ज़िम्बाब्वे vs ऑस्ट्रेलिया, तीसरा वनडे, हरारे स्पोर्ट्स क्लब, हरारे, 20 September 2026 - लाइव कमेंट्री

Floated up, on off. Kaia presses forward and drives it to wide long off for a single.

FOUR! Up and over! Loopy ball, full and wide on off. Ervine reaches out in front and extends his hands to slam it over the leaping fielder at wide mid off for a boundary.

Drags the length back now, on middle and leg. Ervine nurdles it behind square leg and gets to the other end.

Full and speared in on off. Kaia drives it to deep cover and picks up a single.

Darted in at the pads, on a length. Ervine stays rooted to the crease and works it through backward square leg for one.

Slightly short, on off. Innocent makes room and rocks back for the cut but it goes on the bounce to the backward point fielder.

Short and on middle, Ervine goes back in the crease and flicks it away through mid-wicket for a single.

FOUR! Hit hard and wide enough! Looped up, on middle, too full. Kaia winds up and smashes it hard back past the bowler. The long on fielder sprints to his left and dives but his effort goes in vain.

Full and sliding on middle, Kaia tucks it wide of mid-wicket and crosses over.

Shorter and around leg, Ervine tucks it to square leg.

Stays short, on middle and leg. Ervine dabs it wide of point and turns the strike over.

Flighted up, on off. Kaia extends his hands into the drive and plays it past cover for one more.

Looped up, on off. Ervine pushes it down the deck. Matt Renshaw dives to his right but the ball evades him and goes down to long off. They cross.

Beaten! Flatter and shorter, on off. Innocent has a poke at the ball and is beaten past the outside edge.

Tosses it up now, on off. Kaia drives it off the front foot to mid off.

FOUR! Gets it away. Renshaw bowls it wide on off, on the fuller side and offers flight as well. Kaia leans across and brings out the reverse, playing it fine of the short third fielder. First boundary since the 10th over for Zimbabwe.

Attacking the front pad, full in length. Innocent ekes out an inside edge onto the pads on the block.

STUMPING CHANCE MISSED! Hands on head for Matt Renshaw. Kaia gives the bowler the premeditated charge, and Renshaw spots that. He responds by firing it down leg. Innocent can't get bat to ball and is well out of the crease. Josh Inglis is blindsided by the batter standing in front of him, and he fumbles to gather the ball. It drops to his left and Inglis tries to score a direct hit at his end. He fails to hit the stump. Had the throw hit, Innocent would have been out, as despite his attempt to slide the bat in, he was short of his ground. 

Full and sliding on with the arm, on middle. Ervine pushes it to long on and retains the strike with a single.

Tossed up, outside off. Kaia leans across to defend.

Serves the googly, full and on middle. Kaia gets his bat out in front and knocks it to long off for a single.

Zampa gets away with it. A rank long hop, well wide on off. Ervine does not move his feet at all and flashes at the ball but fails to make any connection. Craig loses his balance as Josh Inglis whips the bails off but the batter had his back leg grounded inside the crease.

Turning back in at the pads, on a length, helped down to deep fine leg for a single.

Dropped short, on off, that is punched off the back foot, but straight to cover.

Stays on the shorter side, on off. Innocent nudges it off the back foot to mid-wicket.

Begins from around the wicket, really full, on off. Ervine hits it down to long off for a run.

Fired in again, on off. Innocent drills it down to long on and crosses over.

Slower and on a nagging length, a bit of turn. Craig plays the square drive through point and rotates the strike.

Very full, on middle. Innocent jams it out to long on for one more.

Slower and it is a bit of a drag down, wide on off. Ervine can't cash in as he mistimes it to cover.

Turn and bounce! Turning away, on a good length, outside off. Ervine flashes at the ball but is beaten due to the turn and the bounce takes it over the blade.

Starts with a flighted delivery, on off. Taylor drives it to deep cover for a run.

Shorter and on off, Kaia punches it to deep cover for another single.

OUT! CASTLED! Adam Zampa strikes in his first over. Brendan Taylor falls cheaply. This slides through, on a good length, on middle. Taylor hangs back to deal with it and plays for the turn, but the ball skids through to go past the inside edge and crashes into the stumps. Taylor got completely deceived there. Zimbabwe are now 68/3.

Full and a bit of air given, Ervine turns it to square leg off the pads.

Keeps it full but this is quicker, on middle and leg. Craig wrists it to deep mid-wicket and gets off the mark with a single.

Just outside the off stump, on a good length. Innocent presents a straight bat to stab it down.

Floated up, on off. Taylor reaches out in front and eases it to long on for a single.

Shorter and on off. Kaia glides it to backward point with an open bat face.

Oh, that could have gone anywhere! Flighted up, outside off. Kaia leans across to smother the spin but the ball catches an inside edge onto the pads. It pops up but lands safely in front of the batter.

Keeps the stumps in play with a full ball. Innocent pushes it to long on and rotates the strike.

Slower but stays full, on middle. Brendan pushes it to long on and takes a single.

Around off, on a length. Kaia reaches across to defend but the ball spins back to catch the inner half and it drops on the pitch.

In the channel, on a length. Taylor lets it be.

At 133 kph, banged in short, climbing onto the batter, around off. Brendan makes a late decision to play the upper cut. He rises on his toes but fails to make any connection.

Slanting in at the hips, on a good length. Taylor helps it behind square leg, but the sub fielder, Joel Davies is placed there at a short backward square leg. He dives to his left and makes a fine stop.

Bowled on a short of a length, on middle. Taylor taps it to the right of the bowler and gets to the other end.

A bit of nip back into the right-hander, on a nagging length, on off. Innocent drops his bat down on the ball and jams it out.

Good work in the field! Ellis digs it in short, angled in at the body line of the batter. Kaia swivels and rolls his wrists over the ball on the pull. Pulls it behind square leg where two men converge. Oliver Peake dives to his right and pushes it away towards the converging fielder. Two taken.

Flighted up, on off and middle. Kaia brings his bat out in front and defends.

Keeps it slow and tosses it up a bit, on off. Innocent gets a good stride in to block.

Even fuller now, on off. Kaia knocks it straight to cover.

The length is dragged back now, on middle and leg. Kaia nurdles it behind square leg and turns the strike over.

Fuller and on middle. Taylor firms the drive down the deck. Cooper Connolly dives to his left to prevent the single.

Angles it in full and on off. Taylor brings out the reverse and plays it straight to short third. A misfield there allows the batters to sneak in a quick single.

Too full, too straight, a half-volley, on the pads. Kaia flicks it off the pads but can't get it past the man at mid-wicket, who gets low to his left to make the stop.

Hits the top of the off stump. Kaia stays back and stabs it down.

Pace off, on a short of a length, on off. Innocent drops it beside the strip on the off side.

Serves the back-of-the-hand slower one, full and on off. Kaia lunges and blocks it out.

Angled in at the hips at pace, Kaia helps it down to deep fine leg and picks up a single.

Delivers it on a back of a length, on off. Brendan keeps it out with a straight bat.

 FOUR! Good length, on the pads, Innocent Kaia gets inside the line of the ball and flicks it past the left of Travis Head at deep backward square leg for a boundary. Head gave up early and did not go at full throttle in the chase.

On a length, around off, Innocent Kaia drives this to covers for no run.

Pitched-up around off, Innocent Kaia drives this to the covers region for a single. 

Back of a length, around off, shaping away from the batter. Brendan Taylor keeps it out. 

Good length, on off, Brendan Taylor crouches low and keeps it out. 

 FOUR! Taylor is off the mark with a boundary. Pitched-up delivery, on the pads, Brendan Taylor gets inside the line of the ball and flicks this through the mid-wicket region for a boundary. 

Ellis starts by hitting the deck hard, bowls it around middle and leg, Brian Bennett tucks this to mid-wicket for no run.

 FOUR! Brian flicks this in the gap for four runs. Good length, on the pads, Brian Bennett flicks this to the right of Spencer Johnson at deep fine leg for a boundary. Johnson is late to get the slide in. A bit better in terms of effort from the tall pacer in the deep might have kept it down to 2 or 3. 

On a length, wide of off, Brian Bennett drives this to covers for no run.

 OUT! CAUGHT! Another promising start thrown away by Brian Bennett. Ellis bowls this back of a length, on middle and off. Brian Bennett looks to slog this over the mid-wicket region but gets a top edge, and it hangs over Travis Head at mid on. Head settles himself underneath the flight of it and gallops it around his chest. Zimbabwe are now 2 down for 48.

Good length, on the pads, Brendan Taylor looks to tuck it away but misses and gets hit high on his thigh pad. 

Back of the hand, slower one, on the pads, Brendan Taylor gets beaten on the inside and gets hit on the pads. A stifled appeal for LBW, but the umpire turns it down. Ellis ends the appeal by gesturing that this would have missed the leg stump. 

Yorker, around off, shaping away in the air. Innocent Kaia pushes this to covers.

PEACH OF A DELIVERY! Good length, around off, in the corridor of uncertainty, shaping away from the batter. Innocent Kaia looks to defend it, but gets beaten on his outside edge. 

Xavier Bartlett has found the best spot to bowl on, and he is going past the bat repeatedly. Drags his length back here a tad, bowls it around off, and shapes it away from the batter. Innocent Kaia looks to keep it out but gets beaten as the ball goes away from the batter. 

 FOUR! Xavier gets hit for a four as he looks to extract more swing. Pitches it up, on the pads, Innocent Kaia leans inside the line of the ball and flicks it through the mid-wicket region for a boundary. 

On a length, wide of off, Innocent Kaia defends it out off his back foot. 

Just one bad delivery in the over, which was flicked away to the fence, rest, it was an excellent over. Xavier Bartlett bowls another one around off, shaping it away from the batter off a good length. Innocent Kaia looks to keep it out but misses. 

OUT! CAUGHT BEHIND! An excellent review by Marsh and the opening pair is separated. Back of a length, around the pads, Ben Curran steps inside the line of the ball as he looks to help this around the fine leg region but the ball brushes something around his pads and the ball is gathered behind the stumps by the keeper. A loud appeal for caught behind but the umpire turns it down. Mitchell Marsh sends this upstairs. UltraEdge shows a faint tickle off the glove as the ball is next to it, and the umpire is asked to overturn his decision to OUT. 

WIDE! Full and wide down the leg side. Wided. 

A tad on the shorter side, around off, Innocent Kaia shoulders his arms at it. 

On a length, wide of off, Innocent Kaia gets on top of the bounce and dead bats it. 

 FOUR! Kaia is off the mark with a fortunate boundary. Good length, around off, Innocent Kaia prods onto his front foot, gets nowhere close to the pitch of the ball but still goes through with the drive. Gets an inside edge to the fine leg fence for four runs. 

Good length, around off, Innocent Kaia works this in the gap on the on side for a single. 

Back of a length, around off, Brian Bennett jumps up on his toes and guides this to point. 

Back of a length, on middle and off, Ben Curran pulls this to the left of the fielder at mid on and takes three runs. Adam Zampa gives chase and hauls it in.

On a length, around the pads, Brian Bennett tucks this to the leg side. 

 SIX! That's been hammered up and over the fence for a huge six. Short one, around middle and off, Brian Bennett gets into a good position behind the line of the ball and pulls this over the deep square leg fence for a massive six. 

FOUR! Back of a length, around middle and leg, Brian Bennett goes for a pull but gets it edged off the inside edge and the ball races away to the fine leg fence for four runs. Travis Head sprints to his right and tries to flick the ball away with his right boot, but the ball brushes the ropes first before he pushes it away.

 FOUR! This is turning out to be an expensive over for the Aussies. Pitched-up delivery, on the pads, Brian Bennett flicks this through the square leg region for the second four of the over. 17 runs off the over with a ball to go.

Good length, on off, Brian Bennett keeps it out.

Good length, on off, Ben Curran keeps it out around point. 

Good game awareness by Ben Curran here. On a length, around off, Ben Curran punches this to the right of the bowler. Spencer Johnson gets a bit of his right hand to it and takes the sting out of it. The ball rolls behind the bowler and Ben senses an opportunity to sneak one and does it with ease. 

Good length, around off, going across the batter, Brian Bennett swings and misses. 

Back of a length, around off, Brian Bennett gets behind the line of the ball and jams it out.

Yorker, around off, Brian Bennett guides this to the right of the fielder at point. 

Good length, on off, Brian Bennett punches this to cover-point for no run.

Short and around off, Ben Curran hops up on his toes and pushes this to point. 

On a length, around the pads, Ben Curran tickles this to the fine leg region for a single. 

Good length, angling into the batter, Brian Bennett nudges this straight to square leg. 

 FOUR! Another boundary to Brian Bennett. Good length, around off, Brian Bennett presses onto his front foot and drives this through the covers region on the up for a boundary. 

This was travelling away as well but a good diving effort to his left by Oliver Peake at cover-point saves a certain boundary for the Aussies. On a length, around off, Brian Bennett drives this well and keeps it grounded, but Oliver Peake saves it from going past the infield. 

Short one, around middle and leg, Brian Bennett goes for a pull but it pops up off his thigh pad and the ball lands behind the stumps for a dot. 

Seaming away delivery this time by Spencer. Good length, lands on the seam around off, shapes away and beats Bennett on the outside. 

Slash and a miss. Back of a length, going across the batter, Brian Bennett doesn't move his feet at all and slashes hard at it but gets beaten.

Bouncer, around middle and leg, Brian Bennett sits underneath it. 

An inswinging fuller one around the pads, Brian Bennett looks to flick it away but gets beaten on the inside and gets hit on his pads. A gentle appeal for LBW, but the umpire shows no interest in it. 

Back of a length, around off, Brian Bennett punches this on the up towards covers for no run.

Spencer bowls this at 140 kph, full and on off, Brian Bennett gets it off the inner portion of his bat to the left of the bowler for a dot. A maiden for Spencer Johnson. 

An absolutely unplayable delivery to start his spell by Xavier Bartlett. Lands it around that 6-8 m length, on off, shaping off the seam and away from the batter. Ben Curran plays within the line to get beaten on the outside edge. 

Short and around off, Ben Curran gets up on his toes and dabs this around covers for a quick single. The throws comes in to the non-striker's end but misses.

Good length, around off, Brian Bennett keeps it out off his back foot.

Full and around off, shaping away from the batter. Brian Bennett throws his bat at it and gets it edged through the backward point region for a brace. 

Pitched-up delivery, around off, Brian Bennett drives this to the left of mid off and takes a single as Marsh dives to his left to field it. 

Good length, onto the pads, Ben Curran tucks this to the mid on fielder for no run.

Spencer Johnson starts with a yorker, on off, Brian Bennett jams it away behind point and gets off the mark with a single.

Well, well... Spencer may have planned this out. Yorker again, on off, Ben Curran keeps it out with a block. 

WIDE! Full and way too wide of off, Ben Curran leaves it. Josh Inglis dives to his left but the ball evades him and Xavier Bartlett takes a bit of a blow on the shin at first slip.

Another attempted yorker, lands a touch on the fuller side, Ben Curran guides this to cover-point.

Right in the channel, on a length, Ben Curran covers his off-pole and leaves it. Excellent leave. 

Good length, around off, Ben Curran ekes out an inside edge onto the pads. It dribbles away in the gap at covers, allowing Ben to get off the mark. 

 FOUR! Spencer Johnson dishes one on a length, and down the leg side, Brian Bennett gets inside the line of the ball and tickles this fine to the left of the keeper for a boundary to the fine leg region.