Zimbabwe plundered the very best rating in T20 cricket after racking up 344-4 in opposition to The Gambia within the sides’ regional World Cup qualifier in Nairobi.
The Chevrons’ complete eclipsed the 314-3 Nepal cracked in opposition to Mongolia in September 2023.
Zimbabwe’s Sikandar Raza hit 133 not out from 43 balls, reaching his century in 33 deliveries and hitting 15 sixes and 7 fours.
The Gambia had been rolled for 54 in 14.4 overs in reply as Zimbabwe secured a 290-run win, the very best victory margin within the format, trumping Nepal’s 273-run demolition of Mongolia.
Gambian seamer Musa Jobarteh registered eye-watering figures of 0-93 from his 4 overs, giving him an economic system fee of 23.25.
These figures had been the costliest in T20 cricket, eclipsing the 0-82 Derbyshire leg-spinner Matthew McKiernan conceded in opposition to Somerset within the Vitality Blast in 2022.
Zimbabwe openers Brian Bennett (50 off 26) and Tadiwanashe Marumani (62 off 19) hammered 98 for the primary wicket in 34 balls, earlier than Raza and Clive Madande (53no off 17) thumped 141 in 40 deliveries for the fifth wicket.
Zimbabwe – whose 27 sixes was additionally a file in males’s T20Is – are hoping to advance to the following stage of Africa qualifying for the 2026 T20 World Cup in India and Sri Lanka
It was a day of cricketing data being smashed with New Zealander Chad Bowes hitting the quickest Record A double century, from 103 balls, whereas batting for Canterbury in opposition to Otago.
