ICC Men's T20 World Cup, B

Zimbabwe v Australia

Zimbabwe 169/2 20 ov
Australia 146 19.3 ov

Zimbabwe won by 23 runs

Venue
R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Date
Fri, 13 February 2026
Toss
Australia won the toss and chose to field
Player of the match
Blessing Muzarabani

The match

Before a ball was bowled the model made Australia 58% favourites, from the two XIs that took the field. They lost.

Zimbabwe win

Australia win

Zimbabwe batAustralia chase 170

Turning point +22 to Zimbabwe. 14.2, the chase: Ryan Burl to Glenn Maxwell, wicket, 106/5, needing 64. Zimbabwe went from 59% to 81%.

Moved it most Glenn Maxwell −32.3 · Brad Evans +29.9 · Matthew Renshaw +23.1 · Tim David −18.9

BattingRB4s6sSRWin
Brian Bennettnot out64*5670114.3−13.2
T Marumanic JP Inglis b MP Stoinis352170166.7+1.6
Ryan Burlc XC Bartlett (sub) b C Green353040116.7−8.5
Sikandar Razanot out25*1321192.3+8.2
Extras lb 3, w 710
Total 20 ov, 8.45 an over169/2

Did not bat Dion Myers, T Munyonga, T Musekiwa, Brad Evans, Wellington Masakadza, Alexander Cremer, Blessing Muzarabani

Fall of wickets 61-1 (Marumani, 7.3), 131-2 (Burl, 16)

BowlingOMRWEconDotsWdNbWin
Benjamin Dwarshuis4040010.00810−4.9
Marcus Stoinis2.501716.00920+1.5
Glenn Maxwell1014014.00100−0.4
Matthew Kuhnemann302408.00500−0.3
Nathan Ellis403408.50910+2.1
Adam Zampa403107.75600+0.2
Cameron Green1.10615.14430+3.7

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Ball by ball

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The balls that decided it