now 06.31 GMT 12th over: Zimbabwe 99-1 (Bennett 35, Burl 20) Nathan Ellis returns and digs in a shorter ball but Burl picks it early and pulls it away for four through square leg. The left-hander barely moves his feet as he smacks a slower ball pitched wide outside off-stump back past Ellis and to the rope. Ellis fires up over a wide call that replays show was spot on then comes charging in around the wicket without finding a way to trouble Burt. It can’t be long until Zimbabwe start to take a few risks with plenty of wickets in hand and the pitch giving the bowlers little assistance. Share
6m ago 06.25 GMT 11th over: Zimbabwe 87-1 (Bennett 35, Burl 9) Kuhnemann is back into the attack but can’t stop the flow of ones and twos as Zimbabwe take eight from the over. Burl gets down on one knee and has to reach far outside his off-stump to tennis bat a shot back over the head and into a gap. Share
9m ago 06.21 GMT 10th over: Zimbabwe 79-1 (Bennett 33, Burl 3) Cameron Green takes the ball for the first time as Australia show their full complement of allrounders and a seventh bowler in the innings. Bennett and Burl both handle the towering Green with ease until the latter swipes at a ball travelling at hip height down leg. Green appeals immediately but Inglis takes a moment to join in the excitement.
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