When Zimbabwe defeated Australia for the first time in the nation, it was a historic day in Townsville. After the seamers had caused some early damage and before Zimbabwe overcame Josh Hazlewood's three-wicket burst and some late nerves to go home by three wickets, Ryan Burl amassed impressive figures of 5 for 10 in three overs.

Regis Chakabva, the captain, guided them toward victory, first with Tony Munyonga and then with bowling hero Burl, who, on the seventh delivery of the over against Adam Zampa, hit a six over deep midwicket to reduce the needed runs to just one. Brad Evans drove the winning runs, but there was no more drama until Burl was bowled by Mitchell Starc in the following over, becoming him the fastest player to 200 ODI wickets.

This was a tremendously meaningful result for Zimbabwe, especially after they were defeated within 43 overs just three days prior, especially after their 2-1 victory over Bangladesh at home and a close call against India in the previous game.

David Warner led Australia's innings, scoring 94 out of 141, the second-highest percentage for a finished men's ODI innings. Glenn Maxwell was the only other player to reach the double digits as Australia was skittled in 31 overs. With a sixth-wicket stand of 57 runs in nine overs, the pair had begun to rebuild for Australia when Burl's leg spin was introduced. With his fourth delivery, he removed Maxwell, and the final five wickets fell for 12 runs, including Warner, who was six runs shy of his first international century since January 2020. Zimbabwe had never previously bowled Australia out in an ODI.

When they began the chase, they did well, getting to 38 in the ninth over when Takudzwanashe Kaitano eked it to second slip. In the following over from Hazlewood, Wessly Madhevere made a sharp cut to the spot where Ashton Agar said he had momentarily lost sight of the ball. Sean Williams was given his first ball, a brief delivery that he could only fend high off the glove, and he had little knowledge of it.

Sikandar Raza was only able to complete one uppercut square of the wicket off of Hazlewood before top-edging Marcus Stoinis to long leg, continuing a miserable performance. Tadiwanashe Marumani did a great job starting the innings by combining some powerful blows with a little bit of luck, but when he sliced Cameron Green high into the offside, Zimbabwe's aim appeared to be far away.

The run rate, though, was never going to be an issue, and Chakabva, who struck his first ODI century against Bangladesh last month, was great at handling pressure. Although Munyonga attempted to open the door for Australia once more by lofting Agar down the ground twice after doing the same to Zampa, the captain wasn't going to be stopped. Zimbabwe had the opportunity to bowl first for the first time in the series, and they took full advantage of it. Australia never succeeded in creating a platform because of their excellent up-front seamers, despite their efforts and some poor shot selection (or non-selection in Steven Smith's case).

Following one promising drive past cover, Aaron Finch lost to left-armer Richard Ngarava for the third time in the series. This time, he edged to the second slip where Burl retained the opportunity. Smith padded up for the next over's delivery from the recalled Victor Nyauchi, and his usage of the DRS revealed that the ball was taking the bails.

Alex Carey attempted to uphold Australia's stated intention to adopt an offensive strategy in ODIs when he fired a massive drive at Evans, but he was only able to edge behind. Although Zimbabwe required the review system to overturn a not-out verdict on the field, Evans then bowled a lovely ball to find Stoinis' outside edge.

Australia was 72 for 5 in the 18th over when Green drove Sean Williams to cover. Warner, who was raking in the runs, was in desperate need of a partner. For a while, Maxwell was able to do that, and Warner often found the boundary as runs flowed in at a good clip. Due to the waiting seamers, it appeared for a while that Zimbabwe was losing control. However, everything quickly changed.

Agar was able to clip a tremendous full ball into the palms of midwicket after Maxwell attempted to bat into the leg side against Burl and received a strong leading edge towards cover. Warner kept searching for the boundary after the bowlers had left the field, but Evans held a juggling catch at deep midwicket as he attempted to clear the leg side, where he had earlier managed to put one onto the grass banks.

Burl went off holding the ball in the air, barely able to comprehend what had just happened, as the final two wickets came in the span of four deliveries.

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