Who Will Win Zimbabwe vs Australia 3rd T20?
Australia began their tri-series campaign with a comfortable nine-wicket win over Pakistan and they will now look for another win when they face hosts Zimbabwe at the Harare Sports Club. This third fixture of the series will be played on July 3 with live telecast scheduled to begin at 10 AM local time.
Zim vs Aus 3rd T20: Where to Watch/Live Streaming
TV channels: Sony Six, Sky Sports Cricket, Fox Sports, SuperSport
Live Streaming: Bet365, SonyLIV, SuperSport Live, Now TV
Toss Prediction
11 of the last 13 T20 internationals played at the Harare Sports Club have been won by the side batting first. Although the previous game here was won by Australia while chasing, the team that wins the toss in this match will probably still prefer to bat first.
Read on for team previews, betting odds, betting tips and match prediction for Zimbabwe vs Australia 3rd T20I...
Zimbabwe Team News & Playing 11
Team News
Fast bowler Kyle Jarvis hurt his hand badly while fielding in the opening match of the series against Pakistan. It would be a big blow to Zimbabwe if he gets ruled out of this game. Medium pacer Chris Mpofu seems the most likely candidate to replace Jarvis. The hosts are already without five of their senior members in Brendan Taylor, Graeme Cremer, Craig Ervine, Sikandar Raza and Sean Williams because of a pay dispute with the Zimbabwe cricket board.
Key Players
Zimbabwe will bank on their most reliable batsmen in Hamilton Masakadza, Chamu Chibhabha and Elton Chigumbura to deliver the goods with the bat. Masakadza, with 1467 runs in 53 matches, is the team's leading run-scorer in T20 internationals while Chibhabha has scored the most T20I runs for the side at this ground. The hosts will also have expectations from Tarisai Musakanda who smashed 43 runs on debut in the last match. Tendai Chisoro picked up key scalps of Fakhar Zaman and Sarfraz Ahmed and the team will back the left-arm spinner to do well against Australia. If Kyle Jarvis is declared unfit for this game, it will then be up to the likes of seamers Chamu Chibhabha and Blessing Muzarabani to take wickets and curb the flow of runs.
Recent Form
Zimbabwe's 74-run loss in the series opener against Pakistan was their fifth consecutive defeat in T20 cricket. After winning the toss and electing to field first, their bowlers could not prevent Pakistan from racking up a big total of 182. The hosts were then bundled out for just 108 runs to suffer a humiliating defeat.
Zimbabwe Predicted Playing 11
Solomon Mire, Chamu Chibhabha, Hamilton Masakadza (c), Tarisai Musakanda, Peter Moor (wk), Elton Chigumbura, Ryan Burl, Tendai Chisoro, Blessing Muzarabani, John Nyumbu, Kyle Jarvis/Chris Mpofu
Australia Team News & Playing 11
Team News
Australia made a couple of tactical changes to their starting eleven in their campaign opener against Pakistan - fast bowler Jhye Richardson and batsman Nic Maddinson were brought in place of pacer Kane Richardson and leg-spinner Mitchell Swepson. After crushing Pakistan in the last game, the Australians will probably want to retain the same lineup for this game. So we expect no changes in their side on Tuesday.
Key Players
Aaron Finch has returned to form with scores of 84 and 68* in his previous two games. The opener is also among the leading run-getters for Australia in the shortest format and will therefore be the key man in this batting lineup. Glenn Maxwell has a strike rate of 165 in T20Is and the team's middle-order batting will depend largely on him. Marcus Stoinis and Travis Head are the others who can take the Zimbabwean bowlers for plenty of runs. Billy Stanlake and Andrew Tye will pose the biggest threat to the hosts with the ball. Both took seven wickets between them against Pakistan and they are likely to do the damage once again. Left-armer Ashton Agar is currently Australia's best option from the spin department.
Recent Form
Australia have now won six out of seven T20 internationals they have played this year. After that 28-run loss to England at Birmingham, the Aussies are back on the winning track as they thrashed Pakistan by nine wickets at Harare in their last match. They bowled out Pakistan for a paltry 116 before knocking off their target in the 11th over.
Australia Predicted Playing 11
Aaron Finch (c), D'Arcy Short, Travis Head, Nic Maddinson, Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Alex Carey (wk), Ashton Agar, Andrew Tye, Jhye Richardson, Billy Stanlake
Jul 03, 2018
13:30 IST / 8:00 GMT
Harare Sports Club - Harare, Zimbabwe
AUS vs ZIM 
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