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there was just a couple of decisions from Sikandar Raza, the captain, that, you know, he, he cashed in his chips and bowled his seamers all out- ... you know, by the early 40 overs and had to have a mixture of, um, spin and part-time spin to-

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... to finish the innings off and, um, that allowed the Australian, uh, Australians Nathan Ellis and Spencer Johnson to put on a, I think a 28-run stand to-

So, a few interesting decisions from, from Zimbabwe when they were in the field.

Um, but some good performances from Australia both with the bat and the ball.

Well, you look at the stats, Ed, you know, the two leading run scorers were Sikandar Raza, as you said, 183 runs at 91.5, not a bad average-

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81 not out.

Sikandar Raza from 72.

And then for the Aussies, Josh Inglis, the star.

103 from 102 balls as they got there.

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Obviously, Peak got 30 in pretty good time, and then Cooper Connolly up to number three, maybe a precursor for what we might see in the test series.

He got a nice 50 as well and, and looked pretty much in control until it all sort of happened very quickly at the end of his innings, a, a drop catch at, uh, mid-wicket, and then Sikandar Raza sort of had the wood over him in that over, even though there was a s- six that went [laughs] uh, on a free hit.

But, um, it was an interesting little passage of play.

But all in all, I mean, Cooper Connolly looked good, and he also bowled for the first time since March, so really promising signs for him.

He's taking wickets with the new ball, as you mentioned.

Um, you know, there's two wickets in the first over that he got last night.

Um, and then Marsh brought him back on when, uh, Sikandar Raza and, uh, Craig Ervine were going quite nicely, and he broke that partnership as well.

So, you know, he's Marsh's go to, go-to guy when they need to break the partnership.

... and belted it out through the press box window, and that's one of the highlights of that week.

But yeah, Sikandar Raza in charge of Zimbabwe for that.

Unfortunately, Richard Ngaraava is out injured, which is a big blow for them.

However, Brendan Taylor's back.