Australia have a clear upper hand against Zimbabwe. They have won 10 of the 11 matches played between the two teams so far. Yet, looking at the kind of surprises Zimbabwe have been able to make in this World Cup, it could change!

When Australia      Matches    Won   Lost  NR   Td   Success %
                                (by Aus)

Batted first             8       8     0     0    0  100.00
Batted last              3       2     1     0    0   66.67

Won the Toss             6       5     1     0    0   83.33
Lost the Toss            5       5     0     0    0  100.00

Record in each country

Aus                         3    3    0    0    0  100.00
Ind                         5    5    0    0    0  100.00
SL                          1    1    0    0    0  100.00
Eng                         2    1    1    0    0   50.00

Record in each season

1983                     2       1    1    0    0   50.00
1987-88                  2       2    0    0    0  100.00
1991-92                  1       1    0    0    0  100.00
1994-95                  2       2    0    0    0  100.00
1995-96                  1       1    0    0    0  100.00
1996-97                  1       1    0    0    0  100.00
1997-98                  2       2    0    0    0  100.00

In the World Cup         6       5    1    0    0   83.33

Grand Total             11      10    1    0    0   90.91

The Captains against each other
                                                                
SR Waugh                 2       2     0     0    0  100.00
ADR Campbell             3       0     3     0    0    0.00
                                                       
A summary of the last ten matches between the teams

Ground          Date       Won By       T B Aus Score   Zim Score
Southampton  16 Jun 1983 Aus  32 Runs   W F 272- 7 60.0 240-10 59.5
Madras       13 Oct 1987 Aus  96 Runs   L F 235- 9 50.0 139-10 42.4
Cuttack      30 Oct 1987 Aus  70 Runs   L F 266- 5 50.0 196- 6 50.0
Hobart (2)   14 Mar 1992 Aus 128 Runs   L F 265- 6 46.0 137-10 41.4
Perth        02 Dec 1994 Aus  2  Wkts   W L 167- 8 47.2 166- 9 50.0
Hobart (2)   08 Dec 1994 Aus  84 Runs   W F 254- 3 50.0 170- 8 50.0
Nagpur       01 Mar 1996 Aus  8  Wkts   L L 158- 2 36.0 154-10 45.3
Colombo (3)  26 Aug 1996 Aus 125 Runs   W F 263- 7 50.0 138-10 41.0
Ahmedabad (2 03 Apr 1998 Aus  13 Runs   W F 252- 7 50.0 238-10 49.5
Delhi (1)    11 Apr 1998 Aus  16 Runs   L F 294- 3 50.0 278- 9 50.0

Zimbabwe have won only one match against Australia to date, the very first encounter way back in the 1983 World Cup. Since then, they have lost all the 10 matches played against the Aussies.

(T: Toss (W)on/(L)ost, B:Batted (F)irst/(L)ast)

Contributed by: Atul Kahate (akahate@yahoo.com)