2014 Zimbabwe Tri-Series
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The 2014 Zimbabwe Tri-Series was a One Day International cricket tournament held in August and September in Zimbabwe. It was a tri-nation series featuring Zimbabwe, South Africa and Australia.[1] South Africa won the series after defeating Australia in the final.
Date25 August 2014 – 6 September 2014
Location
Zimbabwe
ZimbabweResultSouth Africa won the series
Player of the series
Faf du Plessis
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| Date | 25 August 2014 – 6 September 2014 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Zimbabwe | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Result | South Africa won the series | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Player of the series | Faf du Plessis | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Squads
Group stage points table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | BP | Pts | NRR |
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| 1 | South Africa |
4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 0.404 |
| 2 |  Australia |
4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 1.160 |
| 3 | Zimbabwe |
4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | −1.563 |
Points System:
In the event of teams finishing on equal points, the right to play in the final match or series was determined as follows:
- The team with the highest number of wins
- If still equal, the team with the highest number of wins over the other team(s) who are equal on points and have the same number of wins
- If still equal, the team with the highest number of bonus points
- If still equal, the team with the highest net run rate
In a match declared as no result, run rate is not applicable.
- Won (W): 2
- Lost (L): 0
- No Result (NR): 1
- Tie (T): 1
- Net run rate (NRR): Runs per over scored less runs per over conceded, adjusting team batting first to overs of team batting second in rain rule matches, adjusting to team's full allocation if all out, and ignoring no result matches.
Group stage matches
1st match
2nd match
27 August Scorecard |
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- South Africa won the toss and elected to field.
- Points: South Africa 4, Australia 0
3rd match
29 August Scorecard |
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- Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to field.
- Points: South Africa 5 Zimbabwe 0
- Prosper Utseya (Zim) took a hat-trick.[5]
4th match
31 August 2014 Scorecard |
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- Australia won toss and elected to bat.
- Points: Zimbabwe 4, Australia 0
- Zimbabwe's victory over Australia was their first ODI win against them in 31 years.[6]
- With this defeat, Australia lost their ICC ODI Championship number-one ranking to India.
5th match
2 September Scorecard |
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- South Africa won the toss and elected to field.
- Points: Australia 5 South Africa 0
6th match
4 September Scorecard |
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- Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to field.
- Points South Africa 5 Zimbabwe 0
Final
6 September Scorecard |
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- South Africa won the toss and elected to field.
- South Africa won the tri-series
Statistics
Most Runs
The top five run scorers (total runs) are included in this table.
| Player | Team | Runs | Inns | Avg | S/R | HS | 100s | 50s |
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| Faf du Plessis | South Africa | 464 | 5 | 92.80 | 92.51 | 126 | 3 | 1 |
| Aaron Finch | Australia | 250 | 5 | 50.00 | 75.75 | 102 | 1 | 2 |
| Mitchell Marsh | Australia | 250 | 5 | 55.50 | 96.51 | 89 | 0 | 2 |
| AB de Villiers | South Africa | 215 | 5 | 107.50 | 116.84 | 126* | 1 | 1 |
| Hashim Amla | South Africa | 172 | 5 | 34.40 | 73.50 | 66 | 0 | 2 |
Most Wickets
The top five wicket takers (total wickets) are listed in this table.
| Player | Team | Wkts | Mts | Ave | S/R | Econ | BBI |
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| Dale Steyn | South Africa | 10 | 5 | 21.20 | 27.3 | 4.65 | 4/34 |
| Nathan Lyon | Australia | 7 | 4 | 25.71 | 31.7 | 4.86 | 4/44 |
| Prosper Utseya | Zimbabwe | 7 | 4 | 25.71 | 34.2 | 4.50 | 5/36 |
| Ryan McLaren | South Africa | 6 | 4 | 24.00 | 24.0 | 6.00 | 3/24 |
| John Nyumbu | Zimbabwe | 6 | 4 | 31.50 | 36.0 | 5.25 | 3/24 |
