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Journalism of Courage
Harare, Oct 14: Australia bowled out Zimbabwe for 194 on the first day of their one-off cricket Test here and were six without loss at close.Zimbabwe showed resilience after collapsing to 4-37 in the first hour. Neil Johnson mixed defiant defence and flashing stroke play in his innings of 75. He put on 70 for the fifth wicket with Andy Flower, and had eight fours and a straight six off Shane Warne.
Earlier, Damien Fleming struck as early as his second over when he had Grant Flower caught for one. In his fifth, he forced Alistair Campbell into a slip catch.
Scoreboard
Zimbabwe (1st innings)
G Rennie c Ponting b McGrath 18
G Flower c Ponting b Fleming 1
M Goodwin run out 0
A Campbell c Slater b Fleming 5
A Flower c M Waugh b McGrath 28
N Johnson c M Waugh b McGrath 75
T Gripper lbw Warne 4
H Streak c M Waugh b Warne 3
G Whittall c Healy b Warne 27
B Strang run out 17
H Olonga not out 0
Extras (b2 lb4 nb10) 16
Total 194
Fall of wickets: 1-6 2-6 3-22 4-37 5-1076-119 7-125 8-165 9-190
Bowling: McGrath 23-7-44-3, Fleming 15-6-22-2, Miller 19-6-36-0, Warne 23-2-69-3, Ponting 1-1-0-0, S Waugh 4-1-17-0
Australia (1st innings)
M Slater batting 4
G Blewett batting 1
Extras (lb1) 1
Total (for no wicket) 6
Bowling: Olonga 2-1-5-0, Streak 1-1-0-0.
