West Indies vs Zimbabwe: Windies Power! England’s 2 biggest records were broken in a single match; A new record in the world of cricket

• Windies Power!
• England’s 2 biggest records were broken in a single match
• A new record in the world of cricket

West Indies Cricket Team vs Zimbabwe National Cricket Team Match Scorecard: West Indies ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026 Highest score recorded in In their first Super 8 match against Zimbabwe, West Indies Scored 254 runs for the loss of 6 wickets in 20 overs. In this match, he broke two major England records in a single match. In this match, West Indies overtook England’s 230, which was the second highest in T20 World Cup history. With this, West Indies became the first team in T20 World Cup history to score 200 or more four times. England and Sri Lanka have achieved this feat three times each.

West Indies slam the second-highest total in #T20WorldCup history pic.twitter.com/22FyWtX8uh

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Crossed the 200 run mark for the fourth time

South Africa have crossed the 200-run mark six times in T20 World Cup history, while India have achieved the feat four times. Now, West Indies have overtaken England and equaled India’s record. In this match, West Indies lost the toss and batted first to score 254 runs for the loss of 6 wickets in 20 overs. Had the team scored 7 more runs, they would have broken the record of 260 runs set by Sri Lanka against Kenya in 2007.

Stormy innings by Hetmyer and Powell

Brandon King scored 9 off 12 balls in this match, while captain Shai Hope also returned to the pavilion with 14 runs. Shimron Hetmyer and Rowman Powell then washed away the Zimbabwean bowlers. Hetmyer scored a 19-ball half-century and was dismissed for 85 off 34 balls, including 7 fours and 7 sixes. He also became the first batsman in the world to score the fastest run in more than 30 balls.

Shimron Hetmyer Fifty: Hetmyer’s storm on the Wankhede field! Zimbabwe’s bowlers washed out; Fastest T20 fifty scored

Rovman Powell also scored his half-century in T20 World Cup history and was dismissed for 59 off 35 balls with 4 fours and 4 sixes. Finally, Sherfan Rutherford scored 31 off 13 balls, while Jason Holder scored 13 off 4 balls. For Zimbabwe, Richard Ngarawa took 2 wickets for 47 runs in 4 overs, while Blessing Muzarbani also took 2 wickets. Skipper Sikandar Raza was completely ineffective in this match and conceded 52 runs in 3 overs.

Fastest half-century for West Indies

Shimron Hetmyer has completed the fastest fifty for West Indies in T20 World Cup history. Hetmyer completed his 50 off just 19 balls in the T20 World Cup Super 8 match against Zimbabwe. He also broke his own record for the fastest fifty in a T20 World Cup. Earlier, he completed a 22-ball half-century against Scotland in the ongoing tournament. Chris Gayle scored 50 runs in 23 balls against Australia in 2009. In 2024 Shai Hope scored 50 off 26 balls against USA and Chris Gayle scored 50 off 26 balls against Australia in 2012.

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Zimbabwe Team: Brian Bennett, Tadiwanashe Marumani, Dion Myers, Ben Curran, Sikandar Raza (captain), Ryan Burl, Tashinga Musekiwa, Brad Evans, Wellington Masakadza, Richard Ngarawa, Blessing Muzarabani, Tony Munyonga, Clive Madnemfo, Clive Madenfo and T.

West Indies Team: Shai Hope (captain), Shimron Hetmyer, Johnson Charles, Roston Chase, Brandon King, Rowman Powell, Sherfan Rutherford, Quentin Sampson, Romario Shepherd, Jason Holder, Matthew Ford, Akil Hossain, Gudakesh Moti, Jayden Seals and Shamar Joseph.

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