It’s very hard to know the state of play with Zimbabwe as a cricketing unit.
Their most recent results saw them have their arses handed to them by Afghanistan in both ODI and T20s, they then beat all-comers in the Men’s T20 World Cup Qualifiers…and then come out and trash Bangladesh today…and it was not even close.
Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to bat first and then put on their second highest ever T20 total, 205-3. This only came about due to a late innings kick that started in the 12th over when there was a real spike in run scoring led by Wessley Madhevere. The 21-year-old is not a huge name yet but I genuinely feel he could be a T20 break out star for Zimbabwe in the mould of Rashid Khan. On current form he is in my Top 10 most impressive Cricketers of the Year.
In reply Bangladesh only managed 188-6, seeing Zimbabwe win by 17 runs. The second game is tomorrow with the final on Tuesday.