It’s the 1st Test of the 2003/04 3 Mobile Test Series between Australia and Zimbabwe at the WACA Ground in Perth this is the 1st match of International Cricket in Australia for 2003/04 and it’s a massive Summer of Cricket on Channel Nine with Australia vs Zimbabwe in a 2 match 3 Mobile Test Series then it’s Australia vs India in a 4 match Test Series then it’s the VB Series of 2003/04 with Australia, India and Zimbabwe plus the ING Cup and Tour Matches for Australia they won the 2003 ICC Cricket World Cup then defeated the West Indies to retained the Frank Worrell Trophy and had a 2-0 whitewash against Bangladesh in the 3 Mobile Test Series for Zimbabwe they have been in the headlines for all the wrong reasons the politics in Zimbabwe Cricket has been terrible and it ended the careers of Andy Flower and Henry Olonga this is a 2 match series with matches to be played in Perth and Sydney Australia batted 1st and made a massive 6/725 in the 1st innings with Matthew Hayden breaking the world record for the highest score in Test Cricket 380 off 437 balls which included 38 4s and 11 6s beating the previous record set by Brian Lara 375 against England in 1994 also Adam Gilchrist scored a great century 113 off 94 balls and half centuries from Steve Waugh 78 and Damien Martyn 53 in a massive total it’s the 2nd highest Australian total in Test Cricket history for the bowlers Sean Ervine took 4/146 and Trevor Gripper took 2/142 every bowler for Zimbabwe went over 100 runs in the 1st innings Zimbabwe made 239 with Trevor Gripper top scoring with 53 and Craig Wishart made 46 for the bowlers Brett Lee and Jason Gillespie were the stars with the ball each taking 3 wickets with Andy Bichel and Stuart MacGill each taking 2 wickets Australian captain Steve Waugh enforced the follow on and Zimbabwe in the 2nd innings started badly losing early wickets and at one stage they were 5/118 before Mark Vermeulen played a great innings with 63 and Sean Ervine made 53 for the bowlers Andy Bichel has taken 3 wickets with Jason Gillespie and Darren Lehmann each taking 2 wickets this is Australia vs Zimbabwe it’s the 1st Test of the 2003/04 3 Mobile Test Series enjoy the video.
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