Zimbabwe won by 23 runs
Australia won the toss and elected to bowl
Player of the Match Blessing Muzarabani
Australia vs Zimbabwe finished Zimbabwe won by 23 runs. The match is part of the ICC Men's T20 World Cup - 19th Match. It was played at R.Premadasa Stadium, Colombo. Date: Friday, 13 February 2026. Player of the match: Blessing Muzarabani. Australia won the toss and elected to bowl
Zimbabwe Innings 169/2 (20 ov). Top scorer: Brian Bennett 64 (56). Best bowling: Marcus Stoinis 1/17.
Australia Innings 146/10 (19.3 ov). Top scorer: Matt Renshaw 65 (44). Best bowling: Blessing Muzarabani 4/17.
| Batting | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brian Bennett(RHB) | not out | 64 | 56 | 7 | 0 | 114 |
| Tadiwanashe Marumani(LHB) | c Inglis b Stoinis | 35 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 167 |
| Ryan Burl(LHB) | c Bartlett b Green | 35 | 30 | 4 | 0 | 117 |
| Sikandar Raza(RHB) | not out | 25 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 192 |
| Extras | (lb 3, w 7) | 10 | ||||
| Total | (20 ov) | 169 | ||||
1-61 (Tadiwanashe Marumani, 7.3 ov), 2-131 (Ryan Burl, 15.6 ov)
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ben Dwarshuis | 4 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 |
| Marcus Stoinis | 2.5 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 |
| Glenn Maxwell | 1 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| Matthew Kuhnemann | 3 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Nathan Ellis | 4 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 8.5 | 1 | 0 |
| Adam Zampa | 4 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 7.75 | 0 | 0 |
| Cameron Green | 1.1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 5.14 | 3 | 0 |
| Batting | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Josh Inglis(RHB) | c Musekiwa b Muzarabani | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 200 |
| Travis Head(LHB) | b Evans | 17 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 113 |
| Cameron Green(RHB) | c Marumani b Evans | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tim David(RHB) | c Cremer b Muzarabani | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Glenn Maxwell(RHB) | b Burl | 31 | 32 | 1 | 1 | 97 |
| Matt Renshaw(LHB) | c Burl b Muzarabani | 65 | 44 | 5 | 1 | 148 |
| Marcus Stoinis(RHB) | c Musekiwa b Masakadza | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 150 |
| Ben Dwarshuis(LHB) | c Munyonga b Evans | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 86 |
| Nathan Ellis(RHB) | not out | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 175 |
| Adam Zampa(RHB) | b Muzarabani | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| Matthew Kuhnemann(LHB) | run out (Evans) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Extras | (lb 2, w 2) | 4 | ||||
| Total | (19.3 ov) | 146 | ||||
1-13 (Josh Inglis, 1.1 ov), 2-24 (Cameron Green, 2.5 ov), 3-25 (Tim David, 3.2 ov), 4-29 (Travis Head, 4.3 ov), 5-106 (Glenn Maxwell, 14.2 ov), 6-117 (Marcus Stoinis, 15.4 ov), 7-131 (Ben Dwarshuis, 17.4 ov), 8-139 (Matt Renshaw, 18.4 ov), 9-141 (Adam Zampa, 18.6 ov), 10-146 (Matthew Kuhnemann, 19.3 ov)
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sikandar Raza | 2 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 8.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Blessing Muzarabani | 4 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 4.25 | 0 | 0 |
| Brad Evans | 3.3 | 0 | 23 | 3 | 6.57 | 1 | 0 |
| Dion Myers | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 |
| Graeme Cremer | 4 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 8.25 | 0 | 0 |
| Wellington Masakadza | 4 | 0 | 36 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Burl(LB) | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
