Australia celebrate their clean sweep in the one-day series

Forced to field a youthful side because of a boycott by 15 white players, they lost the final game by eight wickets.

"We will work hard an take everything we learnt on board," said Taibu.

Michael Clarke won the game for the tourists with an unbeaten 105 and captain Ricky Ponting said he had a "big future in the game".

Clarke's 102-ball innings came after he was handed the responsibility of opening in place of Matthew Hayden, who was rested for the final game.

He was content to play second fiddle to Adam Gilchrist in the initial stages of their reply to Zimbabwe's 196 all out but dominated proceedings thereafter.

"It was great to see him get his first one-day international hundred," said Ponting.

The series took place following the cancellation of two Test matches as a result of the dispute between the 15 rebels and the Zimbabwe Cricket Union.

Australia never needed top gear but Ponting praised Elton Chigumbura and Mluleki Nkala for a 114-run partnership which prevented the final game from being totally one-sided.

"They got away from us a little bit towards the end of their innings.

"When they were 6-61, we thought we might have been able to go through them easier than we did, but that partnership was pretty good."

Australia will return to action in July when they play two home Tests against Sri Lanka in Darwin and Cairns.