From 1983 to 2026: How Zimbabwe have troubled Australia

Zimbabwe produced the archetypal large upset of the ongoing T20 World Cup, stunning erstwhile champions Australia by 23 runs successful a memorable clash connected Friday. It was lone the 2nd clip Zimbabwe person beaten Australia successful the shortest format astatine the planetary showpiece, having antecedently done truthful successful the 2007 variation successful Cape Town nether Prosper Utseya.Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW!Invited to bat, Zimbabwe’s apical bid fired successful unison to station a competitory 169 for 2 connected a sluggish surface. Opener Brian Bennett anchored the innings with a composed unbeaten 64 disconnected 56 balls, striking 7 fours and providing the instauration for a full that proved much than enough. He shared a 61-run opening basal with wicketkeeper Tadiwanashe Marumani successful 7.3 overs, mounting the code early.

Marumani made 35, peppering Ben Dwarshuis for 2 boundaries successful 1 implicit and Glenn Maxwell for 3 successful another.

Bennett joined the complaint with 2 fours disconnected Matthew Kuhnemann arsenic Zimbabwe reached 47 without nonaccomplishment astatine the extremity of the Powerplay. They were 61 for 1 and moved to 79 for 1 astatine halfway earlier adding 46 runs successful the adjacent 5 overs to scope 125 for 1 aft 15 overs.Ryan Burl chipped successful with 35, portion skipper Sikandar Raza remained unbeaten connected a brisk 25 disconnected 13 balls. Despite having wickets successful hand, Zimbabwe managed conscionable 1 six successful the innings and added 44 runs successful the last 5 overs arsenic Australia fought backmost astatine the death.

Adam Zampa was handled confidently, returning 0/31 from 4 overs.In reply, Australia’s pursuit of 170 unravelled quickly. They slumped to 29 for 4 successful conscionable 4.3 overs, losing Josh Inglis (8), Travis Head (17), Cameron Green (0) and Tim David (0) successful a melodramatic top-order collapse. From 38 for 4 astatine the extremity of the Powerplay, they crawled to 67 for 4 astatine the halfway mark, inactive needing 103 runs.Matt Renshaw waged a lone conflict with a 44-ball 65, portion Maxwell contributed 31.

The brace stitched a 77-run basal for the 5th wicket successful 9.5 overs to revive hopes. But Burl broke the concern erstwhile Maxwell inside-edged onto his stumps.Australia needed 56 from the last 5 overs, but Marcus Stoinis, who had earlier near the tract aft being struck connected the manus portion attempting a instrumentality drawback disconnected Burl, fell for 6. Bennett past took a stunning bound drawback to disregard Dwarshuis (7) for Brad Evans’ 3rd wicket (3/23).

With 34 needed disconnected 12 balls, Australia mislaid Renshaw and Zampa (2) successful the 19th implicit earlier Matthew Kuhnemann (0) was tally retired successful the last over, bowled retired for 146 successful 19.3 overs.Blessing Muzarabani was the standout with a career-defining 4/17 — Zimbabwe’s champion bowling figures successful a T20 World Cup lucifer and the second-best against Australia successful the tourney aft R Ashwin’s 4/11 successful Mirpur successful 2014. Wellington Masakadza (1/36) and Burl (1/9) offered coagulated support.The triumph successful Colombo marked Zimbabwe’s 5th triumph implicit Australia crossed formats — pursuing successes astatine Trent Bridge (1983 ODI WC, by 13 runs nether Duncan Fletcher), Cape Town (2007 T20 WC, by 5 wickets), Harare (2014 ODI, by 3 wickets nether Elton Chigumbura), Townsville (2022 ODI, by 3 wickets nether Regis Chakabva), and present Colombo (2026 T20 WC, by 23 runs nether Raza).Remarkably, Zimbabwe stay the lone squad with a 100 percent triumph grounds against Australia successful the Men’s T20 World Cup.

The nighttime besides highlighted their bowling pedigree successful T20Is — Richard Ngarava (111 wickets), Raza (103) and Muzarabani (100) person each crossed the 100-wicket people — underlining a aureate section successful Zimbabwe’s cricketing history.Zimbabwe’s wins crossed formats vs AustraliaBy 13 runs (ODI), Trent Bridge, 1983 WC (c: Duncan Fletcher)By 5 wkts (T20I), Cape Town, 2007 WC (c: Prosper Utseya)By 3 wkts (ODI), Harare, 2014 (c: Elton Chigumbura)By 3 wkts (ODI), Townsville, 2022 (c: Regis Chakabva)By 23 runs (T20I), Colombo RPS, 2026 WC (c: Sikandar Raza)*Zimbabwe's wins vs different FM teams astatine T20 WCvs AUS, Cape Town, 2007vs IRE, Hobart, 2022vs PAK, Perth, 2022vs AUS, Colombo, 2026*Zimbabwe is the lone squad with a 100% win-record implicit Australia successful the Men's T20 WC.100-plus wickets for ZIM successful T20Is111 - Richard Ngarava103 - Sikandar Raza100 - Blessing Muzarabani4/17 by Muzarabani is the champion bowling figures for Zimbabwe successful a T20 WC match.This is besides the second-best bowling fig against Australia successful a T20 WC lucifer down 4/11 by R Ashwin successful Mirpur successful the 2014 edition.