South Africa kept their winning streak alive in the T20 World Cup 2026, beating Zimbabwe by five wickets in their last Super 8 match. That’s seven wins in a row now for South Africa. Zimbabwe, on the other hand, bow out of the Super 8s without a single win. They batted first, put up 153 for 7. But South Africa chased it down pretty comfortably in the 18th over.
Sikandar Raza did everything he could. He hammered 73 runs off just 43 balls with eight boundaries, four sixes, all the intent in the world. But he just didn’t get much help from his teammates. Besides Raza, only Clive Madande stuck around finishing unbeaten on 26. South Africa’s bowlers weren’t giving anything away. Quinn Mphaka picked up two wickets for just 21 runs in his four overs. Corbin Bosch also took two, though he was expensive, going for 40.
George Linde, Lungi Ngidi, and Anrich Nortje chipped in with a wicket each. Zimbabwe started brightly with Tadiwanashe Marumani cracked a four off Linde’s first ball, Brian Bennett launched a six later in the same over. But then Mphaka got Marumani out in the very next over, and Nortje, back in the side, ended Bennett’s promising knock for 15.
Raza was fighting a lonely battle. He clubbed Bosch for boundaries in the sixth over, took on Nortje in the eighth, and then hammered Markram in the tenth. By the halfway mark, Zimbabwe were 80 for three. Raza even sent a monster six over midwicket off Nortje and slog swept Markram for another.
But wickets kept tumbling at the other end. Myers (11), Ryan Burl (5), and Tony Munyonga (2) all fell in quick succession, Myers to Linde, Burl leg-before to Ngidi, and Munyonga bowled by Bosch. Raza kept pushing, glancing a four off Mphaka, then sneaking a run for his first fifty of the tournament with just 29 balls to get there. He brought up the milestone with a four off Bosch and a huge six off Mphaka. But that was it. Mphaka fooled him with a slower ball, Raza edged it, and Miller didn’t drop the catch. That ended a gutsy innings and, honestly, any real hopes Zimbabwe had of pushing for a win.
Brief Scores:
Zimbabwe 153/7 in 20 overs (Sikandar Raza 73; Kwena Maphaka 2/21) lost to South Africa 154/5 in 17.5 overs (Dewald Brevis 42; Sikandar Raza 3/29) by five wickets.
