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Tanzania – 96-9 in 20 overs (Salum Jumbe 24*, Abhik Patwa 18, Ally Kimote 16; Sikandar Raza 3/10, Richard Ngarava 3/17, Ryan Burl 1/11)
Zimbabwe – 98-1 in 10.4 overs (Tadiwanashe Marumani 39*, Sean Williams 36*, Innocent Kaia 21; Sanjay Thakor 1/6)
Zimbabwe won by nine wickets
Zimbabwe recorded their first victory at the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Qualifier Africa Final 2023 after walloping Tanzania by nine wickets with almost 10 overs to spare at the United Cricket Ground in Windhoek on Thursday.
On winning the toss, Zimbabwe – who suffered a heavy defeat at the hands of the hosts Namibia in their opening match at this tournament on Wednesday – put Tanzania in to bat first and their bowlers were soon among the wickets.
Richard Ngarava started it off with two quick scalps, but the captain, Abhik Patwa, showed some determined resistance as he scored 18 runs off 33 balls before he was bowled by Sikandar Raza.
The middle order crumbled and Tanzania appeared to be heading for humiliation when their seventh wicket fell at 40 in the 14th over.
However, the later batters showed some spirit, with Ally Kimote at number nine starting the fightback with 16 off 15 balls.
Their number 10, Salum Jumbe, did even better, hitting powerfully to score 24 not out off 14 deliveries, with two sixes and a four.
Kimote was caught off Ngarava off the penultimate ball of the innings, which closed at 96 for nine.
Ngarava took three wickets for 17 and Raza had three for 10, both bowling four overs, while there was a wicket each for Tendai Chatara and Ryan Burl.
Zimbabwe opened their batting with Innocent Kaia and Tadiwanashe Marumani, who made 36 together off the first four overs.
Kaia was then caught off Sanjay Thakor for 21, scored off 18 balls.
Sean Williams then joined Marumani and the pair romped to victory without further loss.
Marumani scored 39 not out off 27 balls, winning the match with a six over midwicket, while Williams was unbeaten with 36 off 19.
Zimbabwe completed their nine-wicket victory with 9.2 overs to spare.
Their next match is against Uganda on Sunday.
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