2026 Males’s T20 World Cup Sub-Regional Africa Qualifier, Nairobi
Zimbabwe 344-4 (20.0): Raza 133* (43); Jarju 2-53
The Gambia 54 (14.4): Jarju (12*); Mavuta 3-10
Zimbabwe win by 290 runs
Zimbabwe have set a brand new world document for the very best rating in males’s T20 worldwide cricket, posting 344-4 towards The Gambia in Nairobi, Kenya.
Sikandar Raza ended his innings not out on 133 runs, having confronted simply 43 balls.
Zimbabwe gained the match, a part of qualifying for the 2026 World Cup, by 290 runs. Within the second innings, they bowled The Gambia all out for 54.
Zimbabwe’s document smashes the previous world record of 314-3 set by Nepal towards Mongolia final yr in Hangzhou, China.
Raza reached his century off 33 balls, equalling Namibia’s Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton because the second-fastest in T20I cricket.
Sahil Chauhan’s 27-ball hundred for Estonia towards Cyprus in June stays the quickest T20I century.
On prime of Raza’s century, Tadiwanashe Marumani (62 off 19 balls), Clive Madande (53 not out off 17 balls) and Brian Bennett (50 off 26 balls) all posted half-centuries throughout Zimbabwe’s record-breaking innings.
With the ball, Brandon Mavuta (3-10) and Richard Ngarava (3-13) took three wickets every.
Zimbabwe’s victory ensures they’ll advance into the ultimate spherical of Africa qualifying for the 2026 World Cup, happening subsequent yr. 5 of the opposite seven spots have additionally been determined, with Namibia, Uganda, Tanzania, Malawi and Kenya additionally advancing.