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Zimbabwe vs Australia Scorecard, Match 19, ICC T20 World Cup
Result · Feb 13 2026, Fri - 11:00 AM (IST)
ZIMBABWE169/2
AUSTRALIA146
Zimbabwe won by 23 runs
CRR:7.49
Player Of The Match
Match Info
| Series: | 20/20 World Cup |
| Date: | Feb 13 2026, Fri - 11:00 AM (IST) |
| Country: | Sri Lanka |
| City: | Colombo |
| Venue: | R. Premadasa Stadium |
| Toss: | Australia won the toss and elected to bowl. |
| Australia Playing XI: | Travis Head (c), Josh Inglis (wk), Cameron Green, Tim David, Marcus Stoinis, Glenn Maxwell, Matt Renshaw, Ben Dwarshuis, Nathan Ellis, Adam Zampa, Matthew Kuhnemann |
| Zimbabwe Playing XI: | Brian Bennett, Tadiwanashe Marumani (wk), Dion Myers, Sikandar Raza (c), Ryan Burl, Tony Munyonga, Tashinga Musekiwa, Brad Evans, Wellington Masakadza, Graeme Cremer, Blessing Muzarabani |
- Australia have won their last two men’s T20Is against Zimbabwe, after losing their only meeting in the format prior to that span (12 September 2007 in Cape Town – ICC Men’s T20 World Cup).
- Australia defeated Ireland by 67 runs in their opening game of this ICC Men’s T20 World Cup (11 February 2026); they will be aiming for consecutive wins to begin the tournament for the fifth time (2010, 2012, 2021, 2024).
- Zimbabwe defeated Oman by eight wickets in their opening game of this ICC Men’s T20 World Cup (9 February 2026); the last time they won back-to-back games in the competition was in October 2022 (a streak of two games).
- Australia will be aiming for consecutive wins in men’s T20Is in Asia for the first time since June 2022, following their 67-run victory against Ireland last time out (11 February 2026) which snapped a five-match losing run on the continent in the format.
- Zimbabwe have scored at least 60% of their runs from boundaries in each of their last three men’s T20I innings; they hadn’t done so in any of their six innings in the format prior to that span.
- Australia have scored 180+ runs in each of their last two ICC Men’s T20 World Cup innings; it’s the first time they’ve done so in consecutive innings in the history of the tournament.
- Brian Bennett (Zimbabwe) has scored 590 runs at an average of 49.2 across his last 13 T20I batting innings; he’s recorded 45+ runs in four of his last six innings in that span, including 48* against Oman last time out in this ICC Men’s T20 World Cup (9 February 2026).
- Nathan Ellis (Australia) has taken 17 wickets at a strike rate of 10.5 across his last eight T20 bowling innings (x7 Big Bash League, x1 T20I), recording at least one wicket in each of those eight innings; he logged figures of 4-12 against Ireland last time out (11 February 2026), becoming the sixth player to take 4+ wickets in an innings for Australia in ICC Men’s T20 World Cup history.
- Blessing Muzarabani (96) is four away from becoming the third player to record 100 wickets for Zimbabwe in men’s T20Is (Richard Ngarava – 111, Sikandar Raza – 103); he’s taken at least two wickets in each of his last two innings in the format.
- Marcus Stoinis (Australia) has scored 428 runs at an average of 47.6 across his last 13 T20 batting innings (x8 Big Bash League, x5 T20I); he hasn’t been dismissed in three of all his five ICC Men’s T20 World Cup innings in Asia (24*, 16*, 0, 40*, 45).