{"id":772091,"date":"2026-09-16T03:30:12","date_gmt":"2026-09-16T03:30:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/772091\/"},"modified":"2026-09-16T03:30:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T03:30:12","slug":"maiden-matt-renshaw-odi-century-sets-up-australia-win-in-zimbabwe-australia-cricket-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/772091\/","title":{"rendered":"Maiden Matt Renshaw ODI century sets up Australia win in Zimbabwe | Australia cricket team"},"content":{"rendered":"

Australia\u2019s Matt Renshaw scored a maiden one-day international century while Nathan Ellis took five \u2060wickets to guide their side to a 59-run win over hosts Zimbabwe in the first clash of \u2060their three-match series.<\/p>\n

Australia \u2060chose to \u200bbat first, and the surprise decision from captain Mitchell Marsh was vindicated as they scored 294-8 in their \u206050 overs, setting Zimbabwe an imposing target at Harare Sports Club.<\/p>\n

In reply, Zimbabwe were dismissed for 235 in 45.1 overs, showing \u2060good fight but always behind the required run rate.<\/p>\n

Renshaw, who last scored an \u200binternational ton in a Test \u200cagainst Pakistan in 2017, \u200cmade 109 and featured in key partnerships after Cooper Connolly survived a few \u200clet-offs before being bowled by Zimbabwe captain Sikandar Raza for 51.<\/p>\n

Renshaw put on 72 runs with Alex Carey for the fifth wicket and 75 with Ollie Peake for the sixth wicket, leaving Zimbabwe with a required run rate of 5.90.<\/p>\n

\u201cI didn\u2019t think I was going to play one-day cricket [for Australia],\u201d Renshaw said. \u201cPlaying any cricket for Australia is awesome. I\u2019m taking it it seriously, obviously, but also trying to enjoy it. I know that I play my best when I\u2019m relaxed. Whatever happens, happens.\u201d<\/p>\n

The 20-year-old left-arm quick Newman Nyamhuri finished with 5-62, \u200conly the second Zimbabwe bowler to take five wickets in an ODI against Australia.<\/p>\n

Zimbabwe lost four wickets quickly before Craig Ervine \u200band Sikandar steadied the innings with a 98-run partnership that offered them hope of victory on a surface that traditionally gets better for batting as the day wears on.<\/p>\n

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Nathan Ellis had taken two wickets in his first spell, and when \u2060he was reintroduced, took three balls to clean bowl Ervine \u200bfor 59 and put \u200bthe brakes on the home \u200bside. Sikandar was yorked by Spencer Johnson for 57 to \u200bleave Zimbabwe still \u200csignificantly adrift. Ellis finished \u200bwith 5-31 \u200bin 9.1 overs, also cleaning up the tail.<\/p>\n

The second ODI is on Friday, and the last on Sunday, all in Harare, after which Australia moves onto a similar series with neighbouring South Africa.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Australia\u2019s Matt Renshaw scored a maiden one-day international century while Nathan Ellis took five \u2060wickets to guide their…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":772092,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[1721,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-772091","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-cricket","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/772091","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=772091"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/772091\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/772092"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=772091"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=772091"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=772091"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}