The Zimbabwe national cricket team is one of the full members of the International Cricket Council (ICC), the governing body of cricket. There have been nine editions of the T20 World Cup and Zimbabwe has participated in six editions. Although they had qualified for the 2009 edition, they later withdrew following pressure from England and South Africa due to political reasons.
They have never reached the knockout stage of the tournament but their best performance came in 2022 after reaching the Super 12 stage. They have an overall win–loss record of 8–11 from 20 matches.
ICC T20 World Cup record | Qualification record [a] | ||||||||||||||
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Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Ab [b] | Captain | Pld | W | L | T | NR | |
2007 | Group stage | 9/12 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Prosper Utseya | Did not participate (qualified automatically) | |||||
2009 | Withdrew | ||||||||||||||
2010 | Group stage | 11/12 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Prosper Utseya | ||||||
2012 | Group stage | 11/12 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Brendan Taylor | ||||||
2014 | First stage | 11/16 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Brendan Taylor | ||||||
2016 | First stage | 11/16 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Hamilton Masakadza | ||||||
2021 | Not eligible (suspended) | Not eligible (suspended) | |||||||||||||
2022 | Super 12 | 11/16 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Craig Ervine | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
2024 | Did not qualify | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
Total | 0 Titles | 6/9 | 20 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Opponent | M | W | L | T+W | T+L | NR | Ab | Win % | First played |
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Afghanistan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2016 |
Australia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 2007 |
Bangladesh | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2022 |
England | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2007 |
Hong Kong | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 2016 |
India | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2022 |
Ireland | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 | 2014 |
Netherlands | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 | 2014 |
New Zealand | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2010 |
Pakistan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 2022 |
Scotland | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 2016 |
South Africa | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 2012 |
Sri Lanka | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2010 |
United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 2014 |
West Indies | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 2022 |
Total | 20 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 40.00 | - |
Source: [1] Last Updated: 6 November 2022 | |||||||||
Group stage (Group B) | Super 8s | Semifinal | Final | Overall Result | ||||||
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Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | ||||
Australia W by 5 wickets | England L by 50 runs | 3 | Did not advance | Group stage | ||||||
Source: ESPNcricinfo [2] |
Group stage (Group B) | Super 8s | Semifinal | Final | Overall Result | ||||||
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Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | ||||
Sri Lanka L by 14 runs (DLS) | New Zealand L by 7 runs (DLS) | 3 | Did not advance | Group stage | ||||||
Source: ESPNcricinfo [3] |
Group stage (Group C) | Super 8s | Semifinal | Final | Overall Result | ||||||
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Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | ||||
Sri Lanka L by 82 runs | South Africa L by 10 wickets | 3 | Did not advance | Group stage | ||||||
Source: ESPNcricinfo [4] |
First stage (Group B) | Super 10 | Semifinal | Final | Overall Result | ||||||
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Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | |||
Ireland L by 3 wickets | Netherlands W by 5 wickets | United Arab Emirates W by 5 wickets | 2 | Did not advance | First stage | |||||
Source: ESPNcricinfo [5] |
First stage (Group B) | Super 10 | Semifinal | Final | Overall Result | ||||||
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Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | |||
Hong Kong W by 14 runs | Scotland W by 11 runs | Afghanistan L by 59 runs | 2 | Did not advance | First stage | |||||
Source: ESPNcricinfo [6] |
First stage (Group B) | Super 12 (Group 2) | Semifinal | Final | Overall Result | ||||||||
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Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | |
Ireland W by 31 runs | West Indies L by 31 runs | Scotland W by 5 wickets | 2 | South Africa No result | Pakistan W by 1 run | Bangladesh L by 3 runs | Netherlands L by 5 wickets | India L by 71 runs | 6 | Did not advance | Super 12 | |
Source: ESPNcricinfo [7] |
Score | Opponent | Venue | Season |
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174/7 (20 overs) | Ireland | Hobart | 2022 |
163/5 (20 overs) | Ireland | Sylhet | 2014 |
158/8 (20 overs) | Hong Kong | Nagpur | 2016 |
147/7 (20 overs) | Scotland | Nagpur | 2016 |
147/8 (20 overs) | Bangladesh | Brisbane | 2022 |
Last updated: 6 November 2022 [8] |
This list consists players with most number of matches at the T20 World Cup. Craig Ervine has played a total of 11 matches, and has captained the team in 7 of their World Cup matches.
Matches | Player | Period | ||||
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14 | Sikandar Raza | 2014-2022 | ||||
Sean Williams | 2014-2022 | |||||
13 | Tendai Chatara | 2014-2022 | ||||
12 | Elton Chigumbura | 2007-2016 | ||||
Hamilton Masakadza | 2007-2016 | |||||
Last updated: 6 November 2022 [9] |
Runs | Player | Mat | Inn | HS | Avg | 100s | 50s | Period |
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278 | Sikandar Raza | 14 | 14 | 82 | 19.85 | — | 1 | 2014–2022 |
275 | Sean Williams | 14 | 14 | 64 | 19.64 | — | 2 | 2014–2022 |
245 | Brandon Taylor | 8 | 8 | 60* | 40.83 | — | 2 | 2007–2014 |
213 | Hamilton Masakadza | 12 | 12 | 43 | 17.75 | — | — | 2007–2016 |
180 | Vusi Sibanda | 10 | 10 | 59 | 20.00 | — | 1 | 2007–2016 |
Last updated: 6 November 2022 [10] |
Runs | Players | Opposition | Venue | Season |
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74 (1st wicket) | Brandon Taylor (41) & Vusi Sibanda (29) | v England | Cape Town | 2007 |
64 (4th wicket) | Sikandar Raza (40) & Craig Ervine (23) | v Scotland | Hobart | 2022 |
63 (6th wicket) | Sean Williams (36) & Ryan Burl (26) | v Bangladesh | Brisbane | 2022 |
62 (2nd wicket) | Brandon Taylor (32) & Hamilton Masakadza (26) | v Netherlands | Sylhet | 2014 |
61 (5th wicket) | Malcolm Waller (26) & Vusi Sibanda (32) | v Hong Kong | Nagpur | 2016 |
Last updated: 6 November 2022 [11] |
Wickets | Player | Matches | Avg. | Econ. | BBI | 4W | 5W | Period |
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13 | Sikandar Raza | 14 | 16.53 | 6.51 | 3/19 | 0 | 0 | 2014–2022 |
12 | Blessing Muzarabani | 8 | 16.58 | 7.65 | 3/23 | 0 | 0 | 2022–2022 |
11 | Sean Williams | 14 | 21.45 | 6.05 | 3/15 | 0 | 0 | 2014–2022 |
Tendai Chatara | 13 | 26.90 | 6.72 | 2/14 | 0 | 0 | 2014–2022 | |
9 | Tinashe Panyangara | 6 | 19.66 | 7.69 | 4/37 | 1 | 0 | 2014–2016 |
Richard Ngarava | 8 | 21.88 | 7.03 | 2/18 | 0 | 0 | 2022–2022 | |
Last updated: 6 November 2022 [12] |
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