Rovman Powell’s 28 runs off 21 balls within the first innings went far within the West Indies’ 31-run victory over Zimbabwe in Hobart on Wednesday. The Windies had been suffering at 101/6 at some extent however a past due flourish from Powell, which integrated 2 huge sixes within the closing over took them to 153/7. Akeal Hosein, who used to be on the non striker’s finish, had a precious response to the monstrous 2d six via Powell which travelled 104 metres and vanished into the night time sky.
After the ball flew over the boundary the digicam panned to Hosein, who had his arms over his head with a disbelieving expression on his face. “My gosh!! 150 up Are you able to give 12s someday? Take a look at Akeal Hosein,” stated the commentator.
Within the fit, West indies would stay their possibilities of survival alive within the T20 Global Cup once they defeated Zimbabwe via 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 via a robust innings from opener Johnson Charles who scored 45 runs off 36 balls, prior to their heart 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 every other forgettable day out, scoring simply 7 prior to being stuck and bowled via Sean Williams.
In spite of everything, it used to be a cameo via Rovman Powell which took the 2-time champions over 150 runs as they ended with 153/7 after 20 overs. For Zimbabwe, Sikandar Raza used to be the destructor in leader when he scalped 3 wickets for simply 19 runs.