{"id":1306,"date":"2026-02-09T13:30:40","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T13:30:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/?p=1306"},"modified":"2026-02-09T13:30:40","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T13:30:40","slug":"128115092-cms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/?p=1306","title":{"rendered":"T20 World Cup: Zimbabwe kickstart campaign with dominant eight-wicket win over Oman | Cricket News &#8211; The Times of India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"MwN2O\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"T22zO\">\n<section class=\"D3Wk1  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  VtlfQ\" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"D3Wk1\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"zPaFh\">\n<div class=\"wJnIp\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-128115069,imgsize-99118,width-400,resizemode-4\/oman-zimbabwe-t20-wcup-cricket.jpg\" alt=\"T20 World Cup: Zimbabwe kickstart campaign with dominant eight-wicket win over Oman\" title=\"Zimbabwe's Brian Bennett (AP Photo\/Eranga Jayawardena)\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"cj2hz img_cptn\"><span title=\"Zimbabwe's Brian Bennett (AP Photo\/Eranga Jayawardena)\">Zimbabwe&#8217;s Brian Bennett (AP Photo\/Eranga Jayawardena)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Zimbabwe cruised to an easy eight-wicket win over Oman in their T20 World Cup match, thanks to a strong bowling performance and a calm chase led by Brian Bennett.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"1\"\/>After winning the toss, Zimbabwe chose to bowl, and their fast bowlers quickly took control. <!-- -->Blessing Muzarabani and Richard Ngarava tore through Oman\u2019s batting lineup, reducing them to 27 for five early on.<!-- --> <span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"6\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"lOvcW vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"k7lcu\">\n<p>Why is Ahmedabad likely to be the sporting capital of India? | Bombay Sport Exchange<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"8\"\/>Brad Evans also bowled well, helping to restrict Oman to a modest total of 103 runs. A few Oman players tried to fight back, with Vinayak Shukla, Sufyan Mehmood, and Nadeem Khan making some runs, but they couldn\u2019t build a big score.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"10\"\/>Chasing 104, Zimbabwe started aggressively with Tadiwanashe Marumani, who scored quickly before getting out. <!-- -->Dion Myers fell without scoring, but Brian Bennett and Brendan Taylor steadied the innings with a solid partnership. <span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"15\"\/>Bennett stayed unbeaten on 48 from 36 balls, while Taylor made 31 before retiring hurt. Their partnership guided Zimbabwe to victory in just over 13 overs.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"17\"\/>Bennett\u2019s performance continued his excellent recent form, showing why he is considered one of Zimbabwe\u2019s key players. Taylor also looked sharp, and overall Zimbabwe looked confident and focused, especially after missing the previous World Cup.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"19\"\/>In short, Zimbabwe dominated with the ball, stayed calm with the bat, and wrapped up a comfortable win.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"21\"\/><\/div>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/icc-mens-t20-world-cup\/t20-world-cup-zimbabwe-kickstart-campaign-with-dominant-eight-wicket-win-over-oman\/articleshow\/128115092.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Zimbabwe&#8217;s Brian Bennett (AP Photo\/Eranga Jayawardena) Zimbabwe cruised to an easy eight-wicket win over Oman&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1307,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[4040,4037,4041,4039,4043,4038,4036,4042,4035],"class_list":["post-1306","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-blessing-muzarabani-bowling","tag-brian-bennett-cricket-performance","tag-oman-cricket-news","tag-oman-cricket-team-review","tag-oman-national-cricket-team","tag-t20-world-cup-highlights","tag-zimbabwe-cricket-news","tag-zimbabwe-national-cricket-team","tag-zimbabwe-vs-oman-match-report"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1306","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1306"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1306\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1307"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1306"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1306"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1306"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}