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Zimbabwe Surprise as T20 World Cup Super Eights Begin without Australia
Zimbabwe finished Group B unbeaten with a six-wicket win over Sri Lanka, chasing 182 with key innings from Sikandar Raza and Brian Bennett.
- On Thursday in Colombo, the Zimbabwe national cricket team beat the Sri Lanka national cricket team by six wickets at the R. Premadasa Stadium to finish unbeaten and top Group B.
- Brian Bennett scored a half-century and he and captain Sikandar Raza added 69 off 40 for the third-wicket partnership, with Raza playing a swashbuckling 45 off 26.
- Chasing 179, Zimbabwe finished 182-4 with three balls to spare as Tony Munyonga clubbed a six off Maheesh Theekshana's first ball and Brian Bennett hit the winning boundary.
- A Super Eights draw pairs Zimbabwe with West Indies, India and South Africa, and the win carries momentum ahead of three big games starting with West Indies in Mumbai on Monday.
- Raza's Player of the Match award also set a record, as he became the oldest captain to win the award in the T20 World Cup, following Zimbabwe's upset of Australia last week and results versus Oman and Ireland, with Raza saying `We have trained for every situation. Then we have the right personnel to send in at the right time`.
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