END OF OVER:31 | 5 Runs 2 Wkts | AUS: 141/10 | RR: 4.54
- Adam Zampa1 (6b)
- Ryan Burl3-0-10-5
- Sikandar Raza4-0-15-0
11.56am A five-for in just 18 deliveries, and Ryan Burl leads the team off the ground with the ball held high in his hand. Australia were going to be bowled out soon once Warner fell, but Burl's wickets - which included Warner - made sure it didn't take much time. Australia didn't look like putting up a decent score at all, except if Warner was going to take them all the way. Finch's poor form has continued, and Zimbabwe's disciplined and spirited bowling show made sure wickets fell regularly even though Warner attacked and attacked especially after the first few overs. Some gave their wicket away, some fell to good deliveries...is this Australia's wake-up call for the middle and lower order?
Warner was miles ahead of his team-mates though. He respected the slightly moving and bouncing ball, pounced on the short and full balls, and counterattacked despite the falling wickets otherwise Australia wouldn't have reached even the 30th over today. He has made a record for himself too, scoring 66.67% of Australia's total today, the second-highest ever in ODIs, just behind Sir Viv.
Gaurav Sundararaman tells me Chaminda Vaas took 16 balls for a five-for, when he started the game with a hat-trick against Bangladesh in the 2003 World Cup. So Burl's feat today could be the second-best, but we'll confirm that soon.
JR Hazlewood c †Chakabva b Burl 0 (5m 2b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0.00
MA Starc b Burl 2 (16m 6b 0x4 0x6) SR: 33.33
Thanks Gnasher. Burl continues
END OF OVER:30 | 1 Run | AUS: 136/8 | RR: 4.53
- Adam Zampa0 (5b)
- Mitchell Starc2 (3b)
- Sikandar Raza4-0-15-0
- Ryan Burl2-0-5-3
I'll now hand back to Vishal for the rest of this innings
Everyone had changed ends thinking it was the end of the over, but there's a ball left
Afeef: "Warner out in the 90s for the second time in the past 3 months. He was out on 99 against Sri Lanka in an ODI too. His last ODI century was back in January 2020 against India." That was also his last international hundred
Two wickets remaining, still 21 overs left