Australia won by 5 wkts
PLAYER OF THE MATCH : Andrew Tye
Batter
Bowler
That's it from us then. Australia will play Pakistan in the final on Sunday. Should be a good contest. As Finch said, if Australia can polish up a few areas, they will give a hard time to their opponents. Pakistan clicked as a batting unit last game and they will hope to continue the good work. Join us back in a couple of days time for the finale. The game begins at 10:00 local time. Goodbye!
Aaron Finch: "They bowled well towards the end. We probably made it more difficult than we had to. It's important to get some time in the middle. If we can polish up a few areas in all three facets, we will be in a good position. I thought we executed really well with the ball towards the death of the innings."
Andrew Tye (Man of the Match): "I have been working on trying to take wicket at crucial times. I have been pretty lucky in the series picking up wickets at the death. I try to mix the rhythm up by changing the pace. The energy within the group is really gearing up towards the final."
Hamilton Masakadza: "The guys fought hard there and took it till the end. The wicket played a little bit slower than expected. We spoke about coming back from the first two games. I am sure we will keep getting better as we move towards the ODI series against Pakistan."
Some momentum gained by Australia before the final, but they should have sealed this much earlier. Finch and Carey departed early, but Head and Maxwell revived the innings with a 103-run stand for the third wicket. Australia were cruising, but Maxwell threw it away after his fifty and then Zimbabwe managed to get Maddinson and Head in quick succession. Stoinis and Agar saw off some nervy moments before taking their side home.
Tiripano to Stoinis, FOUR, full toss and smashed to the deep square leg boundary. Australia are home by 5 wickets. Hands on head for Tiripano, tried the yorker there but bowled a full toss
2 needed off 2
Tiripano to Agar, 1 run, slower delivery outside off stump, Agar drills it to mid-off, Hamilton Masakadza fumbles and then fires a direct-hit and that fumble was enough for Agar to reach home
Direct-hit at the bowler's end. Agar is in though!
Tiripano to Stoinis, 1 run, slower ball bouncer, pulled to deep mid-wicket
Tiripano to Agar, 1 run, low full toss, Agar smashes it onto his pad and Stoinis is smart enough to race across to the striker's end
Five needed off five
Tiripano to Agar, no run, beaten, slower delivery angled across, Agar tries to slash and misses
Tiripano to Agar, wide, this time he sprays it way outside off stump for another wide. Harsh call maybe! Oh that wasn't a wide, went just inside
Tiripano to Agar, wide, that's a gift to Australia. The slower ball bouncer goes as a wide down the leg-side
7 needed off the final over.
END OF OVER 19
7 Runs
AUS: 145 - 5
1 W 2 1 2 1
Ashton Agar
3 (2)
Marcus Stoinis
7 (5)
Muzarabani
4-0-21-3
Muzarabani to Agar, 1 run, short of length delivery outside off stump, Agar dabs it to deep backward point
Muzarabani to Agar, 2 runs, driven straight to cover, Stoinis is out of the crease at the bowler's end, Waller has a shy and there's no one backing up. Would have been a dot ball, but it's two now
Muzarabani to Stoinis, 1 run, this is another mishit, Wellington Masakadza takes the catch on the edge of the rope, but releases the ball as he was about to cross the boundary. Slower delivery on the stumps, Stoinis lofts to long-on, Masakadza took the catch reverse-cup style but there was no one close for him to relay
Muzarabani to Stoinis, 2 runs, edged but there is no one at slip. Good length delivery outside off stump, Stoinis tries to defend, gets a thick edge, third man put in the dive and saved two runs