ByTimothy AbrahamBBC Sport journalist<\/p>\n
Men's T20 World Cup, Super 8s Group 1, Mumbai<\/p>\n
West Indies 254-6 (20 overs): Hetmyer 85 (34) Powell 59 (35); Muzarabani 2-42 <\/p>\n
Zimbabwe 147 all out (17.4 overs): Evans 43 (21) ; Motie 4-28; Hosein 3-28<\/p>\n
West Indies won by 107 runs<\/p>\n
Scorecard<\/a>. Tables<\/a><\/p>\n Shimron Hetmyer made a stunning 85 off 34 balls as West Indies began their T20 World Cup Super 8 stage with an emphatic 107-run victory over Zimbabwe.<\/p>\n Hetmyer hit seven sixes and seven fours as he mixed finesse with power – at a strike rate of 250 – to help West Indies post a mammoth 254-6.<\/p>\n The left-handed Guyanese was dropped twice by Tashinga Musekiwa – on nine and 70 – before he was eventually caught at deep mid-wicket by Brian Bennett off experienced spinner Graeme Cremer.<\/p>\n Rovman Powell then upped the ante after a patient start to chip in with a 35-ball 59 before middle-order cameos from Sherfane Rutherford, Romario Shepherd and Jason Holder provided further impetus.<\/p>\n West Indies' total was the second-highest in T20 World Cup history – behind Sri Lanka's 260-6 against Kenya in 2007 – on what was chastening day for Zimbabwe's attack, Cremer (9.50) the only player with an economy under 10. <\/p>\n No side had ever chased more than 230 at the Wankhede Stadium in T20 internationals, or in the Indian Premier League, and Zimbabwe soon found themselves in trouble.<\/p>\n Akeal Hosein bowled Bennett, Zimbabwe's leading runscorer, with a beauty for five then three balls later snared Ryan Burl for a duck to leave the Chevrons reeling at 20-3 in the third over.<\/p>\n Fellow left-arm spinner Gudakesh Motie ran through the Zimbabwe middle order en route to 4-28 – starting the run with a peach of a delivery to dismiss Dion Myers for 28.<\/p>\n With the game long gone Brad Evans added some respectability to the margin of defeat with some defiant late hitting – whacking five sixes in his 21-ball 43 – in a record 10th-wicket stand at a World Cup of 44 with Richard Ngarava.<\/p>\n More to follow…<\/p>\nRelated topics<\/h2>\n