Zimbabwe v New Zealand T20I statistical review

Zimbabwe v New Zealand T20I statistical review: Zimbabwe continue downfall in their performances after the sensational win against New Zealand in 1st ODI as they lose in the only T20I against the visitors by a huge margin of 80 runs. New Zealand posted 198 with help of a fifty on debut from George Worker. Later, the Zimbabwe batsmen never looked like chasing as they were restricted to just 118.

Statistical highlights – Zimbabwe v New Zealand T20I:

80 – The margin of runs with which New Zealand defeated Zimbabwe. This is their 3rd largest win in terms of runs in T20Is. Their largest victories in T20Is were 83 runs vs Ireland in 2009 and 81 runs vs West Indies in 2014.

Interestingly, this is Zimbabwe’s 3rd largest loss in terms of runs in T20Is. Their largest losses in T20Is were 85 runs vs Pakistan in 2011 and 82 runs vs Sri Lanka in 2012.

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404 – Number of sixes New Zealand has recorded so far in T20Is. Second team to hit 400 sixes in T20Is after Australia.

14 – George Worker became the 14th player to score a fifty on T20I debut, 4th from New Zealand.

62 – Number of runs George Worker managed to score on his T20I debut. The 8th highest score by a player on T20I debut and 3rd most from a New Zealand player.

4 – Number of sixes George Worker has hit during the innings. Only 4 players managed to score more than 4 sixes on T20I debut. No other player from New Zealand could hit 4 sixes on T20I debut.

17 – All 6 bowlers, who rolled their arms from New Zealand managed to pick up at least a wicket. This is the 17th instance in T20I history where all the bowlers who bowled picked up a wicket. (Note: At least 6 bowlers).

9 – New Zealand’s innings was only the 9th instance where at least 5 players in Top 6 managed to score a minimum of 20 runs. In overall, it is only the 18th instance where at least 5 players scored 20 or more runs.

1 – Number of wides in New Zealand’s innings. Only 8 other times a team innings with score more than 190 seen one or lesser wides.

91.30 – Strike rate of Craig Ervine during his innings 42. This is jointly 8th slowest innings with minimum of 40 runs in T20I.

Also, Craig Ervine now has 3 of the 35 slowest 30+ scores in T20Is.

81.65 – Career T20I strike rate of Craig Ervine. This is the lowest career strike rate for any player with minimum of 150 T20I runs.