| Group : B |
| Match 19 : Australia vs Zimbabwe live |
| Friday, February 13, 2026 |
| R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo |
| Time : 11:00 AM | 5:30 am GMT | 11:00 am Local |
Match 19 : Brian Bennett's 64 runs followed by Blessing Muzarabani's 4 for 17 powered Zimbabwe to upset Australia by 23 runs
19th match of ICC t20 Worldcup 2026 played between Australia vs Zimbabwe at R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo on Friday, February 13, 2026.
Putting into bat first by Australia, Zimbabwe with top orders wonderful batting set good target of 170 runs. Brian Bennett with 64 runs, Tadiwanashe Marumani & Ryan Burl with 35 runs each were top scorers. Australia team in reply with por batting all out scoring 146 runs and lost the match by 23 runs. Blessing Muzarabani bowled well and took 4 wickets of 17 runs. He declared man of the match.
Man of the match :- Blessing Muzarabani (Zim) |
Match 19 : Aus vs Zim Live Scorecard
Toss : Australia, elected to field first
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| Result : Zimbabwe won by 23 runs |
| Man of The Match : Blessing Muzarabani (Zim) |
| Points - Zimbabwe 2, Australia 0 |
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Batting |
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R |
B |
4s |
6s |
SR |
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Brian Bennett |
not out |
64 |
56 |
7 |
0 |
114.24 |
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Tadiwanashe Marumani (w) |
c Inglis b Stoinis |
35 |
21 |
7 |
0 |
166.66 |
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Ryan Burl |
c sub (XC Bartlett) b Green |
35 |
30 |
4 |
0 |
116.66 |
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Sikandar Raza (c) |
not out |
25 |
13 |
2 |
1 |
192.30 |
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Dion Myers |
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Tony Munyonga |
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Tashinga Musekiwa |
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Brad Evans |
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Wellington Masakadza |
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Graeme Cremer |
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Blessing Muzarabani |
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Extras (lb 3, w 7) |
10 |
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Total (20.0 overs) |
169/2 |
RR: 8.45 |
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Bowling |
O |
M |
R |
W |
NB |
WB |
Eco |
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Ben Dwarshuis |
4 |
0 |
40 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
10.00 |
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Marcus Stoinis |
2.5 |
0 |
17 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
6.00 |
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Glenn Maxwell |
1 |
0 |
14 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
14.00 |
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Matthew Kuhnemann |
3 |
0 |
24 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
8.00 |
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Nathan Ellis |
4 |
0 |
34 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
8.50 |
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Adam Zampa |
4 |
0 |
31 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
7.75 |
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Cameron Green |
1.1 |
0 |
6 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
5.14 |
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Batting |
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R |
B |
4s |
6s |
SR |
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Josh Inglis (w) |
c Musekiwa b Muzarabani |
8 |
4 |
0 |
1 |
200.00 |
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Travis Head (c) |
b Evans |
17 |
15 |
3 |
0 |
113.33 |
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Cameron Green |
c Marumani b Evans |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0.00 |
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Tim David |
c Cremer b Muzarabani |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0.00 |
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Glenn Maxwell |
b Burl |
31 |
32 |
1 |
1 |
96.87 |
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Matt Renshaw |
c Burl b Muzarabani |
65 |
44 |
5 |
1 |
147.72 |
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Marcus Stoinis |
c Musekiwa b Masakadza |
6 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
150.00 |
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Ben Dwarshuis |
c Munyonga b Evans |
6 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
85.71 |
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Nathan Ellis |
not out |
7 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
175.00 |
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Adam Zampa |
b Muzarabani |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
100.00 |
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Matthew Kuhnemann |
run out (Evans) |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0.00 |
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Extras (lb 2, w 2) |
4 |
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Total (19.3 overs) |
146/10 |
RR: 7.48 |
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Bowling |
O |
M |
R |
W |
NB |
WB |
Eco |
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Sikandar Raza |
2 |
0 |
17 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
8.50 |
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Blessing Muzarabani |
4 |
0 |
17 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
4.25 |
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Brad Evans |
3.3 |
0 |
23 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
6.57 |
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Dion Myers |
1 |
0 |
9 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
9.00 |
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Graeme Cremer |
4 |
0 |
33 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
8.25 |
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Wellington Masakadza |
4 |
0 |
36 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
9.00 |
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Ryan Burl |
1 |
0 |
9 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
9.00 |
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