shock Australia in a bowling dominant 3rd ODI of the series in Townswille and won the match by 3 wickets. This is Zimbabwe's first ever win against Australia on Australian soil and overall, they made this upset for the third time. 

Australia batted first and got all out on 141, out of which, Warner scored 94. Apart from him, only Maxwell crossed 10-run landmark. Ryan Burl grabbed last 5 wickets of Australia and took just 3 overs to do this (second fastest fifer in ODI cricket). Target was too small for the Aussies to defend but the bowlers did extremely well and fought hard. Hazlewood took 3 wickets but the impressive knocks of Marumani and Chakabva helped Zimbabwe to cross the line in 39th over. Burl became man of the match for his stunning performance with the ball. 

Australia won the series by 2-1 but the upset made by Zimbabwe will be remembered for long time. Although Australia lost but Starc made a world record of taking 200 wickets in fewest matches. 

He achieved this feat in his 102nd ODI, he is only behind Mcgrath in case of bowling average in ODI cricket while his strike is best in ODIs among the bowlers, who have 200+ wickets. 

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