Southern Cross Trophy

Southern Cross Trophy

Countries	Australia  Zimbabwe
Administrator	Cricket Australia and Zimbabwe Cricket
Format	Test cricket
First edition	1999–2000 (Zimbabwe)
Latest edition	2003–04 (Australia)
Tournament format	Test Series
Number of teams	2
Current trophy holder	Australia
Most successful	Australia (2 titles)
Most runs	Matthew Hayden (501 runs)[1]
Most wickets	Andy Bichel (10 wickets)[1]

The Southern Cross Trophy is a cricket trophy that was awarded to the winner of Test series between Australia and Zimbabwe.^[2] The Trophy was first contested in a single-Test series in Zimbabwe in 1999, which was accompanied by a series of three One Day Internationals. In the first Test of the second and last series of the Trophy in the 2003–04 season, Matthew Hayden scored a then-record highest Test score by a batsman, a 380 that won him the player of the series award.^[1]

List of Test series[edit]

Season	Host	First Match	Tests	Australia	Zimbabwe	Drawn	Result	Holder	Player of the series
1999	Zimbabwe	14 October 1999	1	1	0	0	Australia	Australia	Steve Waugh
2003	Australia	9 October 2003	2	2	0	0	Australia	Australia	Matthew Hayden

References[edit]

See also[edit]

• Australia national cricket team
• Zimbabwe national cricket team
• Australian cricket team in Zimbabwe in 1999–2000
• Zimbabwean cricket team in Australia in 2003–04