Shimron Hetmyer made a stunning 85 off 34 balls as West Indies began their T20 World Cup Super 8 stage with an emphatic 107-run victory over Zimbabwe.
Hetmyer hit seven sixes and seven fours, mixing finesse with power at a strike rate of 250, to help West Indies post a mammoth 254-6. West Indies’ total was the second-highest in T20 World Cup history, behind Sri Lanka’s 260-6 against Kenya in 2007.
No side had ever successfully chased more than 230 at the Wankhede Stadium in T20 internationals or in the Indian Premier League, and Zimbabwe soon found themselves in trouble.
Zimbabwe might have ruffled a few feathers in this World Cup with victories over Australia and Sri Lanka, but the Chevrons well and truly had their wings clipped by Hetmyer and company as the boundaries were peppered at the Wankhede Stadium.
–ChannelAfrica–
