Arrrr! Zimbabwe lost chance to qualify for World Cup, heavy loss to Scotland

Currently ICC ODI World Cup 2023 Qualifier matches are being played. The 6th match of the Super 6 round of qualifiers was played on Tuesday (July 04). In this match Zimbabwe vs Scotland team was face to face. This match was very important for both the teams. The Scotland team won this match by 31 runs and gave a shock defeat to the Zimbabwe team. Also, Zimbabwe crashed out of the World Cup qualifiers with a defeat. On the other hand, with this win, Scotland moved to the second position in the points table with 6 points. Now they have to play one more match to qualify for the World Cup. If they win this match, they will qualify for the World Cup. Apart from this, they can also get a ticket for the World Cup based on the run rate.

Zimbabwe are knocked out 😱

Scotland produce an impressive bowling display to stun Zimbabwe and keep World Cup hopes alive 👊#CWC23 | #ZIMvSCO: https://t.co/zwhuDUToRP pic.twitter.com/v1qxMsRuJS

— ICC (@ICC) July 4, 2023

In this match, Zimbabwe won the toss and decided to bowl. At this time, Scotland scored 234 runs for the loss of 8 wickets in the stipulated 50 overs while batting first. Chasing this challenge, Zimbabwe managed to score only 203 runs in 41.1 overs losing all wickets. Therefore, the Scotland team won this match by 31 runs. (Scotland won by 31 runs and Zimbabwe are out of the World Cup Qualifiers)

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