T20 World Cup Super Eight Stage: West Indies beat Zimbabwe by 107 runs

T20 World Cup Super Eight Stage: West Indies beat Zimbabwe by  107  runs

 

West Indies beat Zimbabwe by  107  runs in the ICC T20 World Cup Super Eight match. 

Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to field first in the match played at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. 

The West Indies batsmen scored  254  runs for the loss of  6  wickets in the stipulated 20 overs.  A total  of 19 sixes and 16 fours were hit in the West Indies innings. 

This is the second highest score in the history of the T20 World Cup, the record for the highest score is  260  runs set by Sri Lanka against Kenya in the first T20 World Cup  in 2007. 

Shimron Hetmyer scored  85 runs, Roman Powell scored 59 runs and Sherphine Rutherford scored 31  runs. 

Shimron Hetmyer completed  his half-century off 19  balls and scored  85 off 34 balls  with the help of  7 sixes and 7 fours. Roman Powell completed his half-century off 29 balls. 

For Zimbabwe, Muzarbani and Nagawara took two wickets each. 

In pursuit of the target, the Zimbabwe team faced difficulties from the beginning and the entire team was out for 147 runs in the  18th  over. 

For Zimbabwe, Brad Evans scored  43  runs with the help of  5 sixes. Dean Meyers scored  28 runs and skipper Sikandar Raza scored 27 runs. 

For West Indies, Gadakish Moti took  4  wickets and Aqeel Hussain took 3 wickets. 

 Shimron Hetmyer's half-century off 19  balls

Earlier, Shimron Hetmyer's half-century in the West Indies innings was the fastest half-century by the West Indies in the T20 World Cup, before Chris Gayle scored a half-century off 23 balls against Australia in the  2009  T20 World Cup. 

Shimron Hetmyer also improved his previous record with his half-century, he had earlier scored a half-century off 22  balls against Scotland. 

India's Yuvraj Singh is the fastest half-century in the history of T20 Internationals, who scored a half-century off just 12  balls against England in the first T20 World Cup  in 2007.