Ruaraka Sports Club Grassland in Nairobi witnessed history on Wednesday with Zimbabwe looking impressive in intent from the first ball they faced. They made fifty in 3.2 overs. Tadiwanashe Marumani made his fastest breakthrough, in just 13 balls. The hundred team got up before the power play took place and from there it was a drill of ways they could send the ball into the stands. There were 57 boundaries in the total innings, which may be a T20 record, with four Zimbabwe batsmen contributing fifty-plus scores, some other record. Brian Bennett made 50 for 26 and Clive Mandande made 53 for 17 batting the entire ball of the innings for 6.
Gambia, which is the smallest country on continental Africa, located to the west, could do very little to stem the tide. Musa Jorbateh conceded the most runs by a bowler in a T20, his four overs going for 93. He used to be one of only five bowlers to get out for more than 50 runs or more from his witchcraft. The team is still looking for its first win in the African sub-regional qualifier so far, having beaten fellow strugglers Rwanda and Seychelles in the first two matches, future Zimbabwe having already won three out of three.
