Rovman Powell’s 28 runs off 21 balls within the first innings went a great distance within the West Indies’ 31-run victory over Zimbabwe in Hobart on Wednesday. The Windies had been struggling at 101/6 at some extent however a late flourish from Powell, which included 2 huge sixes within the final over took them to 153/7. Akeal Hosein, who was on the non striker’s finish, had a priceless response to the monstrous second six by Powell which travelled 104 metres and vanished into the evening sky.
After the ball flew over the boundary the digicam panned to Hosein, who had his palms over his head with a disbelieving expression on his face. “My gosh!! 150 up Can you give 12s at some point? Look at Akeal Hosein,” mentioned the commentator.
In the match, West indies would preserve their possibilities of survival alive within the T20 World Cup after they defeated Zimbabwe by 31 runs. Alzarri Joseph (4/16) and Jason Holder (3/12) demolished the Zimbabwe innings, skittling out the desk toppers for 122 runs.
Batting first, West Indies had been buoyed by a robust innings from opener Johnson Charles who scored 45 runs off 36 balls, earlier than their center order collapsed once more. Kyle Mayers (13), Evin Lewis (15), Sharmah Brooks (0) and Jason Holder (7) all fell in fast succession leaving the Windies reeling. Captain Nicholas Pooran additionally had one other forgettable outing, scoring simply 7 earlier than being caught and bowled by Sean Williams.
In the top, it was a cameo by Rovman Powell which took the 2-time champions over 150 runs as they ended with 153/7 after 20 overs. For Zimbabwe, Sikandar Raza was the destructor in chief when he scalped 3 wickets for simply 19 runs.
