Zimbabwe hammer Sri Lanka by six wickets

Thu, 19 February 2026

18:55

Zim 182-4 (19.3 ovs) vs SL 178-7 | Scorecard

Zimbabwe notched up a stunning six-wicket win over Sri Lanka in their final Group B T20 World Cup match in Colombo on Thursday.

Opting to bat, Pathum Nissanka carted eight fours en route to a 41-ball 62 and Pavan Rathnayake blasted a 25-ball 44 in the back end as SL posted 178 for 7.

In reply, Brian Bennett (63) hit a fifty and skipper Sikandar Raza (45) produced the needed acceleration as Zimbabwe chased down the total, scoring 182-4 in 19.3 overs to top the group.

Earlier, Graeme Cremer (2/27), Blessing Muzarabani (2/38) and Brad Evans (2/35) claimed two wickets each for Zimbabwe.

Both the teams have qualified for the Super 8s.

Theekshana is back in the attack and he fires the ball in, Munyonga rocks back and pulls it over mid-wicket for a six.

2 needed now. Munyonga then takes a single to deep backward point for a single. Scores level now. Bennett drives the ball to cover to bring up the winning runs with a boundary and Zimbabwe win by 6 wickets.

Tony Munyonga is the new man in.

And after a wide, he takes a single to cover to get off the mark as a wicket and 5 runs come off it.

Tashinga Musekiwa is the new man in and is off the mark with a single over extra cover

Bennettt then takes a single to long off.

Musekiwa then tries to loft it down the ground, Shanaka runs back to his left from mid on and nearly collides with his teammate but manages to keep his eye on the ball and hold on to the ball and Zimbabwe lose their 4th wicket.

Dushan Hemantha is back in the attack and Bennett takes a single to mid-wicket.

Raza then thumps the ball straight to Shanaka at extra cover. He is out for 45 off 26.

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