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T20 WC West Indies vs Zimbabwe Updates: Windies' batters on the rampage!

Mon, 23 February 2026

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20:20

Powell, Hetmyer pile on the runs!

WI 169-2 (14 ovs) vs Zimbabwe | SCORECARD

Pacer Evans continues as Hetmyer pushes the first ball to long-on for a single and Powell muscles the next, a slower ball, over long-off for a six.

Evans bowls a short ball down the leg side for a wide before he clips the next off his pads for two runs.

Powell swings hard but gets it off the outside edge over short thirdman for a four.

Another boundary off the edge as Powell top edges the pull shot with the ball flying over short fine leg for a four.

A single off the last ball makes it 19 runs from the 14th over.

West Indies have raced to 169/2 in 14 overs, at a run rate of 12.07.

Hetmyer has smashed 79 from 32 balls while Powell has cut loose after a struggling start to hit 49 from 28 balls. The duo have put on 115 from 49 balls for the third wicket to put West Indies on course for a huge total.

20:20

Windies' batters on the rampage!

WI 150-2 (13 ovs) vs Zimbabwe | SCORECARD

Pacer Dion Myers comes into the attack. West Indies are now attacking from both ends as Powell seems to be rediscovering his touch with the bat.

Myers starts with a wide before Hetmyer manages to get a short wide delivery over short thirdman for a four followed by a single.

Powell hammers a short ball in the gap between deep square leg and deep midwicket for a boundary and hits the next to long-off for one.

Myers bowls another wide and Hetmyer punches the next through the covers for a single.

Powell launches the last ball into the second tier of the stands at long-off for another mighty six -- the ninth of the West Indies innings -- as they race to 150/2 in 13 overs.

20:20

Hetmyer dropped twice by Musekiwa

WI 131-2 (12 ovs) vs Zimbabwe | SCORECARD

Cremer getting some sharp turn as Powell goes for the big slog sweep but misses before he takes one down to long-on.

Hetmyer sweeps the third ball for a single and Powell miscues the pull shot but manages to get it over the bowler's head for two runs.

Powell keeps strike with a single from the last ball as Creamer bowls another tidy over, conceding just five runs in the 11th over.

Pacer Brad Evans comes into the attack. Hetmyer gets another lifeline as Tashinga Musekiwa again puts down the left-hander at deep midwicket.

He miscues the heave over the leg side as the ball goes high and Musekiwa has enough time to judge the catch but he somehow ends up grassing the ball, leaving all his team-mates shell shocked.

Hetmyer was earlier dropped on nine off Muzarabani in the fourth over and he went on a rampage after that reprieve.

He has now been dropped on 70 (from 26 balls). How costly will those two dropped catches prove for Zimbabwe?

Powell breaks free as he flicks Evans over midwicket for a six to get 11 runs from the 12th over.

19:57

Hetmyer slams 19-ball fifty; WI race past 100

Shimron Hetmyer

WI 115-2 (10 ovs) vs Zimbabwe | SCORECARD

Powell joins the party as he pulls the short ball from Creamer through midwicket for his first boundary.

Powell has been content to play second fiddle, looking to rotate strike and get Hetmyer back on strike.

It won't be long before Powell also decides to break free.

Creamer ends his over with a beauty, getting the full delivery to turn sharply and beat Powell on the outside edge as he attempted to defend.

There is an appeal for stumping but Powell's feet were firmly grounded in the crease.

Creamer doing well to concede just six runs in his second over.

Raza continues and Hetmyer continues to target him. The left-hander heaves the first ball over midwicket for a huge six as West Indies race past 100, in the 10th over.

Raza bowls a wide down the leg side before Hetmyer easily cuts a short wide ball past point for a four and then takes a single.

Powell struggling to get bat on ball as Raza strikes him on the pads with the quicker delivery which skids through.

The leg before appeal is turned down before Zimbabwe take the DRS. There is some spike on the UltraEdge confirming the inside edge as the review is lost.

Change of tactics from Powell as he uses his feet to hit the spinner down to long-on for one.

Hetmyer cuts the last ball for another boundary behind point as West Indies race to 115/2 in 10 overs at the halfway mark.

Hetmyer has single-handedly put West Indies in control, blazing his way to an entertaining 69 from 25 balls, with six sixes and as many fours.

Raza, who went for 20 in his first over, has conceded 17 in his next.

19:46

Shimron Hetmyer slams 19-ball fifty

Shimron Hetmyer

WI 92-2 (8 ovs) vs Zimbabwe | SCORECARD

Leg-spinner Graeme Creamer comes into the attack after the Powerplay. Powell pushes the first ball into the leg side for a single and Hetmyer sweeps the next for a couple.

A single each to the two batters before Hetmyer steps out to launch the spinner high into the stands over midwicket for a six.

Creamer gives it some flight and this time Hetmyer slog sweeps it over midwicket for back to back sixes, to get 17 from the spinner's first over.

Off-spinner Sikandar Raza comes into the attack. But there is no stopping Hetmyer's counter-attack as he swings the spinner over midwicket for his third six in a row.

Two balls later, Hetmyer whips it powerfully off his pads clearing the fielder at deep square leg for another six,

Hetmyer on fire! He continues his assault as he sweeps Raza over deep square leg for the third six of the over.

Hetmyer races to his fifty from just 19 balls -- the fastest half-century by a West Indies batter in T20 World Cup.

19:37

Shai Hope out for 14; WI 2 down

Zimbabwe's players celebrate a wicket.

WI 55-2 (6 ovs) vs Zimbabwe | SCORECARD

Pacer Brad Evans comes into the attack. Hetmyer heaves the first ball for a single before Hope fails to middle the pull shot but clears the fielder at mid-on for two runs.

Hope looking to break free as he smashes the fourth ball inside out over the covers for a four as West Indies go past 50.

Evans makes the breakthrough with the key wicket of Hope, who mistimes the pull shot off a slower ball. Brian Bennett comes up with a superb running catch at deep midwicket to send back Hope for 14.

This was an important strike for Zimbabwe as West Indies were looking to go on the attack.

Rovman Powell gets off the mark with a single off the last ball.

West Indies are 55/2 in six overs, with Hetmyer on 20 from 11 balls.

Zimbabwe's pacers have done well in the Powerplay. It could have been even better if they had not dropped the crucial catch of Hetmyer.

19:29

Hetmyer rallies Windies after early wicket

WI 46-1 (5 ovs) vs Zimbabwe | SCORECARD

Muzarabani continues as Hetmyer pulls the second ball over short fine leg for a boundary.

However, Zimbabwe miss a big chance next ball. Left-hander Hetmyer pulls the next ball square on the leg side as the fielder at deep square leg puts down a simple chance.

A big let-off for the West Indies as Hetmyer (9) survives an early chance.

Muzarabani bowls a cracking delivery to beat Hope on the outside edge courtesy of some extra bounce and movement.

Hope has another close shave as he inside edges the last ball which misses the stumps and goes on the leg side for two runs.

Ngarava to bowl his third over in the Powerplay. The first ball is short and down the leg side as Hetmyer misses the pull shot but it goes fine off the pads for four leg byes.

Hetmyer then slashes a full wide delivery behind point for a four before he powerfully heaves a short ball over midwicket for the same result.

Hetmyer gets the leading edge as he looks to clip it off his pads but it falls short of the fielder at mid-off.

Hope has a big swing but fails to connect with the length ball angled across. He punches the last ball in the gap through extra cover for another boundary, as Ngarava goes for 17 in his third over.

West Indies have recovered to 46/1 in five overs.

19:20

Ngarava strikes; WI lose early wicket

WI 22-1 (3 ovs) vs Zimbabwe | SCORECARD

Ngarava struggling with his line. He starts his second over with a full delivery down the leg side as King misses the glance but the ball goes fine off his pads for four leg byes.

The next ball is a half-tracker as King pulls it powerfully over midwicket for a six.

However, the pacer redeems himself two balls later with the wicket of King, who pulls the slower short ball straight to the fielder at deep square leg to be dismissed for nine.

An early blow for West Indies as Zimbabwe strike with a vital wicket in the Powerplay.

Shimron Hetmyer at No 3 makes an immediate statement as he hammers the first ball he faces, from Ngarava over mid-on, for a boundary to get off the mark in some style.

He gets a thick outside edge last ball for a single to retain strike.

19:11

West Indies off to a watchful start

WI 7-0 (2 ovs) vs Zimbabwe | SCORECARD

Brandon King and Shai Hope are the two openers for West Indies, while left-arm pacer Richard Ngarava will open the bowling for Zimbabwe.

The first ball is on length and slanted across as King pushes it on the off-side for a single followed by a wide down the leg side.

Another full delivery down the leg side as King misses the glance but it clips the batter's pads.

Hope taps the third ball into the covers for one to get off the mark before King misses the glance again to collect a leg bye as four runs come from the opening over.

Blessing Muzarabani from the other end. King fails to get the pull shot off the middle for a single on the leg side before Hope also gets just one off the next.

Muzarabani bowls a beauty to beat King, who plays from the crease and is beaten on the outside edge before he takes a single.

West Indies off to a slow start as they get just seven from the first two overs.

18:47

West Indies bring in Romario Shepherd

Zimbabwe cricket team

Both teams have brought in an extra pace bowler in place of a spinner on a Wankhede pitch where the big-hitting batters make merry, feasting on its short boundaries.

Zimbabwe shocked Australia and Sri Lanka to finish unbeaten in the group stages. Similarly, West Indies also won all their four group matches, including a fine victory against England.

The tall Zimbabwe pace duo of Richard Ngarava and Blessing Muzarabani will be looking to get some extra bounce with the new ball and strike a few early wickets. If West Indies get going with the bat, their explosive batting line-up will be impossible to stop in the second half of the innings.

Check out the playing XIs:

West Indies: Shai Hope (Captain, w/k), Brandon King, Shimron Hetmyer, Rovman Powell, Sherfane Rutherford, Jason Holder, Romario Shepherd, Matthew Forde, Akeal Hosein, Gudakesh Motie, Shamar Joseph.

Zimbabwe: Brian Bennett, Tadiwanashe Marumani (w/k), Dion Myers, Sikandar Raza (Captain), Ryan Burl, Tony Munyonga, Tashinga Musekiwa, Brad Evans, Graeme Cremer, Richard Ngarava, Blessing Muzarabani.

18:37

Zimbabwe elect to bowl vs WI

Zimbabwe captain Sikandar Raza has won the toss and elected to bowl against West Indies in the T20 World Cup Super 8s match in Mumbai on Monday.

'Looking at the history of the ground, it is suitable for chasing,' says Raza at the toss.

Zimbabwe have made one change as pacer Richard Ngarava replaces spinner Wellington Masakadza.

West Indies have also made a change with pace all-rounder Romario Shepherd coming for spin all-rounder Roston Chase.

18:07

West Indies flair up against Zimbabwe grit in Super 8s

West Indies' players celebrate a wicket.

Welcome to the coverage of the ICC T20 World Cup Super 8s match between West Indies and Zimbabwe at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Monday.

A remarkably assured West Indies will be wary of Zimbabwe's steely resolve when the two unbeaten teams face off in a vital Super 8s clash.

The West Indies and Zimbabwe topped their respective groups in the first round but the job is far from finished for them as sterner challenges lie ahead.

For two-time champions the West Indies, it will be another test of their self-assured approach in a format they truly thrive in and bring a flair which perhaps no other team does.

With four wins on the trot, the West Indies have ensured their series defeats in as many as seven bilateral affairs in the lead-up to the T20 World Cup is a matter of past.

The Caribbean side has once again emerged a force to reckon with, especially with the commanding win over peers England and dominating performances in which it brushed aside lower-ranked teams.

On the other hand, Zimbabwe have made the cricketing world yearn for more with their inspirational run so far, one in which they have thwarted challenges from former multi-format World champions Australia and Sri Lanka with great aplomb.

Zimbabwe have ticked the boxes of earning "respect and recognition" which they had set out for apart from making it to the Super Eight.

But in a group consisting the indomitable South Africans, the West Indies and title-favourites India, Zimbabwe will fancy their chances of causing maximum damage and see how far they can go.

Zimbabwe's self-belief and confidence matches their all-round strength as they now find themselves in the big boys' club where stakes are much higher than this band is used to.

The young Brian Bennett has been a star with the bat with two fifties and a total of 175 runs putting him at the top of Zimbabwe's run-scoring chart.

But, interestingly, the 22-year-old right-handed batter is yet to hit a six in this T20 World Cup, a fact that will not go unnoticed in the Caribbean camp at the planning stage.

In all, the Zimbabweans have hit a grand total of eight sixes in this tournament as opposed to 36 from the West Indies in four matches alone. It is worth mentioning that the Sikandar Raza-led side played all their leagues games on more challenging pitches of Sri Lanka while the West Indies were based in India.

With shorter boundary limits and assumed flatness of the surface at the Wankhede stadium, it is one area that the West Indies would look to exploit as power-hitting remains their forte.

Teams:

West Indies: Shai Hope (captaon & wicketkeeper), Johnson Charles (wk), Shimron Hetmyer, Brandon King, Rovman Powell, Sherfane Rutherford, Quentin Sampson, Roston Chase, Jason Holder, Romario Shepherd, Matthew Forde, Akeal Hosein, Shamar Joseph, Gudakesh Motie, Jayden Seales.

Zimbabwe: Sikandar Raza (captain), Ben Curran, Clive Madande (wk), Tadiwanashe Marumani, Dion Mayers, Brian Benett, Ryan Burl, Brad Evans, Tony Munyonga, Tashinga Musekiwa, Graeme Cremer, Tinotenda Maposa, Wellington Masakadza, Blessing Muzarabani, Richard Ngarava.

T20 WC West Indies vs Zimbabwe Updates: Windies' batters on the rampage!

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