Tags: ICC Mens T20 World Cup 2022,
Zimbabwe vs Ireland, 4th Match, Group B at Hobart, Oct 17, 2022,
Zimbabwe,
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Sikandar Raza Butt
Revealed on: Oct 18, 2022
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Sikandar Raza smashed 82 off solely 48 balls as Zimbabwe beat Eire by 31 runs in a Group B encounter of the T20 World Cup 2022 on the Bellerive Oval in Hobart on Monday, October 17. Zimbabwe had been despatched into bat by Eire after they misplaced the toss. They obtained off to a poor begin, shedding 4 wickets for 79 by the midway stage. Regis Chakabva (0), Craig Ervine (9), Wesley Madhevere (22) and Sean Williams (12) had been all again within the hut.
Raza, however, continued his glorious type. He struck 5 fours and as many sixes in his innings to elevate Zimbabwe to an excellent whole of 174 for five. The prolific batter starred in a half-century stand with Milton Shumba (16). Luke Jongwe chipped in with an unbeaten 20 off 10 balls, which included three fours. For Eire, Joshua Little claimed 3 for twenty-four, whereas Simi Singh (2 for 31) and Mark Adair (2 for 39) additionally chipped in with essential contributions.
Eire had been by no means within the chase after they got here out to bat. Paul Stirling was bowled by Richard Ngarava within the first over. They stored shedding wickets usually after that and had slipped to 64 for five by the tenth over. Andrew Balbirnie (3), Lorcan Tucker (11), Harry Tector (1) and George Dockrell (24) had been all again within the hut. Curtis Campher and Gareth Delany contributed 20s, nevertheless it was nowhere close to sufficient.
For Zimbabwe, Blessing Muzarabani claimed 3 for 23 in his 4 overs, whereas Ngarava and Tendai Chatara picked up two scalps every. Ultimately, Eire crawled their strategy to 143 for 9. Raza was named participant of the match for his improbable knock in Zimbabwe’s win.
Talking after the win, Zimbabwe captain Ervine mentioned, “We’re ecstatic. To place up a efficiency like that first sport, it exhibits that we do belong right here. It is a pity that it has been a great distance since now we have performed a World Cup. (On Raza’s batting) He is been a stable performer for us over the previous couple of months. So excited that he might deliver that type right here once more.”
Eire captain Andrew Balbirnie didn’t remorse the choice to bowl first. He felt that they only didn’t play nicely sufficient. He mentioned, “We had been fairly pleased on the midway stage. It was an excellent wicket, we anticipated it to be an excellent wicket all day. Whenever you get blown away (22/4), you might be all the time up in opposition to it. Bitterly disappointing with how we began with the competitors nevertheless it’s a reasonably easy shoot-out for us now.”
–By A Cricket Correspondent
