Wednesday was a crucial day for the West Indies as they took on Zimbabwe at the Bellerive Oval. The West Indian who have won this tournament twice in 2012 and 2016 had to start from the qualifying rounds. On Monday, Scotland shocked the world when they beat West Indies at the same Bellerive Oval at Hobart by 42 runs. Zimbabwe on the other hand had started their campaign with a win against Ireland on Monday.
The story as it happened –
West Indies had to beat Zimbabwe in the game on Wednesday to stay alive in the tournament. A loss would have meant an early flight back home for the two time winners. Nicolas Pooran and his mean gave a memorable display as they beat Zimbabwe by 31 runs to grab their 1st points of the tournament.
Rovman Powell hits a huge six as Akeal Hossein stands stunned reaction
The last over of the West Indian innings was bowled by Blessing Muzarabani. The 26 year old bowled one short to Powell who went back and pulled the ball. The timing was so crisp and the sound of the bat so huge that it sounded like a gunshot. Powell deposited the ball outside the ground and it went far for a 104 meter six. Akeal Hossein at the non striker could only gasp and watch in horror at the distance the ball went.
— MINI BUS 2022 (@minibus2022) October 19, 2022
Alzarri Joseph does the star turn with the ball –
Chasing 154 to win, Zimbabwe got off to a great start as they were 29 for no loss from the first 2 overs. The introduction of Joseph changed the face of the game as the 26 year old got Chakabva and Munuyonga in quick succession. Joseph then came back to castle Luke Jongwe and Richard Ngarava for 2 and 3 runs respectively.
Twitter reacts –
Cricket fans across the world took to twitter to have their say on the six by Rovman Powell and you can read all the tweets by the fans embedded below.
104m six huh. That's one way to take the size of the ground out of the equation by Powell.
— Joe (@josephradhik) October 19, 2022