Australia v Zimbabwe: T20 World Cup cricket – live

2026-02-13 - 05:05

Updates from the R. Premadasa Cricket Stadium in Colombo Start time is 11am local/4.30pm AEDT/5.30am GMT Any thoughts? Email Martin Australia and Zimbabwe have minimal history of meeting in T20Is with only two clashes since Prosper Utseya’s side pulled off the shock of the 2007 T20 World Cup. Normal service was resumed when Australia beat Zimbabwe convincingly in a pair of matches in Harare in 2018, with the first win set up by Aaron Finch’s fireworks. The Australia captain hammered 172 from 76 balls in a devastating knock that still stands as the second highest by a men’s batter in the international format. Hello and welcome to live coverage of the T20 World Cup group B match between Australia and Zimbabwe in Colombo. Both sides made winning starts to their campaign with the undermanned Australia brushing aside Ireland by 67 runs, and Zimbabwe making even lighter work of Oman in an eight-wicket victory. But there is little margin for error from here with only the top two in each five-team group to progress to the Super Eight stage, and co-host Sri Lanka also likely to challenge for those pivotal places. Continue reading...