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Oman vs Zimbabwe Scorecard, Match 8, ICC T20 World Cup
Result · Feb 09 2026, Mon - 03:00 PM (IST)
OMAN103
ZIMBABWE106/2
Zimbabwe won by 8 wickets
CRR:7.85
Player Of The Match
Match Info
| Series: | 20/20 World Cup |
| Date: | Feb 09 2026, Mon - 03:00 PM (IST) |
| Country: | Sri Lanka |
| City: | Colombo |
| Venue: | Sinhalese Sports Club Ground |
| Toss: | Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to bowl. |
| Zimbabwe Playing XI: | Brian Bennett, Tadiwanashe Marumani, Dion Myers, Brendan Taylor (wk), Sikandar Raza (c), Ryan Burl, Tashinga Musekiwa, Brad Evans, Wellington Masakadza, Richard Ngarava, Blessing Muzarabani |
| Oman Playing XI: | Jatinder Singh (c), Aamir Kaleem, Hammad Mirza, Wasim Ali, Karan Sonavale, Jiten Ramanandi, Vinayak Shukla (wk), Sufyan Mehmood, Nadeem Khan, Shah Faisal, Shakeel Ahmad |
- This is set to be the first men’s T20I between Zimbabwe and Oman; Zimbabwe have won 15 of their last 16 matches in the format against ICC associate members (L1) while Oman have lost their last eight matches in the format against ICC full members.
- Zimbabwe have won only one of their last seven men’s T20Is (L6) – a 67-run victory against Sri Lanka (20 November 2025 in Rawalpindi); they had won five consecutive matches in the format prior to that span.
- Oman have won eight of their last nine men’s T20Is (L1), including each of their last two; their only defeat in that span was a 38-run loss against Nepal (15 October 2025).
- Oman are winless in their last six ICC Men’s T20 World Cup matches (T1 L5) while Zimbabwe have lost their last three matches in the tournament after winning seven of their nine games prior at this stage (L2).
- Zimbabwe recorded a collective batting average of 44.3 at the Africa Qualifier tournament for this ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, the best of any team; in addition, they scored 61% of their runs from boundaries – the highest rate of any team in the campaign.
- Oman recorded the best collective bowling average (13.9) and bowling strike rate (14.1) of any team at the Asia & East Asia Pacific Qualifier tournament for this ICC Men’s T20 World Cup; in addition, they conceded 1.86 runs per scoring shot when they bowled – the best average of any team in the campaign.
- Zimbabwe duo Brian Bennett (33.7%) and Brendan Taylor (30.1%) scored a higher percentage of their team’s runs when they played than any other players at the Africa Qualifier tournament for this ICC Men’s T20 World Cup.
- Vinayak Shukla (Oman) recorded a batting strike rate of 159.2 from 76 balls faced at the Asia & East Asia Pacific Qualifier tournament for this ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, the best of any player (min. 50 balls faced) in the campaign.
- Blessing Muzarabani (Zimbabwe) bowled 60 dot balls at the Africa Qualifier tournament for this ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, four more than any other player in the campaign.
- Batters played a false shot on 54 of Shah Faisal’s (Oman) balls bowled at the Asia & East Asia Pacific Qualifier tournament for this ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, more than any other player in the campaign.
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