• Zimbabwe smash T20I record total

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    Sikandar Raza hammered 133* off 43 balls as Zimbabwe set a new T20I record score, against Gambia in Nairobi on Wednesday.

    The Zimbabwe total of 344-4 in the T20 World Cup Africa Sub Regional Qualifiers eclipsed the previous record of 314-3 set by Nepal against Mongolia in Hangzhou last year.

    Raza, who came in at the fall of the second wicket in the seventh over, hit a total of seven fours and 15 sixes in his innings.

    He reached his century off 33 balls which equals Namibia’s Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton as the second-fastest in T20Is.

    It remains six balls slower than Sahil Chauhan’s 27-ball hundred for Estonia against Cyprus in June.

    Australia opener Aaron Finch holds the record for highest individual score in T20Is with 172 against Zimbabwe in Harare in 2018.

    Zimbabwe claimed a second record when they bowled out Gambia for just 54 in 14.4 overs to complete a 290-run victory, the biggest ever in a T20I.

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