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Aussies beat Zimbabwe in first one-dayer

Australia defeated Zimbabwe by 83 runs in the first of three one-day cricket internationals at Queens Sports Club in Bulawayo today.

Replying to Australia's 6-303 from 50 overs, the host nation, despite a fighting 110 from 114 deliveries by Neil Johnson, were bowled out for 220 in 43.4 overs.

For Australia, opener Mark Waugh top-scored with a brilliant 106 from 96 balls. It was his 13th limited-overs century.

The match will be a memorable one for the Waughs as Mark's brother, skipper Steve, became Australia's most capped one-day player, passing Allan Border's record of 273 appearances. In those games Border made 6524 runs with three centuries and 39 half centuries and took 73 wickets. Before today's match, Waugh had made 6306 runs with two centuries, 37 fifties and had taken 191 wickets.

The remaining two one-dayers of the series will be played in Harare on Saturday and Sunday.

Scoreboard

Australia:
M Waugh run out (Rennie) 106
A Gilchrist c G Flower b Mutendera 14
R Ponting st A Flower b Brent 67
M Bevan st A Flower b Brent 25
S Waugh c Johnson b A Whittall 14
D Martyn not out 57
A Symonds c G Flower b Blignaut 1
T Moody not out 3
Extras: (5lb, 10w, 1nb): 16
Total: (for six wickets) 303
Fall of wickets: 1-39, 2-198, 3-201, 4-223, 5-280, 6-292
Bowling: D Mutendera 8-0-42-1 (3w); G Brent 10-0-63-2 (4w); A Blignaut 10-0-60-1 (1nb, 3w); AWhittal 10-0-57-1; G. Whittall 5-0-31-0; G. Flower 7-0-45-0

Zimbabwe:
N Johnson c Ponting b Fleming 110
G Flower c Gilchrist b Fleming 0
M Goodwin c Martyn b Symonds 19
A Campbell c Ponting b Symonds 6
A Flower st Gilchrist b Warne 11
G Rennie run out (SR Waugh) 22
G Whittall lbw b Fleming 2
A Blignaut c ME Waugh b Symonds 27
G Brent c ME Waugh b McGrath 5
A Whittall c ME Waugh b Warne 2
D Mutendera not out 0
Extras (b 4, lb 4, w 4, nb 4): 16
Total (all out, 43.4 overs): 220
Fall of wickets: 1-7, 2-71, 3-79, 4-106, 5-162, 6-180, 7-201, 8-212, 9-220.
Bowling: McGrath 6.4 0 21 1 (2nb, 2w); Fleming 8 1 33 3; Moody 5 0 30 0; Symonds 8 0 52 3 (2nb, 1w); Mark Waugh 3 0 14 0; Warne 9 1 40 2; Bevan 4 0 22 0 (1w)

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