What is happening to cricket? We saw 297 runs a few days back and now there’s 344. Yes your read that right. Zimbabwe just scored 344 runs against the lowly Gambia in their ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Sub Regional Africa Qualifier Group B match. Leading from the front was their captain and the inspiring Sikander Raza. Raza scored 133 scoring his century in just 33 balls becoming the first Zimbabwean player to score a century in T20I.
Team Score Overs RR Opposition Ground Match Date Zimbabwe 344/4 20.0 17.20 Gambia Nairobi (Ruaraka) 23 Oct 2024 Nepal 314/3 20.0 15.70 Mongolia Hangzhou 27 Sep 2023 India 297/6 20.0 14.85 Bangladesh Hyderabad 12 Oct 2024 Zimbabwe 286/5 20.0 14.30 Seychelles Nairobi (Gym) 19 Oct 2024 Afghanistan 278/3 20.0 13.90 Ireland Dehradun 23 Feb 2019 Czech Rep. 278/4 20.0 13.90 Turkey Ilfov County 30 Aug 2019 Malaysia 268/4 20.0 13.40 Thailand Hangzhou 2 Oct 2023 England 267/3 20.0 13.35 West Indies Tarouba 19 Dec 2023 Australia 263/3 20.0 13.15 Sri Lanka Pallekele 6 Sep 2016 Sri Lanka 260/6 20.0 13.00 Kenya Johannesburg 14 Sep 2007
Full Scorecard
Zimbabwe (20 ovs maximum)
Batting R B 4s 6s SR Brian Bennett c Ismaila Tamba b Andre Jarju 50 26 7 1 192.30 Tadiwanashe Marumani † b Andre Jarju 62 19 9 4 326.31 Dion Myers c Ismaila Tamba b Rajpurohit 12 5 1 1 240.00 Sikandar Raza (c) not out 133 43 7 15 309.30 Ryan Burl c Andre Jarju b Abubacarr Kuyateh 25 11 3 1 227.27 Clive Madande not out 53 17 3 5 311.76 Extras (lb 2, nb 1, w 6) 9 Total 20 Ov (RR: 17.20) 344/4 Did not bat: Wessly Madhevere, Tashinga Musekiwa, Blessing Muzarabani, Brandon Mavuta, Richard Ngarava Fall of wickets: 1-98 (Tadiwanashe Marumani, 5.4 ov), 2-115 (Dion Myers, 6.6 ov), 3-143 (Brian Bennett, 9.2 ov), 4-203 (Ryan Burl, 13.2 ov)
Gambia (T: 345 runs from 20 ovs)
Batting R B 4s 6s SR Ismaila Tamba (c) b Ngarava 5 11 1 0 45.45 Muhammed Manga † b Ngarava 0 3 0 0 0.00 Asim Ashraf lbw b Madhevere 7 26 1 0 26.92 Arjunsingh Rajpurohit b Ngarava 4 5 1 0 80.00 Frank Campbell lbw b Madhevere 7 9 1 0 77.77 Mustapha Suwareh st †Marumani b Mavuta 1 4 0 0 25.00 Abubacarr Kuyateh b Burl 2 15 0 0 13.33 Gabriel Riley st †Marumani b Mavuta 2 4 0 0 50.00 Musa Jobarteh b Mavuta 0 1 0 0 0.00 Andre Jarju not out 12 12 2 0 100.00 Baboucarr Jaye absent hurt – – – – – Extras (nb 2, w 12) 14 Total 14.4 Ov (RR: 3.68) 54 Fall of wickets: 1-2 (Muhammed Manga, 0.5 ov), 2-15 (Ismaila Tamba, 2.5 ov), 3-22 (Arjunsingh Rajpurohit, 4.6 ov), 4-36 (Frank Campbell, 7.4 ov), 5-37 (Mustapha Suwareh, 8.3 ov), 6-37 (Asim Ashraf, 9.5 ov), 7-40 (Gabriel Riley, 10.4 ov), 8-40 (Musa Jobarteh, 10.5 ov), 9-54 (Abubacarr Kuyateh, 14.4 ov)
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