Age is just a number! At 36, Zimbabwe became a bowler’s era, equaling Gill’s century
Currently ICC ODI World Cup 2023 Qualifier matches are being played. One batsman has been the talk of the town in the qualifiers. That player is none other than the 36-year-old explosive batsman Sean Williams from Zimbabwe. On Thursday (June 29), the Super 6 of the qualifiers saw Zimbabwe vs Oman. Williams scored a whirlwind century in this match. Interestingly, along with this he also performed a special feat.
Oman team won the toss and decided to bowl in this match. While batting first this time, Sean Williams, who landed at number three from the Zimbabwe team, batted stormily. Williams, who is currently in tremendous form, hit his 8th career century off 81 balls with 1 six and 10 fours.
This was Sean Williams’ third century of the tournament. Currently, he is the batsman with the most centuries in the tournament. Nicholas Pooran is second after him with 2 centuries to his name. He scored a whopping 142 off 103 balls against Oman. He also hit 3 sixes and 10 fours during this run. Oman bowler Fayyaz Butt showed Williams the way to the tent when he was caught by Kashyap Prajapati. He has scored runs at an average of over 160 so far in the tournament. He has 532 runs in 5 matches. He has scored these runs at a strike rate of 148.60.
Brilliant performance by Williams
The ongoing tournament for Williams is proving to be fantastic. He scored brilliant centuries against Nepal (102*) and USA (174). Apart from that, he also played a scintillating knock of 91 runs against Netherlands. Williams also had a brilliant performance against Oman. On the strength of his batting, Zimbabwe scored 332 runs for the loss of 7 wickets in 50 overs.
Notably, he scored his second best individual ODI score against Oman. His knock of 174 against USA is his best score in ODI cricket. Also, his knock of 142 against Oman now stands as his second best score. In fact, he equaled Shubman Gill and Fakhar Zaman by hitting the third century in 2023. Indian opener Shubman and Pakistan batsman Zaman have also scored 3 ODI centuries each so far in 2023. (Cricketer sean williams hit third century in icc world cup 2023 qualifier match between zim vs oman)
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