Zimbabwe vs Sri Lanka 1st T20I Highlights 2025

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00:00yes the shot oh that's finished you would call it half deliberate he was trying to just move

00:19away and poke at that he's earned himself a boundary so t20 you'll get those opportunities

00:24coming by and the runs will keep piling on again this time beats the fielder that slip position

00:32there'll be another boundary if you followed Bennett earlier on in the innings he just has

00:36this habit of just hanging the bat out so there's an opportunity in that corridor of the first second

00:42slip where the ball might come I think everything has been missed here it's a wide and it's gonna go

00:50for the boundary so yeah we use a margin of error is a very very slim out here oh well I think he

01:01hasn't washed our pitch report where you said give yourself some time and then go after it he is at

01:06it boys pick that up field it there and he plays it straight down to the lap one man on the own side

01:15and Marumani has found him got the wicket this is what you need to look for now no one in the Fernando

01:23playing his first t20 international second in fact played in the Asia games that was flat that was hard

01:39he attacked it that's not an easy pick up Marumani's gone for seven Zimbabwe are 22 for one whoa what a

01:54connection the sound of ball and bat he plays that way and he's got hold of it properly be in your face

02:00how good very good from Bennett use the pace short third man in the circle again you see he was clear

02:13oh it's gone through another pressure he took his eyes off the ball for a moment knowing that they

02:17are going for a single and it has worked worked very well 44 1 or nice work nice wrist there beautifully

02:28done by Brian Bennett Zimbabwe is looking dangerous here to the power play pulls it away doesn't get

02:37a hold of it but enough to clear the infield and will race away to the boundary back-to-back fours

02:42it's his favorite shot Sean Williams and it brings him a boundary still in the power play of course so

02:53only two field is allowed outside the 30-yard circle finger goes up LBW think Shana he was wicketless in the

03:06one-day internationals but he struck now and Williams has to go he thought about it for some teams were

03:15before raising the finger the only thing he would have been concerned about was whether it pitched in

03:21line I think that's good decision in the end from Boston Tiswa shake of the head from Sean Williams I

03:35don't think he quite agrees but he does have to go 14 and 11 it's 59 for two goodness me that's been hit

03:47so hard by Sikandar Raza Raza Raza goes for broke and succeeds a thumping hit over wide long on for

04:01six and a boundary previously but then if you're going to bowl a full toss outside leg stump all that

04:10is fairly immaterial she move into the positive direction oh that's a nice shot that is a shot of

04:17authority very straight and he's pumped it down the ground and this is just one of them there you

04:25go the old count there you go second 50 in three innings for Brian Bennett overall fifth 50 and t20

04:38internationals what a knock he's played little short chance here and gone for a moment second the

04:49other thought he's got good hold of it but that's the longest boundary there on the ground he's been

04:56caught a cow corner the leg spinner strikes and the captain walks back like it's the fact that this is

05:03just left him enough with the leg spinner not to find the out the middle of the bat better turn away here

05:14it means it's not in the middle of the bat and Skandar Raza picks out the bowler on the cow corner boundary

05:24it's Nisanka he takes the catch 28 from 22 109 to 3 pass that field at backward point will be a boundary

05:36here just gone over extra cover it was nothing on it in terms of lend there was that ready to be hit and

05:46already Bennett had decided to come down the wicket and meet it early third man again look to hit it

05:58hard but he sliced it good shot good shot slow ball mid-off in the circle and he hits the top of mid-off

06:08Sri Lanka ball Ryan ball never looked like breaking free this is the delivery he was looking for

06:21previously Dushmanta Chimera but didn't get the radar right this time he's absolutely spot-on full and

06:31straight and the Orion Bell just looked a little bit flustered yeah

06:38I think it's actually come off the face of the bats into that middle stump

06:42Ryan Bell has to go doesn't get going today 17 and 15 160 for four balls gone he moved too early

06:53Chimera reacted to that and that's a massive blow off the last ball of Chimera's bell Brian Bennett

07:01this brilliant innings comes to an end

07:04Zimbabwe would have loved Brian Bennett to have been there right until the end make sure he got

07:15himself way outside the off stump as you say Chimera season the straight as an arrow Bennett goes for 81

07:26it's 162 for five Moussaki was on strike that's for that's been the favored area Zimbabwe have scored a lot of runs in third man

07:41he's picked that up that's in the gap couple of bounces and four

07:46Cousal Mendes takes the catch so Tushara gets a wicket

07:58well he's played his part Moussakiwa trying to be cheeky doesn't get hold of that one

08:03disappointed

08:13to Shingam secure looking to play the ramp to that delivery outside the line of the off stump

08:23succeeds and just getting

08:24leading edge I think it might have actually hit him on the arm as well as it was going up

08:31otherwise he might have had a little more luck goes for 11 that's 173 for six

08:39Brad Evans starts off with a dot and they go for the run the seventh cricket falls

08:44when young guy runs himself out without facing a delivery

08:57well Zimbabwe had to try and get the run

09:06good accuracy from Salmendes when you're not even in the frame

09:11so he goes without facing a ball 173 for seven

09:20they'll come back for two Brad Evans

09:24he puts Shanika under pressure Zimbabwe

09:27then their 20 overs on 175 for seven and i think they'll be very pleased with their effort and the

09:34score they have to try and defend

09:36about brian bennett and him getting in the runs again 81 and 57 he contributed and then he was uh the standout contributor

09:49that'll be four a little bit of width there and crystal mend is taking advantage

09:55and Nasanka threads the eye of the needle gets it between all three of them

10:06edged off the shoulder of the bat over the wicket keeper and down to the boundary for four

10:11and that's four more well the orthodox third was taken out

10:24well he might have miscued the previous one he didn't miscue that one that's gone all the way for

10:29six

10:36well it's gone to the boundary

10:38well that's a top edge but it's gone all the way for six

10:46heaped away one bounce down to long leg that's four more

10:58picked up nicely the kind of form he's in both mendes and nissanga you've got to be very careful where

11:03you're bowling at short ball it's gone up in the air zimbabwe should have their first wickets

11:11and they do it's the short ball from my poster that hasn't worked from this afternoon this time it has

11:19big muscly short delivery here from my boss has accounted for patum nissanga

11:34the front foot's good he's uh all this hard into the deck got onto nissanga a little quicker than he

11:41expected and uh really straightforward marumani underneath it silanka lose their first patum nissanga

11:49absolute excitement 55 from 32 96 for one

11:56that's gone straight up in the air now there's three fielders converging one now and that is an

12:02outstanding grab from brian bennett unbelievable catch

12:11it's gone a long way up and he's looking straight into the sun

12:16uh looking towards the eastern end of harare sports club that is a good first delivery another one

12:24from the for the zimbabweans this time it's reaching garava gets a leading edge

12:30and has to come a long way 35 40 meters and wonderful fielding technique to take the catch

12:38this little barrera has gone four from eight 102 for two

12:47feel the back he's taking the catch he's come running in from third but borsa holds on

12:56and as the bob we're putting a spanner in the sri lankan works yeah

13:00two wickets in this richard and garawa over and he's been supported by some phenomenal catching

13:08from his teammates this time it's hard into the wicket

13:11and uh musal mendes just looking to ramp it a little finer than that i think and it is uh

13:21chinotenda maposa takes the catch

13:2838 from 35 and 103 to three

13:32yeah to the over is that an outside edge yes it is and it's a good catch from marumani as well

13:42so the captain seconder raza

13:47gets another important breakthrough for zimbabwe four wickets in 16 deliveries

13:54oh this is gonna be looked at again

14:05there might just be something behind the line there for seconder raza

14:10but uh tadiwa nashi marumani is taking a good catch here

14:14looks like it is going to be four and 16 uh seconder raza picks up his first

14:24charetha salanka has gone for one 106 for four

14:30pulled out to deep mid wicket it's gone all the way for six it's been a miserable day for musurabani

14:37with the ball and it continues great shot though by comindu mendes to hit

14:44up in the air raza's there and takes the catch

14:51you want to do departs and another big blow struck by zimbabwe keep picking up your wickets

15:0129 runs for five sri lanka have lost

15:07mid-off in the circle he's trying to punch it

15:14down the ground it was the slower one bowled into the pitch

15:19high on the bat seconder raza hangs on no need to fernando well disappointment for him he's gone

15:27one for seven one 25 for five slower one

15:32there is that short ball and it's gone for six

15:39pulled out towards deep mid wickets

15:43oh it's caught unbelievable it was dropped

15:47the umpires are telling dasun shanaka to hold his ground they'll have a chat but i think

16:00the tag team not on purpose worked for zimbabwe

16:06another great catch looks like keeping zimbabwe in the hunt

16:21it's musha kiwa who's

16:24dropped the ball

16:25and then younger who took the catch that's how we think it is anyway

16:31back of the hand again

16:35hit with the wind he didn't get all of it but the wind took it all the way to the boundary line

16:40perfectly done perfectly done

16:50oh yes and he's got the knee of his teammate to contend with after dropping that ball

16:59game on 34 required off 18 here in arari

17:07dasun shanaka that's a massive blow

17:11he can hit the ball far very powerful play gone for six 142 for six

17:19incredible improvisation from

17:21comindu mendes that really was a remarkable shot

17:29and that's going to be four more in fact it's gone for six

17:33and is that going to be a no ball as well yes it is

17:40it's going to be four more

17:41six more

17:5026 off the over and sri lanka will feel they're almost home

17:59there's the win lovely shot by hermantha through extra cover

18:05and sri lanka from being in a position where they were really struggling have now got home and won this

18:10first 2020 international of the three-match series with five balls to spare so

18:17once again zimbabwe after coming up short in the two one-day internationals come up short

18:23again sri lanka just about getting over the line the touch and go at one stage but it was

18:30comindu mendes we've got the side home

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