AUS VS ZIM - 3rd ODI, Zimbabwe tour of Australia, 2022

The trophy is handed over to FInch who is joined by his teammates. Australia of course, pocketed the series 2-1 with their wins in the first two ODIs. But today is all about Zimbabwe. A day that they will never forget ever. For the first time since the late 1990s and early 2000s, we are starting to see Zimbabwe perform consistently against the bigger teams. They were brilliant against Bangladesh, stretched India and have now managed to win a game against the Aussies Down Under. Definitely good times for them and let's hope they keep the work going. That's a wrap to our coverage of this series. Until next time, this is Hari Sadanandan signing off on behalf of Raju Peethala and Venkatesh AV. Cheers!

Aaron Finch | Australia skipper Zimbabwe were great with the ball, had us in trouble. You never take things for granted because in international cricket, you can get beaten on any given day. They showed it today. We gave ourselves a half-decent chance with the ball but it wasn't to be. Hazlewood and Starc are two of the best in the world, for a long time across formats. For a long period of time. And that's some achievement for fast bowlers these days. Warner also keeps doing this for a long time.

Regis Chakabva | Zimbabwe skipper: Coming into the last game, the way we started off in the morning was great to see. Boys show a lot of fight and to get Australia to that sort of score shows how good we were. We head back, a bit of fitness works to be done, training and then off to the T20 World Cup.

Adam Zampa | Player of the Series: Feels good. There are times when there is a bit of doubt on preparation. Felt good coming in from The Hundred. It was all about getting some game time. The more you do, the better it feels. Ball came out nicely all series.

Ryan Burl | Player of the Match: It's massively important (this win for Zimbabwe). Wasn't able to get the team across the line but will take those runs. Will take this win and the confidence from here. To come back here later for the World Cup over here, it'll give us lot of confidence.

15:25 Local Time, 05:25 GMT, 10:55 IST: This day will forever be remembered in the annals of Zimbabwe cricket. Their first victory Down Under against Australia and it's been a fairly convincing performance as well. 142 was always a below-par total and a solid start further cooled the nerves in the Zimbabwe dugout. However, these tricky surfaces and low scores do make for thrills, and that's exactly what we got. Australia fought hard, as we expect them to and made the visitors sweat hard. At 77/5 with Raza back in the hut, the target looked a far way away. The hosts were buzzing and it required something special to arrest that momentum. Enter Chakabva who played a perfect captain's knock, soaking all of the pressure in a nuggety unbeaten knock. He didn't play a single false shot and held one end up, His 38-run stand with Munyonga more or less settled the deal for the visitors. There was a slight jitter towards the very end but as long as Chakabva held fort, you knew he had things under control. Australia will rue their batting performance. They were at-least 50-60 short of a competitive total and paid the price for it.

Starc to Brad Evans, 1 run, there it is! Zimbabwe's first-ever win against Australia in Australia! What a moment for them! Evans does the final rites, leaning into the drive and finding the gap at cover. Lets out a roar of delight and his mates are also going bonkers in the dug out

Starc to Brad Evans, no run, very full and on off, Evans shuffles across a bit and digs it out

Starc to Chakabva, 1 run, in the air...just wide of backward point! Slightly wide and Chakabva has an open-faced jab at this. Trickles to the right of third man and another run to the total. Scores level!

Starc to Chakabva, no run, gets the yorker bang on, off stump line and Chakabva does well to dig it out. Watched it till the very end

Starc to Brad Evans, 1 run, gets the yorker wrong, fuller on the pads and Evans glances it down to fine leg. Just two more needed now!

Starc to Chakabva, leg byes, 1 run, very full and on leg stump, Chakabva misses the flick and it goes off the pads down to fine leg. It's not off the bat but who cares. Three more needed!

Zampa to Brad Evans, no run, slower again, fuller, Evans bunts it to cover

Zampa to Brad Evans, no run, shapes for a big sweep, but the googly spins with bounce and raps Evans on the helmet!

Zampa to Brad Evans, no run, more flight, fuller, Evans presses forward and defends carefully

Zampa to Brad Evans, no run, quicker one on leg stump, Evans nudges it to short mid-wicket

Zampa to Chakabva, 1 run, flat and sliding in, Chakabva stays back and punches it to cover who fumbles to allow the single

Zampa to Chakabva, no run, drifting in around off, Chakabva leans forward and blocks

Brad Evans, right handed bat, comes to the crease

Starc to Ryan Burl, out Caught by Green!! Chips a dolly to mid-off! Surely not Zimbabwe, surely not another twist to this game. Nicely bowled from Starc, keeps it full and forces a flamboyant drive from Burl who then tries to check his shot a bit. Spoons a regulation take to Green. 200 ODI wickets to Starc! Don't think he'll be aware of this milestone just yet, but if he can take three more wickets here, it will be some game for him. It is far-fetched of course. Ryan Burl c Green b Starc 11(17) [4s-1 6s-1]