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03/09/2025 13:30

Vitality Blast. 2025. Winner

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W1
9
W2
10

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Craig Ervine was bowled in the second over. Source: AFP via Getty Images

Bright start for Bennett

Zimbabwe's innings had started brightly. Twenty-year-old Brian Bennett hit Shoriful Islam for three successive boundaries in the third over, after senior batsman Craig Ervine had fallen in the previous over. Bennett's first boundary was a cover drive, the second a ramp over third man, and the third a well-timed back-foot drive through cover. But the bright start was short-lived.

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