A Twenty20 International (T20I) is a form of cricket, played between two of the international members of the International Cricket Council (ICC), in which each team faces a maximum of twenty overs. The matches have top-class status and are the highest T20 standard. The game is played under the rules of Twenty20 cricket. The first Twenty20 International match between two men's sides was played on 17 February 2005, involving Australia and New Zealand. Wisden Cricketers' Almanack reported that "neither side took the game especially seriously", and it was noted by Cricinfo that but for a large score for Ricky Ponting, "the concept would have shuddered". However, Ponting himself said "if it does become an international game then I'm sure the novelty won't be there all the time". This is a list of Zimbabwe Cricket team's Twenty20 International records. It is based on the List of Twenty20 International records, but concentrates solely on records dealing with the Zimbabwe cricket team. Zimbabwe played the first ever T20I in 2006.
Key The top five records are listed for each category, except for the team wins, losses, draws and ties, all round records and the partnership records. Tied records for fifth place are also included. Explanations of the general symbols and cricketing terms used in the list are given below. Specific details are provided in each category where appropriate. All records include matches played for Zimbabwe only, and are correct .
+ Key Symbol Meaning Player or umpire is currently active in T20I cricket Even took place during a Cricket World Cup * Player remained not out or partnership remained unbroken ♠ Twenty20 International cricket record Date Starting date of the match Innings Number of innings played Matches Number of matches played Opposition The team Zimbabwe was playing against Period The time period when the player was active in ODI cricket Player The player involved in the record Venue Twenty20 International cricket ground where the match was played
Team records Overall Record MatchesWonLostTiedNRWin % 171 57 109 2 3 33.33Last Updated: 11 September 2025
Team wins, losses, draws and ties , Zimbabwe has played 171 T20I matches resulting in 57 victories, 109 defeats, 2 ties and 3 no results for an overall winning percentage of 32.00.
OpponentMatchesWonLostTiedNo Result% Won Full Members18 2 16 0 0 11.114 2 2 0 0 50.0025 8 17 0 0 32.001 0 1 0 0 0.0013 3 10 0 0 23.0718 8 8 0 2 44.446 0 6 0 0 0.0021 3 18 0 0 14.288 0 7 0 1 0.009 2 7 0 0 22.224 1 3 0 0 25.00 Associate Members2 1 0 1 0 75.001 1 0 0 0 100.001 1 0 0 0 100.001 1 0 0 0 100.002 2 0 0 0 100.001 1 0 0 0 100.0011 4 7 0 0 36.362 2 0 0 0 100.005 2 2 1 1 50.001 1 0 0 0 100.001 1 0 0 0 100.002 2 0 0 0 100.005 4 1 0 0 80.001 1 0 0 0 100.003 2 1 0 0 66.661 1 0 0 0 100.001 0 1 0 0 01 1 0 0 0 100.001 1 0 0 0 100.00Total171571092333.33
First bilateral T20I series wins
Opponent Year of first Home win Year of first Away win - - 2022 - YTP 2023- YTP - YTP 2021 - 2010 Last Updated: 3 August 2022
First T20I match wins
Opponent Home Away / Neutral Venue Year Venue Year - Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong, Bangladesh 2019 Sahara Park Newlands, Cape Town, South Africa 2007 Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe 2013 Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Mirpur, Bangladesh 2015 YTP Maple Leaf North-West Ground, King City, Canada 2008 – Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur, India 2016 Harare Sports Club, Harare, Zimbabwe 2015 - 2023 Bready Cricket Club Ground, Magheramason, Northern Ireland 2019 Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe 2022 Wanderers Cricket Ground, Windhoek, Namibia 2023 YTP Indian Association Ground, Singapore, Singapore 2019 Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe 2022 Sylhet International Cricket Stadium, Sylhet, Bangladesh 2014 - Harare Sports Club, Harare, Zimbabwe 2021 Optus Stadium, Perth, Australia 2022 YTP Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur, India 2016 Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe 2022 Indian Association Ground, Singapore, Singapore 2019 YTP - Harare Sports Club, Harare2025 R.Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka 2024 YTP Sylhet International Cricket Stadium, Sylhet, Bangladesh 2014 Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago 2010 Last Updated: 11 September 2025
Team scoring records
Most runs in an innings
Rank Score Opposition Venue Date1 344/4 Ruaraka Sports Club Ground, Nairobi, Kenya 23 October 20242 Gymkhana Club Ground, Nairobi, Kenya 19 October 20243 Ruaraka Sports Club Ground, Nairobi, Kenya 22 October 20244 Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe 5 United Ground, Windhoek, Namibia Last Updated: 23 October 2024
Fewest runs in an innings
Rank Score Opposition Venue Date1 Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe 2 R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka 3 Providence Stadium, Providence, Guyana 4 Harare Sports Club, Harare, Zimbabwe 5 Mahinda Rajapaksa International Stadium, Hambantota, Sri Lanka Last Updated: 3 December 2024
Most runs conceded an innings
Rank Score Opposition Venue Date1 Harare Sports Club, Harare, Zimbabwe 2 3 Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah, UAE 4 Seddon Park, Hamilton, New Zealand 5 Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Mirpur, Bangladesh Last Updated: 7 July 2024
Fewest runs conceded in an innings
Rank Score Opposition Venue Date1 Ruaraka Sports Club Ground, Nairobi, Kenya 2 Gymkhana Club Ground, Nairobi, Kenya 3 Wanderers Cricket Ground, Windhoek, Namibia 4 Maple Leaf North-West Ground, King City, Canada 5 Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago Last Updated: 11 September 2025
Most runs aggregate in a match
Rank Aggregate Scores Venue Date1 (200/2 ) v (202/5) Seddon Park, Hamilton, New Zealand 2 (198/3 ) v (200/5 ) Wanderers Cricket Ground, Windhoek, Namibia (344/4) v (54) Ruaraka Sports Club Ground, Nairobi, Kenya 3 (205/3) v (188/6) Harare Sports Club, Harare, Zimbabwe 4 (193/5) v (194/5) Last Updated: 11 September 2025
Fewest runs aggregate in a match
Rank Aggregate Scores Venue Date1 (56) v (57/1) Gymkhana Club Ground, Nairobi, Kenya 2 (57) v (61/0) Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe 3 (84) v (36/1) Providence Stadium, Providence, Guyana 4 (80) v (84/5 Harare Sports Club, Harare, Zimbabwe 5 (82) v (88/1) R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka Last Updated: 11 September 2025
Result records
Greatest win margins (by runs)
Rank Margin Opposition Venue Date 5 290 runs Ruaraka Sports Club Ground, Nairobi, Kenya 23 October 2024 4 149 runs Ruaraka Sports Club Ground, Nairobi, Kenya 22 October 2024 1 144 runs Wanderers Cricket Ground, Windhoek, Namibia 2 111 runs Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe 3 110 runs United Ground, Windhoek, Namibia Last Updated: 11 September 2025
Greatest win margins (by balls remaining)
Rank Balls remaining Margin Opposition Venue Date 1 909 wickets Gymkhana Club Ground, Nairobi, Kenya 2 56 9 wickets United Ground, Windhoek, Namibia 3 38 5 wickets Sylhet International Cricket Stadium, Sylhet, Bangladesh 4 36 6 wickets United Ground, Windhoek, Namibia 5 34 5 wickets Harare Sports Club, Harare, Zimbabwe Last Updated: 11 September 2025
Greatest win margins (by wickets)
Rank Margin Opposition Venue Date 1 9 wickets United Ground, Windhoek, Namibia 2 8 wickets Bready Cricket Club Ground, Magheramason, Northern Ireland Indian Association Ground, Singapore Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Mirpur, Bangladesh Last updated: 12 May 2024
Highest successful run chases
Rank Score Target Opposition Venue Date 1 156 Wanderers Cricket Ground, Windhoek, Namibia 2 180 The Grange Club, Edinburgh, Scotland 3 174 R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka 4 172 Bready Cricket Club Ground, Magheramason, Northern Ireland 5 168 Indian Association Ground, Singapore, Singapore Last Updated: 11 September 2025
Narrowest win margins (by runs)
Rank Margin Opposition Venue Date 1 1 Run Perth Stadium, Perth, Australia 2 2 Runs Harare Sports Club, Harare, Zimbabwe 3 3 Runs Castle Avenue, Dublin, Ireland 4 5 Runs Bready Cricket Club Ground, Magheramason, Northern Ireland 5 6 Runs Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe Last Updated: 27 October 2022
Narrowest win margins (by balls remaining)
Rank Balls remaining Margin Opposition Venue Date 1 0 5 wickets Sylhet International Cricket Stadium, Sylhet, Bangladesh Wanderers Cricket Ground, Windhoek, Namibia 1 wicket Harare Sports Club, Harare, Zimbabwe 2 1 5 wickets Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town, South Africa 3 wickets Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Mirpur, Bangladesh Last Updated: 7 December 2023
Narrowest win margins (by wickets)
Rank Margin Opposition Venue Date 1 1 wicket Harare Sports Club, Harare, Zimbabwe 2 2 wickets Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe 3 3 wickets Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Mirpur, Bangladesh Harare Sports Club, Harare, Zimbabwe 4 4 wickets Harare Sports Club, Harare, Zimbabwe R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka Harare Sports Club, Harare, Zimbabwe Last Updated: 11 September 2025
Greatest loss margins (by runs)
Rank Margin Opposition Venue Date 1 100 runs Harare Sports Club, Harare, Zimbabwe 3 85 runs 4 82 runs Mahinda Rajapaksa International Stadium, Hambantota, Sri Lanka 5 81 runs Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah, UAE Last Updated: 7 July 2024
Greatest loss margins (by balls remaining)
Rank Balls remaining Margin Opposition Venue Date 1 55 9 wickets R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka 2 44 10 wickets Mahinda Rajapaksa International Stadium, Hambantota, Sri Lanka 3 41 Harare Sports Club, Harare, Zimbabwe 4 39 5 38 7 wickets Wanderers Cricket Ground, Windhoek, Namibia Last Updated: 18 January 2024
Greatest loss margins (by wickets)
Rank Margins Opposition Most recent venue Date 1 10 wickets Harare Sports Club, Harare, Zimbabwe Mahinda Rajapaksa International Stadium, Hambantota, Sri Lanka Harare Sports Club, Harare, Zimbabwe 5 9 wickets Bready Cricket Club Ground, Magheramason, Northern Ireland Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Mirpur, Bangladesh R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka Last Updated: 13 July 2024
Narrowest loss margins (by runs)
Rank Margin Opposition Venue Date 1 3 runs Harare Sports Club, Harare, Zimbabwe The Gabba, Brisbane, Australia 3 4 runs Indian Association Ground, Singapore 4 5 runs Harare Sports Club, Harare, Zimbabwe Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah, UAE Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Mirpur, Bangladesh Last Updated: 10 May 2024
Narrowest loss margins (by balls remaining)
Rank Balls remaining Margin Opposition Venue Date 1 0 3 wickets Sylhet International Cricket Stadium, Sylhet, Bangladesh 6 wickets Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe 3 wickets R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka 4 1 5 wickets Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe Harare Sports Club, Harare, Zimbabwe Last Updated: 14 January 2024
Narrowest loss margins (by wickets)
Rank Margin Opposition Venue Date1 2 wickets Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore, Pakistan 2 3 wickets Sylhet International Cricket Stadium, Sylhet, Bangladesh Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Mirpur, Bangladesh R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka 5 4 wickets Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Mirpur, Bangladesh Sheikh Abu Naser Stadium, Khulna, Bangladesh Harare Sports Club, Harare, Zimbabwe Last Updated: 14 January 2024
Tied matches
Opposition Venue Date Maple Leaf North-West Ground, King City, Canada Hazelaarweg Stadion, Rotterdam, Netherlands Last updated: 3 December 2017
Batting records
Most career runs