Cricket Highlights, 21 Oct: ICC T20 World Cup 2022 – Match 12 (SCO vs ZIM)

SCO vs ZIM (Match 12) – Highlights

Scotland and Zimbabwe met in the 12th match of the T20 World Cup on Friday. Batting first in that match, Scotland set a low score target. Chasing that target, Zimbabwe reached the target before the allotted 20 overs were over. As a result, Scotland had to leave the field with a loss. Also, Sikandar Raza won the man of the match title by batting and bowling well for Zimbabwe.

The final group stage match in the T20 World Cup is another knockout battle. The team that wins will enter the Super Twelve. If you lose, the World Cup is over.

In such a match, Scotland could not capitalize. Despite George Munshi’s half-century, their innings stopped at 132 runs for 6 wickets. In other words, Zimbabwe needed only 133 runs to enter the Super Twelve.

Scotland captain Richie Berrington won the toss and elected to bat first at Hobart’s Bellerive Oval. The Zimbabwean bowlers kept the Scots under pressure from the start. Scotland lost 2 wickets to get 24 runs. Michael Jones (4) and Matthew Cross (1) returned to the dressing room. Then George Munsey made a partnership of 40 runs from 32 balls with Richie Berrington.

Captain Berrington was batting slowly. He could not hit any boundary after playing 15 balls and got out for 13. Munsey was playing on another edge. But his batting was not exactly like T20s. In the end, he was caught at the boundary off the first ball of the 17th over off Ngarava. His innings of 54 run off 51 balls included 7 boundaries.

Michael Leask wanted to take risks and increase the speed because the runs did not rise much. Then Muzarabani bowled this batter who scored 12 runs off 9 balls. Calum MacLeod was dismissed for 25 off 26 balls in the last over. Besides, Chris Greaves remains unbeaten on 3 runs and Josh Davey remains unbeaten on 4 runs. In the end, they set a target of 133 runs with 16 runs extra.

Tendai Chatara is the most successful bowler in Zimbabwe. This pacer took 2 wickets for 14 runs. Richard Ngarava took two wickets for 28 runs. Besides, Blessing Muzarabani and Sikandar Raja took 1 wicket each.

Again, Sikandar Raza. What bowling and what batting! He once again gave victory to Zimbabwe by showing excellent all-around skills. Not only did Scotland get sent off by a margin of 5 wickets, but Zimbabwe also confirmed the Super Twelve from the top of Group B.

In response, the Zimbabweans reached the target by losing 5 wickets with 9 balls in hand. Going into bat with a target of 133 runs, Zimbabwe lost two wickets in 7 runs and fell into extreme danger. Opener Regis Chakabva got out for 4 runs. Wesley Madhevere then returned without a run in 5 balls. Sean Williams departed after the team scored 42 runs. He scored only 7 runs.

Then skipper Craig Ervine and Sikandar Raza joined the pair. These two made a partnership of 64 runs. In the meantime, the king of Sikandar raised a storm. He scored 40 runs off 23 balls with 3 boundaries and 2 sixes. He got out after 106 runs. Then the game of 15 overs ended.

At that time Zimbabwe needed 27 runs in 5 overs. Batsman Craig Ervin was also out after 119 runs. He scored 58 runs off 54 balls. His batting, albeit slow, brought Zimbabwe to the port of victory. In the end, Milton Shumba scored 11 runs off 11 balls and Ryan Burl scored 9 runs off 5 balls to lead the team to victory.

Josh Davey took 2 wickets for Scotland. Brad Wheel, Mark Watt, and Mitchell Leask took 1 wicket each.

SCO vs ZIM Scoreboard

Scotland – 132/6 (20.0)

Zimbabwe – 133/5 (18.3) 

Result – Zimbabwe won by 5 wickets 

Player of the match – Sikandar Raza

SCO vs ZIM Playing XIs