{"id":65281,"date":"2026-02-24T08:34:45","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T08:34:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/24\/hetmyers-85-powers-west-indies-to-107-run-win-over-zimbabwe-in-t20-world-cup\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T08:34:45","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T08:34:45","slug":"hetmyers-85-powers-west-indies-to-107-run-win-over-zimbabwe-in-t20-world-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/24\/hetmyers-85-powers-west-indies-to-107-run-win-over-zimbabwe-in-t20-world-cup\/","title":{"rendered":"Hetmyer\u2019s 85 Powers West Indies to 107-Run Win Over Zimbabwe in T20 World Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A blazing knock by Shimron Hetmyer propelled the West Indies cricket team to a commanding 107-run victory over Zimbabwe national cricket team in a Super Eights clash of the ICC Men&#8217;s T20 World Cup on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Opting to bat first, West Indies posted a mammoth 254\/6 in 20 overs \u2014 the second-highest team total in T20 World Cup history. Hetmyer smashed a scintillating 85 off just 34 deliveries, hammering seven sixes and seven fours. In the process, he registered the fastest fifty for West Indies in T20 World Cups.<\/p>\n<p>Hetmyer stitched a 122-run partnership off 52 balls with skipper Rovman Powell, who contributed a brisk 59. After their departure, Sherfane Rutherford (31) and Romario Shepherd (21) added late fireworks to push the total beyond the 250-mark.<\/p>\n<p>Zimbabwe\u2019s chase never gained momentum as they were bowled out for 147 in 17.4 overs. No. 8 batter Brad Evans offered resistance with a 21-ball 43.<\/p>\n<p>The West Indies bowling attack was led by Gudakesh Motie (4\/28) and Akeal Hosein (3\/28), who shared seven wickets between them to seal a dominant win.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Brief Scores:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> West Indies: 254\/6 in 20 overs (Shimron Hetmyer 85; Richard Ngarava 2\/47).<\/p>\n<p> Zimbabwe: 147 all out in 17.4 overs (Brad Evans 43; Gudakesh Motie 4\/28, Akeal Hosein 3\/28).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A blazing knock by Shimron Hetmyer propelled the West Indies cricket team to a commanding 107-run victory over Zimbabwe national cricket team in a Super Eights clash of the ICC Men&#8217;s T20 World Cup on Monday. Opting to bat first, West Indies posted a mammoth 254\/6 in 20 overs \u2014 the second-highest team total in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":65280,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-65281","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-uncategorized"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65281","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=65281"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65281\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65280"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65281"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65281"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65281"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}