05/07Result

5th Match, Zimbabwe A Team Tri-Series at Harare, Jul 5 2011

Australia A won by 1 wkt (1b rem)

Player of the Match

Mitchell MarshAustralia A

05/07Result

5th Match, Zimbabwe A Team Tri-Series at Harare, Jul 5 2011

South Africa ASouth Africa ASA-A
298/7
Australia AAustralia AAUS-A
303/9 (49.5/50 ov)

Australia A won by 1 wkt (1b rem)

Player of the Match

Mitchell MarshAustralia A

Match Day

Report

4893dESPNcricinfo staff

Last-wicket pair give Australia A win in thriller

In a nailbiting finish in Harare, Australia A's Nos. 10 and 11 - Trent Copeland and Nathan Lyon - held their nerve in a 28-run partnership, and took their team past South Africa A's 298 off the penultimate ball

Australia A INNINGS		R	B
DA Warner	caught	22	17
AJ Finch	lbw	39	44
MR Marsh	caught	72	73
CJ Ferguson	bowled	66	67
TD Paine	caught wk	33	37
LR Butterworth	caught wk	19	11
SNJ O'Keefe	bowled	11	19
JW Hastings	lbw	2	5
MA Starc	bowled	4	7
TA Copeland	not out	14	8
NM Lyon	not out	14	13
EXTRAS	(lb 2, w 4, nb 1)
TOTAL	303 (9 wkts; 49.5 ovs)

SA A BOWLING	O	R	W	Econ
VD Philander	10.0	48	3	4.80
RK Kleinveldt	8.5	52	2	5.88	(2w)
CJ Alexander	10.0	77	3	7.70	(2w)
RE van der Merwe	10.0	52	0	5.20
NE Mbhalati	4.0	31	0	7.75	(1nb)
JL Ontong	7.0	41	1	5.85

Australia A 2nd innings Partnerships

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	37	AJ Finch	DA Warner
2nd	77	AJ Finch	MR Marsh
3rd	48	CJ Ferguson	MR Marsh
4th	51	CJ Ferguson	TD Paine
5th	23	CJ Ferguson	LR Butterworth
6th	20	CJ Ferguson	SNJ O'Keefe
7th	5	CJ Ferguson	JW Hastings
8th	13	CJ Ferguson	MA Starc
9th	1	TA Copeland	MA Starc
10th	28	NM Lyon	TA Copeland

Zimbabwe A Team Tri-Series

Team	M	W	L	PT	NRR
AUS-A	4	4	0	18	1.026
SA-A	4	2	2	8	-0.239
ZimXI	4	0	4	0	-0.777