- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR2.4 Crashes this right into long leg! He shuffles into the leg side once more and goes for a cross-batted swat this time. Was there to be hit after landing in the slot, but he gets it straight to Musekiwa, who sits there waiting with his mittens. Didn't need to move an inch 17/15.5 Brilliant catch in the deep from Bennett! Hope looks like he's latched onto this ball - full and on the stumps. Hit front foot comes off the ground just a little as he swipes this towards cow corner. Except the timing isn't quite good enough. Bennett runs in and puts in an incredible one-handed dive. The ball sticks into his right hand, and Zimbabwe close out the powerplay with their second wicket 54/214.3 Mistimed and Bennett takes the catch! Hetmyer finally falls but what an innings this has been. Excellent bowling this from Cremer. Floats it on middle and leg, he swipes that again but doesn't get it anywhere close to the middle of the bat. He is also hitting to the longer part of the ground. Bennett covers decent ground to his left from deep midwicket and takes a good diving catch 176/316.1 Oh, there is some justice in this world! Musekiwa has held onto one and there is relief written all over his face. Powell falls for 59 and Zimbabwe will want to curb the scoring now. Banged in short and on leg, he helps this but only as far as deep backward square leg where Musekiwa hangs on 194/418.4 Gets a loooot of height but not enough distance and Burl takes a really good catch at long-off. Length ball outside off, he gets back and across looking for another six. He fails to get under it and spoons this straight up. Burl settles under it and takes is comfortably in the end 229/519.3 Six, six, wicket and Muzarabani has his man. Slower offcutter well outside off. Holder backs away and that means he doesn't get any power behind his shot and ends up mistiming to long-off who dives forward and takes a good low catch 248/6Extras21 (lb 10, nb 1, w 10)TOTAL254/6 (20 Overs, RR: 12.7)Fall of wickets: 1-17 (Brandon King, 2.4 ov), 2-54 (Shai Hope, 5.5 ov), 3-176 (Shimron Hetmyer, 14.3 ov), 4-194 (Rovman Powell, 16.1 ov), 5-229 (Romario Shepherd, 18.4 ov), 6-248 (Jason Holder, 19.3 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB R Ngarava 4 0 47 2 11.75 10 4 4 1 0 B Muzarabani 4 0 42 2 10.5 9 3 3 2 0 B Evans 4 0 46 1 11.5 7 3 3 3 0 AG Cremer 4 0 38 1 9.5 6 1 3 0 0 Sikandar Raza 3 0 52 0 17.33 4 3 5 2 1 D Myers 1 0 19 0 19 0 2 1 2 0
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Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR1.6 Huggeeee hangtime in the air, and Hetmyer gobbles this up at deep backward point! The ball is rifled outside off on a length, into Marumani once more. He goes for a big flick into the leg side but takes the toe edge. Hetmyer stays in his fielding positions and takes this, no error on paper this time around 20/12.1 Absoluteee rippperrr! What a helluva ball. It hangs and drifts in the air for a long time. Lobbed up in the air, above the batter's eyeline. Full and on middle stump. The batter goes for a cross-batted swipe. The ball lands and absolutely rips away from him and hits top of off, in slow-motion. Looks inevitable by the end. 20/26.4 Motie puts in his reply to the Hosein ripper from earlier! Absolute beauty. Slowed down and flighted, right on the middle stump line on a length. Batter reaches for it and tries to flick it across the line. The ball rips past the unsuspecting batter - more an error in playing down the line than it is turn, on this occasion. Clatters right into the stumps 52/42.4 Hosein has anotherrrr one! He keeps this slow through the air once more. On a length and on the stumps. Burl swipes at it and across the line, towards deep midwicket. Hetmyer takes his second catch of the match 20/310.3 How do you play that? Sensational delivery from Motie and Sikandar Raza has been done all ends up. Just a little flatter on a length from Motie. The ball lands on middle stump, grips and turns viciously past Raza's outside edge who is nowhere near it. Misses and sees his offstump pegged back. Motie is on a celebratory run and Zimbabwe continue to slide 94/512.2 Gets his man now! Length ball on off stump, he gets out the sweep and this time absolutely nails it flat and hard but only as far as Shamar Joseph at deep midwicket. He has taken that cleanly and made it look much, much easier than what it was. 101/710.4 Another one? Oh, yes. And Musekiwa's torrid night goes from bad to worse. This is the arm ball from Motie that lands on off and goes straight on. The ball hits the top of off stump and Zimbabwe are now 94 for 6 94/617.4 That's that! Evans' fun ends on 43 and West Indies start their Super Eight journey with an NRR-boosting 107-run win. Slower offcutter on off stump, he looks to heave that legside, gets a thick outside off that goes only as far as short third. Forde celebrates, West Indies celebrate and Zimbabwe have been routed in Wankhede 147/1013.3 A one-handed take by Holder, and Cremer is out of here. Cross-seam back of a length ball on middle stump. Cremer attempts to waft at it, can only splice it to the right of Holder who plucks out his right hand and takes a lovely catch. Zimbabwe continue to go down 102/814.3 Goes high, very high and Shamar Joseph runs in from deep midwicket and takes it comfortably. Length ball on middle stump. Muzarabani attempts and cross-batted hoick, only manages to spoon this straight up. Shamar sprints in, settles under the high ball and takes it reverse-cupped 103/9Extras9 (lb 4, w 5)TOTAL147 all out (17.4 Overs, RR: 8.32)Fall of wickets: 1-20 (Tadiwanashe Marumani, 1.6 ov), 2-20 (Brian Bennett, 2.1 ov), 3-20 (Ryan Burl, 2.4 ov), 4-52 (Dion Myers, 6.4 ov), 5-94 (Sikandar Raza, 10.3 ov), 6-94 (Tashinga Musekiwa, 10.4 ov), 7-101 (Tony Munyonga, 12.2 ov), 8-102 (Graeme Cremer, 13.3 ov), 9-103 (Blessing Muzarabani, 14.3 ov), 10-147 (Brad Evans, 17.4 ov)
Match Details
Toss
Zimbabwe , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Match number
Season
Hours of play (local time)
19.00 start, First Session 19.00-20.30, Interval 20.30-20.50, Second Session 20.50-22.20
Match days
23 February 2026 - night match (20-over match)
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
West Indies 2, Zimbabwe 0
Match Notes
- Powerplay: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 55 runs, 2 wickets)
- West Indies: 50 runs in 5.4 overs (34 balls), Extras 10
- Drinks: West Indies - 54/2 in 5.5 overs (SO Hetmyer 20)
- SO Hetmyer: 50 off 19 balls (4 x 4, 5 x 6)
- West Indies: 100 runs in 9.1 overs (55 balls), Extras 12
- 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 20 balls (SO Hetmyer 40, R Powell 9, Ex 1)
- Over 9.4: Review by Zimbabwe (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - J Madanagopal, Batter - R Powell (Struck down)
- West Indies: 150 runs in 12.6 overs (78 balls), Extras 17
- 3rd Wicket: 100 runs in 45 balls (SO Hetmyer 59, R Powell 38, Ex 6)
- Drinks: West Indies - 169/2 in 14.0 overs (SO Hetmyer 79, R Powell 49)
- R Powell: 50 off 29 balls (4 x 4, 3 x 6)
- West Indies: 200 runs in 16.5 overs (102 balls), Extras 20
- West Indies: 250 runs in 19.4 overs (119 balls), Extras 21
- Innings Break: West Indies - 254/6 in 20.0 overs (SE Rutherford 31, MW Forde 1)
- Powerplay: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 47 runs, 3 wickets)
- Over 0.2: Review by West Indies (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - RK Illingworth, Batter - T Marumani (Struck down)
- Drinks: Zimbabwe - 47/3 in 6.0 overs (D Myers 24, Sikandar Raza 1)
- Zimbabwe: 50 runs in 6.3 overs (39 balls), Extras 3
- Zimbabwe: 100 runs in 11.5 overs (71 balls), Extras 7
- Drinks: Zimbabwe - 102/8 in 13.3 overs (B Evans 7)
Match Coverage
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ICC Men's T20 World Cup
| Super Eights, Group 1 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
| SA | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 2.259 |
| IND | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0.106 |
| WI | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0.993 |
| ZIM | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | -3.415 |
| Super Eights, Group 2 | |||||
| Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
| ENG | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 1.096 |
| NZ | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1.39 |
| PAK | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -0.123 |
| SL | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | -1.95 |
| Group A | |||||
| Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
| IND | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 2.5 |
| PAK | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0.976 |
| USA | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.788 |
| NED | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | -1.217 |
| NAM | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | -3.108 |
| Group B | |||||
| Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
| ZIM | 4 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 1.506 |
| SL | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 1.741 |
| AUS | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1.523 |
| IRE | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.15 |
| OMA | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | -4.845 |
| Group C | |||||
| Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
| WI | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 1.874 |
| ENG | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0.201 |
| SCOT | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0.184 |
| ITA | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | -1.02 |
| NEP | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | -1.349 |
| Group D | |||||
| Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
| SA | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 1.943 |
| NZ | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 1.227 |
| AFG | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.889 |
| UAE | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | -1.364 |
| CAN | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | -2.426 |






