In the opening ODI, Australia defeated Zimbabwe by five wickets.

In the opening one-day encounter in a three-match series, Australia defeated Zimbabwe by a margin of five wickets as Cameron Green grabbed his first five-wicket haul and David Warner and Steve Smith easily handled the run chase. The run chase was subsequently easily accomplished by Australia thanks to Warner's 57 off 66 balls and Steve Smith, who served as the innings' anchor and struck an unbeaten 48 off 80 balls to secure the victory. In the 34th over, Glenn Maxwell hit two consecutive sixes off Richard Ngarava to end the game.

Prior to Sunday's game, Green had only taken one ODI wicket. He swiftly removed Sikander Raza and substitute skipper Regis Chakabva, then came back to finish out the remaining batsmen as Zimbabwe's hopes of amassing a manageable score faded in the closing overs.