AUS vs ZIM Match Preview: Fantasy Strategy, Pitch Report & Playing XI

ICC Men's T20 World Cup AUS vs ZIM players T20 past performance, current series performance, fantasy points and selection percentage.

Player					Batting									Bowling										Series Performance							Fantasy Selection			Match Performance
Name	T	R	S	M#	Bat	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50+	4/6	Bowl	Inn	Wk	Ov	Avg	Eco	SR	4w	Best	C/St	M	A. Pt	Pts	Run	Wk	DT	P	S%	C	VC	iDt	#	PTS	Bat	Bowl	Field
Nathan Ellis	AUS	BOWL	✅	198	RHB	88	40	525	40	10.93	110.52	0	58	RFM	197	245	3.5	22.9	8.09	16.9	7	4/6	63	1	181	181	0	4	100	9	81.22	8.83	8.85		14	24	11	9	0
Adam Zampa	AUS	BOWL	✅	342	RHB	104	45	333	23	5.64	83.04	0	29	LBG	336	423	3.6	21.56	7.51	17.2	9	6/19	44	1	149	149	0	4	100	10	82.24	6.52	9.91		19	12	2	6	0
Dion Myers	ZIM	BAT	✅	63	RHB	56	7	1131	96	23.08	121.74	6	126	RM	13	4	1.6	55.25	10.52	31.5	0	2/26	18	1	18	18	0	0	0	3	20.6	0.91	1.15		21	6	0	2	0
Tashinga Musekiwa	ZIM	BAT	✅	77	RHB	64	21	754	38	17.53	140.67	0	90	RM	16	10	2.1	29.7	8.65	20.6	0	3/24	34	1	12	12	0	0	0	7	9.06	0.33	0.46		15	20	0	0	16
Marcus Stoinis	AUS	ALL	✅	393	RHB	349	83	7865	147	29.56	138.81	42	1004	RM	256	230	2.5	25.07	9	16.7	6	5/46	98	1	71	71	45	0	100	6	73.16	6.26	7.21	✅	8	55	10	41	0
Brian Bennett	ZIM	ALL	✅	95	RHB	94	9	2824	111	33.22	137.28	17	398	OB	37	21	1.8	26.57	8.45	18.8	1	4/26	35	1	100	100	48	0	100	1	79.68	5.69	7.07	✅	5	104	92	0	0
Brad Evans	ZIM	ALL	✅	67	RHB	39	10	421	56	14.51	132.38	1	51	RFM	64	106	3.5	16.53	7.77	12.7	5	5/24	27	1	124	124	0	3	100	8	67.32	3.47	4.66	✅	2	129	0	113	12
Glenn Maxwell	AUS	ALL	✅	530	RHB	493	74	11369	154	27.13	154.3	69	1538	OB	358	214	2.2	29.57	7.89	22.4	1	4/18	284	1	17	17	9	0	0	5	39.2	3.25	3.48	✅	9	50	41	1	0
Matt Renshaw	AUS	ALL	✅	99	LHB	97	13	2357	102	28.05	134.6	11	255	OB	34	17	1.8	27.52	7.52	21.9	0	2/26	40	1	53	53	37	0	100	4	31.7	1.66	2.1	✅	4	105	93	0	0
Ryan Burl	ZIM	ALL	✅	216	LHB	198	61	4059	77	29.62	128.81	14	474	LB	136	97	2.5	25.51	7.36	20.7	1	4/22	118	1	4	4	0	0	0	5	34.56	0.8	1.49	✅	3	106	51	39	8
Blessing Muzarabani	ZIM	BOWL	✅	150	RHB	46	19	91	9	3.37	62.32	0	11	RFM	146	171	3.6	22.96	7.42	18.5	3	4/17	22	1	139	139	0	3	100	11	56.16	1.08	2.48	✅	1	159	0	155	0
Ben Dwarshuis	AUS	BOWL	✅	201	LHB	123	53	1272	66	18.17	141.33	1	145	LFM	198	258	3.6	22.79	8.34	16.3	8	5/21	48	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	36.09	4	3.68		16	16	6	6	0
Cameron Green	AUS	BAT	✅	84	RHB	77	21	1773	100	31.66	147.87	11	225	RFM	56	37	2.4	34.29	9.35	22	0	3/35	47	1	75	75	21	0	100	3	73.04	7.21	6.8		11	36	-2	34	0
Wellington Masakadza	ZIM	BOWL	✅	135	LHB	75	24	564	56	11.05	104.44	1	54	SLA	131	100	3.2	30.05	7.27	24.7	3	4/11	61	1	11	11	0	0	0	9	13.83	0.18	0.39	✅	10	40	0	36	0
Matthew Kuhnemann	AUS	BOWL	✅	72	LHB	26	14	86	31	7.16	83.49	0	9	SLA	69	56	3.3	31.73	7.69	24.7	0	3/17	26	1	48	48	0	1	100	11	25.67	1.14	1.65		20	9	0	5	0
Tony Munyonga	ZIM	BAT	✅	79	RHB	69	14	1041	79	18.92	125.27	3	122	OB	20	5	2.5	77.4	7.68	60.4	0	2/18	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	6.64	0.22	0.3		18	12	0	0	8
Graeme Cremer	ZIM	BOWL	✅	93	RHB	54	19	450	36	12.85	97.19	0	32	LBG	89	100	3.6	21.03	6.56	19.2	1	4/17	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	11.92	0.23	0.48		17	14	0	2	8
Tim David	AUS	BAT	✅	355	RHB	318	97	6869	102	31.08	162.27	25	920	OB	64	16	1.7	61.81	8.85	41.8	0	1/0	197	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	17.05	1.76	1.47		22	2	-2	0	0
Sikandar Raza	ZIM	ALL	✅	388	RHB	363	54	7914	133	25.61	135.88	40	981	OB,LB	330	261	2.9	27.58	7.41	22.3	6	5/18	175	1	65	65	5	1	100	4	87.61	9.09	11.8	✅	7	56	45	3	0
Travis Head	AUS	BAT	✅	189	LHB	183	17	4962	102	29.89	150.68	31	722	OB	46	23	1.7	28.95	8.66	20	0	3/16	44	1	14	14	6	0	0	1	74.7	20.96	8.66		12	33	29	0	0
Josh Inglis	AUS	WK	✅	180	RHB	170	25	4328	118	29.84	151.01	27	601		0	0					0	-	155	1	101	101	37	0	100	2	96.55	12.96	11.48	✅	13	26	14	0	8
Tadiwanashe Marumani	ZIM	BAT	✅	122	LHB	120	8	2542	95	22.69	137.7	18	352	OB	0	0					0	-	69	1	51	51	21	0	100	2	33.1	1.53	1.91	✅	6	83	67	0	8

Completed matches of Australia
Teams	Date	Venue	Toss	Bat First	Bat Second	Inning 1	Inning 2	Winner
AUS vs IRE	11 Feb - 03:00 PM	Colombo	Australia	AUSAustralia	IRE	182/6 (20.0)	115/9 (16.5)	Australia Australia won by 67 runs
AUS vs ZIM	13 Feb - 11:00 AM	Colombo	Australia	ZIMZimbabwe	AUS	169/2 (20.0)	146/10 (19.3)	Zimbabwe Zimbabwe won by 23 runs
AUS vs SL	16 Feb - 07:00 PM	Kandy	Sri Lanka	AUSAustralia	SL	181/10 (20.0)	184/2 (18.0)	Sri Lanka Sri Lanka won by 8 wickets (with 12 balls remaining)
OMN vs AUS	20 Feb - 07:00 PM	Kandy	Australia	OMAOman	AUS	104/10 (16.2)	108/1 (9.4)	Australia Australia won by 9 wickets (with 62 balls remaining)

Completed matches of Zimbabwe
Teams	Date	Venue	Toss	Bat First	Bat Second	Inning 1	Inning 2	Winner
ZIM vs OMN	09 Feb - 03:00 PM	Colombo	Zimbabwe	OMAOman	ZIM	103/10 (19.5)	106/2 (13.3)	Zimbabwe Zimbabwe won by 8 wickets (with 39 balls remaining)
AUS vs ZIM	13 Feb - 11:00 AM	Colombo	Australia	ZIMZimbabwe	AUS	169/2 (20.0)	146/10 (19.3)	Zimbabwe Zimbabwe won by 23 runs
IRE vs ZIM	17 Feb - 03:00 PM	Kandy		IRE	ZIM			Match abandoned without a ball bowled
SL vs ZIM	19 Feb - 03:00 PM	Colombo	Sri Lanka	SLSri Lanka	ZIM	178/7 (20.0)	182/4 (19.3)	Zimbabwe Zimbabwe won by 6 wickets (with 3 balls remaining)
WI vs ZIM	23 Feb - 07:00 PM	Mumbai	Zimbabwe	WIWest Indies	ZIM	254/6 (20.0)	147/10 (17.4)	West Indies West Indies won by 107 runs
IND vs ZIM	26 Feb - 07:00 PM	Chennai	Zimbabwe	INDIndia	ZIM	256/4 (20.0)	184/6 (20.0)	India India won by 72 runs
ZIM vs SA	01 Mar - 03:00 PM	Delhi	Zimbabwe	ZIMZimbabwe	SA	153/7 (20.0)	154/5 (17.5)	South Africa South Africa won by 5 wickets (with 13 balls remaining)

Completed matches at R.Premadasa Stadium
Teams	Date	Toss	Bat First	Bat Second	Inning 1	Inning 2	Winner
IRE vs SL	08 Feb - 07:00 PM	Ireland	SLSri Lanka	IRE	163/6 (20.0)	143/10 (19.5)	Sri Lanka Sri Lanka won by 20 runs
AUS vs IRE	11 Feb - 03:00 PM	Australia	AUSAustralia	IRE	182/6 (20.0)	115/9 (16.5)	Australia Australia won by 67 runs
AUS vs ZIM	13 Feb - 11:00 AM	Australia	ZIMZimbabwe	AUS	169/2 (20.0)	146/10 (19.3)	Zimbabwe Zimbabwe won by 23 runs
IND vs PAK	15 Feb - 07:00 PM	Pakistan	INDIndia	PAK	175/7 (20.0)	114/10 (18.0)	India India won by 61 runs
SL vs ZIM	19 Feb - 03:00 PM	Sri Lanka	SLSri Lanka	ZIM	178/7 (20.0)	182/4 (19.3)	Zimbabwe Zimbabwe won by 6 wickets (with 3 balls remaining)
PAK vs NZ	21 Feb - 07:00 PM	Pakistan	PAKPakistan	NZ			No result (abandoned with a toss)
NZ vs SL	25 Feb - 07:00 PM	Sri Lanka	NZNew Zealand	SL	168/7 (20.0)	107/8 (20.0)	New Zealand New Zealand won by 61 runs
ENG vs NZ	27 Feb - 07:00 PM	New Zealand	NZNew Zealand	ENG	159/7 (20.0)	161/6 (19.3)	England England won by 4 wickets (with 3 balls remaining)

Top batting performance for AUS
Match	#	Player	Out	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	SR
AUS vs ZIM	6	Matt Renshaw	caught	65	44	5	1	147.72
OMN vs AUS	1	Mitchell Marsh	not out	64	33	7	4	193.93
AUS vs SL	2	Travis Head	caught	56	29	7	3	193.1
AUS vs SL	1	Mitchell Marsh	lbw	54	27	8	2	200
AUS vs IRE	6	Marcus Stoinis	caught	45	29	2	1	155.17
AUS vs IRE	2	Josh Inglis	caught	37	17	6	1	217.64
AUS vs IRE	4	Matt Renshaw	bowled	37	33	2	0	112.12
OMN vs AUS	2	Travis Head	caught	32	19	6	0	168.42
AUS vs ZIM	5	Glenn Maxwell	bowled	31	32	1	1	96.87
AUS vs SL	5	Josh Inglis	caught	27	22	3	0	122.72
AUS vs SL	6	Glenn Maxwell	caught	22	15	1	1	146.66
AUS vs IRE	3	Cameron Green	caught	21	11	1	2	190.9

Top bowling performance for AUS
Match	Player	Ov	M	Run	W	Eco
OMN vs AUS	Adam Zampa	3.2	0	21	4	6.3
AUS vs IRE	Nathan Ellis	3.5	1	12	4	3.13
AUS vs IRE	Adam Zampa	4	0	23	4	5.75
OMN vs AUS	Xavier Bartlett	4	0	27	2	6.75
OMN vs AUS	Glenn Maxwell	3	0	13	2	4.33
AUS vs SL	Marcus Stoinis	4	0	46	2	11.5
OMN vs AUS	Marcus Stoinis	2	0	16	1	8
OMN vs AUS	Nathan Ellis	2	0	14	1	7
AUS vs ZIM	Marcus Stoinis	2.5	0	17	1	6
AUS vs ZIM	Cameron Green	1.1	0	6	1	5.14
AUS vs IRE	Matthew Kuhnemann	4	0	29	1	7.25

Top batting performance for ZIM
Match	#	Player	Out	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	SR
IND vs ZIM	1	Brian Bennett	not out	97	59	8	6	164.41
ZIM vs SA	4	Sikandar Raza	caught	73	43	8	4	169.77
AUS vs ZIM	1	Brian Bennett	not out	64	56	7	0	114.28
SL vs ZIM	1	Brian Bennett	not out	63	48	8	0	131.25
ZIM vs OMN	1	Brian Bennett	not out	48	36	7	0	133.33
SL vs ZIM	4	Sikandar Raza	caught	45	26	2	4	173.07
WI vs ZIM	8	Brad Evans	caught	43	21	2	5	204.76
AUS vs ZIM	2	Tadiwanashe Marumani	caught	35	21	7	0	166.66
AUS vs ZIM	3	Ryan Burl	caught	35	30	4	0	116.66
SL vs ZIM	2	Tadiwanashe Marumani	caught	34	26	5	1	130.76
IND vs ZIM	4	Sikandar Raza	caught	31	21	2	2	147.62
ZIM vs OMN	4	Brendan Taylor	retired hurt	31	30	3	0	103.33
WI vs ZIM	3	Dion Myers	bowled	28	15	3	2	186.67
WI vs ZIM	5	Sikandar Raza	bowled	27	20	2	2	135
ZIM vs SA	7	Clive Madande	not out	26	20	3	0	130
AUS vs ZIM	4	Sikandar Raza	not out	25	13	2	1	192.3
SL vs ZIM	3	Ryan Burl	caught	23	12	2	1	191.66
ZIM vs OMN	2	Tadiwanashe Marumani	caught	21	11	5	0	190.91

Top bowling performance for ZIM
Match	Player	Ov	M	Run	W	Eco
AUS vs ZIM	Blessing Muzarabani	4	0	17	4	4.25
ZIM vs SA	Sikandar Raza	4	0	29	3	7.2
AUS vs ZIM	Brad Evans	3.3	0	23	3	6.57
ZIM vs OMN	Blessing Muzarabani	4	1	16	3	4
ZIM vs OMN	Richard Ngarava	4	1	17	3	4.2
ZIM vs OMN	Brad Evans	3.5	0	18	3	4.7
WI vs ZIM	Richard Ngarava	4	0	47	2	11.8
WI vs ZIM	Blessing Muzarabani	4	0	42	2	10.5
SL vs ZIM	Blessing Muzarabani	4	0	38	2	9.5
SL vs ZIM	Brad Evans	3	0	35	2	11.66
SL vs ZIM	Graeme Cremer	4	0	27	2	6.75
ZIM vs SA	Brad Evans	3	0	22	1	7.3
ZIM vs SA	Blessing Muzarabani	3.5	0	32	1	8.3
IND vs ZIM	Sikandar Raza	3	0	29	1	9.7
IND vs ZIM	Blessing Muzarabani	4	0	43	1	10.8
IND vs ZIM	Richard Ngarava	4	0	62	1	15.5
IND vs ZIM	Tinotenda Maposa	2	0	40	1	20
WI vs ZIM	Graeme Cremer	4	0	38	1	9.5
WI vs ZIM	Brad Evans	4	0	46	1	11.5
SL vs ZIM	Ryan Burl	2	0	16	1	8