Scotland beats Zimbabwe by 31 runs.
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The 6th Super Sixes Match of the ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifiers 2023 was played today between Zimbabwe vs Scotland at Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo. In which Scotland beats Zimbabwe by 31 runs.
Zimbabwe won the toss and invited Scotland to bat first, Scotland batted first and has a brilliant start, Christopher McBride and Matthew Cross came to start the inning and gave good start with a half-century partnership of 56 runs for the first wicket, the first wicket has dismissed for 56 runs in first ball of the 17th over, Christopher McBride dismissed after scoring 28 runs with the help of 2 boundaires in 45 balls, next batsman Brandon McMullen came to bat and handled the inning with Matthew Cross, the second wicket has dismissed for 102 runs in first ball of the 26th over, Matthew Cross dismissed after scoring 38 runs with the help of 2 boundaries in 75 balls, next batsman George Munsey came to bat, in meanwhile the third wicket also dismissed for 105 runs in first ball of the 28th over, Brandon McMullen dismissed after scoring 34 runs with the help of 6 boundaries in 34 balls, followed by Richie Berrington came to bat, and he dismissed just for 7 runs in 18 balls as fourth wicket in 31.3 over, the team score was 118 runs, next batsman Tomas Mackintosh came to bat and played well with George Munsey, the fifth wicket has dismissed for 151 runs in 39.3 over, Tomas Mackintosh dismissed for 13 runs in 21 balls, next batsman Michael Leask came to bat, after a moments the sixth wicket also dismissed for 168 runs in 42.3 over, George Munsey dismissed after scoring 31 runs with the help of 2 boundaries in 52 bals, next batsman Chris Greaves came to bat and he dismissed just for 1 run in 2 balls as seventh wicket in first ball of the 44th over, the team score was 170 runs, followed by Mark Watt came to bat and handled the inning with Michael Leask, the 8th wicket has dimsised for 216 runs in 48.4 over, Michael Leask dismissed after playing a brilliant inning of 48 runs with the help of 2 sixes and 3 boundaires in just 34 balls, next batsman Safyaan Sharif came to bat and he remains unbeaten for 5 runs in 4 balls with Mark Watt, and Mark Watt played an unbeaten inning of 21 runs with the help of 3 boundaires in 15 balls. In this way, Scotland scored 234 runs after losing 8 wickets in the stipulated 50 overs and set a target of 235 runs in front of Zimbabwe.
Zimbabwe bowlers Sean Williams took 3 wickets just for 41 runs in his spell, Tendai Chatara 2 wickets for 46 runs in 7 overs, Richard Ngarava 1 wicket for 42 runs in 9 overs, Sikandar Raza was wicketless just for 34 runs in his spell, Blessing Muzarabani was wicketless for 49 runs in 9 overs, and Wellington Masakadza was also wicketless for 18 runs in 5 overs.
Zimbabwe chasing 235 runs in the second inning, the entire team dismissed just for 203 runs in the first ball of the 42nd over and lost the match by 31 runs. Zimbabwe started the inning very poorly, Joylord Gumbie and Craig Ervine came to start the inning, the first wicket has dimsised very quickly without score in first ball of the inning, Joylord Gumbie dismissed without scoring in just 1 ball, next batsman Innocent Kaia came to bat, after a moments the second wicket also dismissed for 13 runs in 2.2 over, Craig Ervine dismissed just for 2 runs in 6 balls, next batsman Sean Williams came to bat, after a while the third wicket also dismissed for 29 runs in 6.2 over, Sean Williams dismissed for 12 runs in 16 balls, next batsman Sikandar Raza came to bat, after a moments the fourth wicket also dismissed for 37 runs in 7.5 over, Innocent Kaia dismissed for 12 runs in 19 balls, followed by Ryan Burl came to bat handled the inning and played a very brilliant half-century partnership of 54 runs with Sikandar Raza, the fifth wicket dismissed for 91 runs in 17.5 over, Sikandar Raza dismissed after scoring 34 runs with the help of 1 six and 2 boundaires in 40 balls, next batsman Wessly Madhevere came to bat handled the inning and played a very brilliant half-century partnership of 73 runs with Ryan Burl, the sixth wicket dismissed for 164 runs in first ball of the 31st over, Wessly Madhevere dismissed after playing a brilliant inning of 40 runs with the help of 1 six and 3 boundaires in 39 balls, next batsman Wellington Masakadza came to bat and he dismissed just for 5 runs in 18 balls as seventh wicket in first ball of the 36th over, the team score was 177 runs, next batsman Richard Ngarava came to bat and he dismissed very quickly just for 2 runs in 4 balls as 8th wicket in 36.2 over, the team score was 182 runs, next batsman Tendai Chatara came to bat and he good strike rotate with Ryan Burl, the 9th wicket has dismissed for 197 runs in 38.4 over, Ryan Burl dismissed after playing a very brilliant half-century inning of 83 runs with the help of 1 six and 8 boundaires in 84 balls, next batsman Blessing Muzarabani came to bat, after a few moments the 10th and final wicket also dismissed for 203 runs in first ball of the 42nd over, Tendai Chatara dismissed for 2 runs in 14 balls, and Blessing Muzarabani remains unbeaten for 3 runs in 8 balls. In this way, wickets continuously failed one after another, and end of the result the entire team was all-out just for 203 runs in 41.1 overs and lost the match by 31 runs.
Scotland bowlers Chris Sole performed very brilliant bowling took 3 wickets just for 33 runs in 7 overs, Brandon McMullen 2 wickets just for 31 runs in 8 overs, Michael Leask 2 wickets just for 33 runs in 6 overs, Mark Watt 1 wicket just for 36 runs in 9 overs, Safyaan Sharif 1 wicket just for 38 runs in 6.1 overs, and Chris Greaves also got 1 wicket for 29 runs in 5 overs.
Scotland bowler Chris Sole was selected as the best player of the match, he performed very brilliant bowling took 3 wickets just for 33 runs in 7 overs.
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