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Can you guess which is one of the only two unbeaten teams left in the T20 World Cup?

Well, if you guessed the West Indies you are 100 percent right!

As the Men in Maroon reeled off a convincing 107 run win over Zimbabwe to start off the Super Eights.

Shimron Hetmyer blasted 85 off 34 balls while Roveman Powell's 59 propelled the Windies to an impressive score of 254/6.

Zimbabwe folded quickly in their run chase as Gudakesh Motie bagged four wickets to skittle out the Africans for 147.
Transcript
00:00It was vital for the West Indies to make a winning start to their Super 8 opener against
00:05Zimbabwe.
00:07But the Zimbabweans ensured the start wasn't perfect as Brandon King fell early.
00:12Shimran Hetmeier has flourished batting a 3 and made use of a life when on 9.
00:19He and Shea Hope took the Caribbean men past 50 before Hope made way on 14.
00:26But that's when Hetmeier displayed his purple patch with the bat.
00:32The Guyanese rattled off a brisk 50 off 19 balls.
00:43Rogman Powell was in the mood as well as they combined for a partnership of 122.
00:49Dropped a second time on 70, Hetmeier would finally fall for a swashbuckling 85 of 34 balls.
01:01Powell with 59 and 31 from Sheafin Rutherford kept the pressure on Zimbabwe as West Indies
01:07powered to the second highest total in T20 World Cup history closing on 254 for 6.
01:13In an impressive innings.
01:15Needing to make the highest chase in T20 World Cup Zimbabwe were under pressure from the get-go.
01:20Hetmeier takes the catch.
01:2220 proved a dreadful number for the Africans as Aki Hossein snapped up his first of three wickets.
01:29His second had the Africans stuck in the mud at 20 for three.
01:32Hetmeier again.
01:34Oh dear.
01:36Gurukesh Moti effectively took them from the mud to the quicksand.
01:39He responds from Gurukesh Moti.
01:41He's so good.
01:42His four-wicked spell killed off Zimbabwe's run chase before it had even started as they slumped
01:48to 101 for seven.
01:50Another one, two and two.
01:52A cameo of 43 of 21 balls from Brad Evans proved only a say of execution as defeat was certain
01:59as
01:59Machi Ford's second scarp handed the Wendy's a convincing win over Zimbabwe by 107 runs.
02:06The Baring Mustang, a win here for them.
02:10Terence Clark, TV6 Sport.
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