“24 October 2024, the day to remember for the cricket fans”. The complete carnage at ‘Ruaraka Sports Club Ground’. Recently India have setted new standards of T20I cricket and now, Zimbabwe continued the sequence. On Wednesday night fans witnessed the most fierce and explosive batting performance of all time. This was the first ever encounter of Gambia with Zimbabwe. We bring you all of the moments and top performances from the Gambia national cricket team vs Zimbabwe national cricket team match scorecard through this post.
Gambia National Cricket Team Vs Zimbabwe National Cricket Team Match Scorecard Of World T20 Qualifier
On 24 October of 2024 Gambia and Zimbabwe played the 12th match of World T20 qualifier at Ruaraka Sports Club Ground. Zimbabwe completely outperformed Gambia in this match. No one expected that match to end like this. It felt like Zimbabwe already won in the first innings. Here is the Gambia national cricket team vs Zimbabwe national cricket team match scorecard.
Zimbabwe
| Batting | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | S/R |
| Brian Bennett | 50 | 26 | 7 | 1 | 192.31 |
| Tadiwanashe Marunami(wk) | 62 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 326.32 |
| Dion Myers | 12 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 240.00 |
| Sikandar Raza(c) | 133* | 43 | 7 | 15 | 309.30 |
| Ryan Burl | 25 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 227.27 |
| Clive Madande | 53* | 17 | 3 | 5 | 311.76 |
Total- 344/4 (20 overs)
| Bowling | Overs | Maiden | Runs | Wickets | Economy |
| Bubacarr Kuyateh | 4.0 | 0 | 57 | 1 | 14.25 |
| Musa Jobarteh | 4.0 | 0 | 93 | 0 | 23.25 |
| Arjunsingh Rajpurohit | 3.0 | 0 | 51 | 1 | 17.00 |
| Andre Jarju | 4.0 | 0 | 53 | 2 | 13.25 |
| Asim Ashraf | 4.0 | 0 | 64 | 0 | 16.00 |
| Ismaila Tamba(c) | 1.0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 24.00 |
Gambia
| Batting | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | S/R |
| Ismaila Tamba(c) | 5 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 45.45 |
| Muhammed Manga(wk) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Asim Ashraf | 7 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 26.92 |
| Arjunsingh Rajpurohit | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 80.00 |
| Frank Campbell | 7 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 77.78 |
| Mustapha Suwaresh | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 25.00 |
| Bubacarr Kuyteh | 2 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 13.33 |
| Gabriel Riley | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 |
| Musa Jobarteh | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Andre Jarju | 12* | 12 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 |
| Basiru Jaye | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
Total- 54/10 (14.4 overs)
| Bowling | Overs | Maiden | Runs | Wickets | Economy |
| Richard Ngarava | 4.0 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 3.25 |
| Blessing Muzarabani | 3.0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 6.33 |
| Brandon Mavuta | 4.0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 2.50 |
| Wesley Madhgeve | 3.0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 2.33 |
| Ryan Burl | 0.4 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 7.50 |
Zimbabwe won the match by 290 runs
Match Summary
Captain of Zimbabwe ‘Sikandar Raza’ won the toss and decided to bat first.
First Innings
Zimbabwe started the innings with explosive batting; they hitted around 100 runs in the powerplay. ‘Marunami’ got out after hitting 62 runs off 19 balls. In the last ball of the 7th over ‘Arjun Singh’ picked ‘Dion Myers’. But, after that complete carnage from the skipper ‘Sikandar Raza’ played an unbelievable knock of 133 runs in 43 balls. Along with him ‘Clive Madande’ completed his half century in a short time and zimbabwe broke the record of highest T20 total. By putting 344 runs on board.
Second Innings
As expected Gambia started collapsing from the first over. ‘Richard’ took the first wicket on the 5th ball of the first over. He bowled out both of the openers in his first 2 over spell. Following him, other bowlers also started attacking and picking wickets. By the end of the 15th over the whole Gambia team was back in the pavilion just after making 56 runs.
Top Performers
Here we have mentioned top performers from the Gambia national cricket team vs Zimbabwe national cricket team match scorecard.
- Sikandar Raza
- Tadiwanashe Marumani
- Clive Madane
- Brian Bennett
- Richard Ngarava
- Brandon Mavuta
Man of the Match
‘Siakandar Raza’ was the player of the match for his amazing knock of 133 runs.
Records From Gambia National Cricket Team Vs Zimbabwe National Cricket Team Match
The Gambia national cricket team vs Zimbabwe national cricket team match scorecard broke numerous records of T20I format. Here we have mentioned them.
- 344- Highest T20I team total
- 290- Highest margin of victory by runs in a T20I
- 27- Most sixes in an innings of T20I
- 30- Joint record of most fours in a T20I innings
- 4- Most half centuries in a T20I innings
- 17- Most Player of the Match awards in T20I Matches “Sikandar Raza”
- 93- Most runs conceded by a bowler in a T20I match “Musa Jobarteh”
History
Whereas Zimbabwe is a full member of ICC, While Gambia is an associate member. Here we provided a short overview of both teams.
Gambia
Gambia first became an affiliate member of ICC in 2002 and in 2017 they became associate member. They only have T20I status and played their first T20I match in 2022 against Eswatini. They have only played a total of 12 matches.
Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe have been a full member of ICC since 1992 and they played their first test in the same year they got full membership. They played their first test against India at ‘Harare Sports club’ on 22nd October of 1992.
Conclusion
The Gambia national cricket team vs Zimbabwe national cricket team match scorecard is not just a simple scorecard. It’s a collection of iconic moments and some unforgettable performances. This match setted some new standards for the T20I format. Zimbabwe broke numerous records in a single match against Gambia. This could be the start of a new era in modern day cricket.
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