Southern Cross Trophy

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{{Infobox cricket tournament main

| name = Southern Cross Trophy

| image =

| imagesize =

| caption =

| country = {{cr|AUS}}
{{cr|ZIM}}

| administrator = Cricket Australia and Zimbabwe Cricket

| cricket format = Test cricket

| first = 1999–2000 (Zimbabwe)

| last = 2003–04 (Australia)

| next =

| tournament format = Test Series

| participants = 2

| trophyholder = {{cr|AUS}} (2003–04)

| most successful = {{cr|AUS}} (2 series wins)

| qualification =

| most runs = {{flagicon|AUS}} Matthew Hayden
(501 runs)

| most wickets = {{flagicon|AUS}} Andy Bichel
(10 wickets)

| TV =

| website =

| current =

}}

The Southern Cross Trophy is a cricket trophy that was awarded to the winner of Test series between Australia and Zimbabwe.[http://www.espncricinfo.com/blank/engine/series/60750.html?view=records Southern Cross Trophy.] ESPNcricinfo. 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.[http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/64049.html Zimbabwe tour of Australia, 2nd Test: Australia v Zimbabwe at Sydney, Oct 17-20, 2003] ESPNcricinfo.

List of Test series

class="wikitable sortable"
scope="col" | Season

! scope="col" | Host

! scope="col" | First Match

! scope="col" | Tests

! scope="col" | Australia

! scope="col" | Zimbabwe

! scope="col" | Drawn

! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Result

! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Holder

! scope="col" class="unsortable" |Player of the series

1999

| {{cr|ZIM}}

| 14 October 1999

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| {{center|1}}

| {{center|0}}

| {{center|0}}

| bgcolor="#fdea60"| Australia

| bgcolor="#fdea60"| {{cr|AUS}}

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Steve Waugh

2003

| {{cr|AUS}}

| 9 October 2003

| {{center|2}}

| {{center|2}}

| {{center|0}}

| {{center|0}}

| bgcolor="#fdea60"| Australia

| bgcolor="#fdea60"| {{cr|AUS}}

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Matthew Hayden

References

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See also