Zim shock awful Aussies
12 Sep 2007
Zimbabwe claimed the first upset of the World T20 when they beat Australia by five wickets at Newlands.
Needing 139 to win, the minnows got home with a ball to spare. Brendan Taylor was the man of the moment, finishing on 60*.
Australia now need to beat England on Friday to progress to the Super Eights.
To be fair, Australia have only just returned from a long break and were rusty. Adam Gilchrist, Matthew Hayden and Ricky Ponting all failed to get into double figures, and while Andrew Symonds (33) and Brad Hodge (35) got going, 138-9 was a disappointing total.
Timothy Sibanda got the Zimbabwe reply off to a confident start by hitting 23 off 15 balls. While a flurry of wickets reduced the Africans to 55-3 and then 70-4, Taylor stood firm, playing the perfect anchor innings.
Rain then briefly stopped play, with Australia ahead by six runs on the D/L Method. However, the bad weather soon passed much to Zimbabwe’s relief.
They calmly edged towards the target, with Hamilton Masakadze chipping in with a valuable 27 before being dismissed with the score on 123.
While Zimbabwe always looked in control, an excellent penultimate over by Brett Lee meant they needed 12 off the last six balls. A boundary from Taylor off the first relieved the pressure and he sent the fifth ball down to the fine leg boundary, albeit off the pads.
That sparked a massive celebration, both on the field and in the crowd, as the shell-shocked Aussies sheepishly shook hands with their opponents.
Australia 138-9 (20 overs)
Brad Hodge 35, Andrew Symonds 33
Zimbabwe 139-5 (19.5 overs)
Brendan Taylor 60*, Hamilton Masakadze 27
Zimbabwe won by 5 wickets
For the full scorecard click here
By Simon Borchardt
29 Comments
12 Sep 2007, 21:34 pm
12 Sep 2007, 21:35 pm
^
agreed
12 Sep 2007, 21:35 pm
12 Sep 2007, 21:41 pm
Well dome Zim.
Pity Bob Mugabe will probably take the glory for the victory over Aussie by telling everyone he had a vision last night when he spoke to his ancestors.
Notwithstanding that it was good for world cricket.
12 Sep 2007, 21:57 pm
WHA HA HA HA!!!!!!!!!
12 Sep 2007, 22:00 pm
That must be real eina to be beaten by Zim. Ouch. Now you feel how it feels to be totally humiliated, you thought that you were bigger than the game. No player or team can be bigger than the game.
12 Sep 2007, 22:03 pm
I think to just put it down to aussie being **** unfair zim did everything right in the end bit of a wobble just before covers brought on thank god the rain stopped
12 Sep 2007, 22:12 pm
Q: Why do you call Smith Smurf? He is not blue, not short. All he has in common with a Smurf is that they are intelligent, coz last time I checked Smith wasn’t small he was Buff. Please explain this to me.
12 Sep 2007, 22:36 pm
Well Done Zim, really outstanding!
Watch all the Ausie excuses come out now!
This T/20 is fantastic
Let the Games carry on
Go Proteas Go Yeha
13 Sep 2007, 00:47 am
Oh ****!That means no cricket on Aussie TV screens.But all you guys having a quiet chuckle now..BEWARE! Skippy will now kick ***
13 Sep 2007, 00:50 am
Huge result for Zimbabwe!!
Well done.
Must be monumentus for Zimbabwe given they have beaten the best in the world….maybe they could teach their african neighbors how to win in crunch matches.
13 Sep 2007, 07:15 am
Was at action cricket last night when this happened, boy did the crowd in there love it!
13 Sep 2007, 07:54 am
Tackler you’re not alone anymore! Please contact mate Wallabie also left behind by visitors from another galaxy long, long ago.
13 Sep 2007, 08:04 am
Well done Zim, Hehehe.
13 Sep 2007, 08:12 am
Awsome! Love it!
13 Sep 2007, 08:20 am
It was awesome! I was at the pub, and I can tell, everyone not Australian was Zimbabwean for the night.
The yelling did not stop for ten minutes after that last four…
13 Sep 2007, 08:34 am
Lekker lekker Zim , goed gespeel. Aussies weet nie wat hulle getref het nie.
13 Sep 2007, 08:40 am
Brilliant, i was jumping around in my lounge like a nutcase. Well done Zim.
Know if they could only guide Bob down to fine leg….
13 Sep 2007, 09:17 am
The headline should read AWESOME ZIM SHOCKS AWFUL AUSSIES.
Zim was not handed the game on a platter. The Aussies didn’t play to their potential whilst Zim on the other side raised their game.It wasn’t jus a matter of Aus losing the game, Zim won it…and that for me was the encouraging part.
13 Sep 2007, 09:53 am
YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!
13 Sep 2007, 12:16 pm
Cricketlover, have you got a crush on Smith or something?
13 Sep 2007, 12:47 pm
Aaaah come on Wallabie, its got nothing to do with us. Sheesh man. Ignore the antagonists. And try just saying well done to Zim. What about Kenya…? them too…
Funny in that the first ever ODI 50 over match Aus lost to Zim as well, interesting how history has repeated itself
I think Ponting summed it up in that they need to take the game more seriously.
13 Sep 2007, 14:41 pm
22 Skabs
Did I not do that in my post 11.
I also did it in another post which I cannot remeber where the thread is now.
Gee Zim pulled it off big time.
13 Sep 2007, 21:50 pm
Where are all you big-mouthed Aussies now? You are always very fast to comment on our losses.
13 Sep 2007, 23:35 pm
lmao … Gotta love it !!!
Plonker stares wide-eyed into he lights as Zim whips Aus again !!!
13 Sep 2007, 23:54 pm
do the Aussies take 20/20 seriously ?
14 Sep 2007, 02:05 am
Why b all the anti-Aussie rhetoric? Is it because for a nation of 20 mil we are so successful in sport!We just won the motorcycle world title!The day RSA beats Australia in anything,thats the day I will migrate to Iceland!
14 Sep 2007, 12:42 pm
#27 Are you there yet, pack your bags if you arent, we’ve beaten you in many things, and some in the future too I fear for you. Where have you been under Ayers rock for a thousand years. Ireland are a nation of 4.5 million and even they have beaten you…eish some geezers and their wierd thoughts…
14 Sep 2007, 19:50 pm
Book your seat for Iceland- You’ll be heading there soon.
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