tt15791 itt3482	Zimbabwe v Botswana
	ICC Men's T20 World Cup Africa Regional Final 2025/26 (Group B)
Venue	Harare Sports Club, Harare on 28th September 2025 (20-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Botswana won the toss and decided to field
Result	Zimbabwe won by 170 runs
Points	Zimbabwe 2; Botswana 0
Umpires	D Odhiambo (Kenya), C Schumacher (Namibia)
Referee	GH Pienaar (South Africa)
Player of the Match	BRM Taylor
Ball-by-ball	Innings 1, Innings 2

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Zimbabwe innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots	S-Rate
BJ Bennett	c and b Maisuria	65	33	53	7	4	12	196.97
+TR Marumani	b Kgosiemang	10	9	14	2	-	5	111.11
BRM Taylor	retired out	123	54	80	16	5	11	227.78
*Sikandar Raza	c Maisuria b Kgosiemang	21	10	15	1	2	2	210.00
RP Burl	c Tshose b Perera	12	9	30	-	1	3	133.33
T Musekiwa	not out	11	4	11	2	-	1	275.00
TT Munyonga	not out	9	5	10	2	-	2	180.00
BN Evans	did not bat
TT Maposa	did not bat
R Ngarava	did not bat
B Muzarabani	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 1 lb, 4 nb, 2 w)	8
Total	(5 wickets, innings closed, 20 overs)	259
Fall of wickets:
1-29 (Marumani, 2.2 ov), 2-141 (Bennett, 10.4 ov), 3-180 (Sikandar Raza, 13.6 ov), 4-232 (Taylor, 18.1 ov), 5-238 (Burl, 18.3 ov)

Botswana bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s	S-Rate	Econ
Kgosiemang	4	0	50	2	1	-	9	7	2	12.00	12.50
Perera	4	0	57	1	1	4	7	7	2	24.00	14.25
Piet	3	0	52	0	-	-	3	4	5	-	17.33
Tshose	4	0	48	0	-	-	6	5	2	-	12.00
Maisuria	4	0	31	1	-	-	9	5	-	24.00	7.75
Keganne	1	0	19	0	-	-	-	2	1	-	19.00

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Botswana innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots	S-Rate
K Modise	b Ngarava	0	1	1	-	-	1	0.00
VP Balakrishnan	c Marumani b Ngarava	1	3	13	-	-	2	33.33
*KM Motlhanka	c Munyonga b Muzarabani	4	8	8	1	-	7	50.00
+M Kasselman	b Evans	26	35	46	2	-	20	74.29
R Nehonde	lbw b Burl	6	13	25	-	-	8	46.15
T Perera	not out	31	32	44	4	-	14	96.88
T Tshose	b Burl	3	10	7	-	-	7	30.00
K Piet	c and b Sikandar Raza	3	6	8	-	-	3	50.00
D Maisuria	c Marumani b Maposa	6	11	10	1	-	8	54.55
B Keganne	not out	1	1	1	-	-	0	100.00
B Kgosiemang	did not bat
Extras	(8 w)	8
Total	(8 wickets, innings closed, 20 overs)	89
Fall of wickets:
1-0 (Modise, 0.1 ov), 2-8 (Motlhanka, 1.4 ov), 3-8 (Balakrishnan, 2.2 ov), 4-35 (Nehonde, 7.6 ov), 5-60 (Kasselman, 12.3 ov), 6-66 (Tshose, 14.5 ov), 7-72 (Piet, 17.1 ov), 8-88 (Maisuria, 19.5 ov)

Zimbabwe bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s	S-Rate	Econ
Ngarava	2	0	10	2	4	-	9	1	-	6.00	5.00
Muzarabani	3	0	9	1	-	-	12	1	-	18.00	3.00
Maposa	3	0	20	1	1	-	8	1	-	18.00	6.67
Burl	4	0	14	2	1	-	13	-	-	12.00	3.50
Evans	4	0	22	1	1	-	12	3	-	24.00	5.50
Sikandar Raza	4	2	14	1	-	-	16	2	-	24.00	3.50

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Notes
--> Zimbabwe powerplay 1: overs 1 to 6 (85/1)
--> Botswana powerplay 1: overs 1 to 6 (28/3)
--> Zimbabwe innings: 50 in 4.3 overs
--> Zimbabwe innings: 100 in 7.5 overs
--> Zimbabwe innings: 150 in 11.4 overs
--> Zimbabwe innings: 200 in 15.4 overs
--> Zimbabwe innings: 250 in 19.3 overs
--> Botswana innings: 50 in 11.2 overs
--> B Keganne made his debut in International Twenty20 matches
--> B Keganne made his debut in Twenty20 matches
--> BJ Bennett 50 in 19 balls with 5 fours and 4 sixes
--> BRM Taylor 50 in 20 balls with 7 fours and 2 sixes
--> BRM Taylor passed his previous highest score of 75 in International Twenty20 matches
--> BRM Taylor made his first century in International Twenty20 matches
--> BRM Taylor 100 in 46 balls with 14 fours and 3 sixes
--> BRM Taylor passed 4000 runs in Twenty20 matches when he reached 15
--> BJ Bennett (30) and BRM Taylor (20) added 50 in 21 balls for the Zimbabwe 2nd wicket
--> BJ Bennett (44) and BRM Taylor (54) added 100 in 42 balls for the Zimbabwe 2nd wicket
--> BRM Taylor (43) and RP Burl (6) added 50 in 24 balls for the Zimbabwe 4th wicket

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