Netherlands won this game by five wickets to provide the twelfth occasion of an Associate team winning the T20 World Cup game against a Test playing nation. All such occasions are tabulated below. Afghanistan and Ireland were granted test status in Jun 2017. Afghanistan played its first ever test against India at Bengaluru in Jun 2018 while Ireland played its first ever test against England in Jul 2019 at Lord’s

No	Team	Res	Margin	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	Netherlands	Won	04 wkts	v England	Lord’s	05 Jun 2009
2	Ireland	Won	06 wkts	v Bangladesh	Nottingham	08 Jun 2009
3	Ireland	Won	03 wkts	v Zimbabwe	Sylhet	17 Mar 2014
4	Hong Kong	Won	02 wkts	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	20 Mar 2014
5	Netherlands	Won	45 runs	v England	Chattogram	31 Mar 2014
6	Afghanistan	Won	59 runs	v Zimbabwe	Nagpur	12 Mar 2016
7	Afghanistan	Won	06 runs	v West Indies	Nagpur	27 Mar 2016
8	Scotland	Won	06 runs	v Bangladesh	Al Amerat	17 Oct 2021
9	Namibia	Won	08 wkts	v Ireland	Sharjah	22 Oct 2021
10	Namibia	Won	55 runs	v Sri Lanka	Geelong	16 Oct 2022
11	Scotland	Won	42 runs	v West Indies	Hobart	17 Oct 2022
12	Netherlands	Won	05 wkts	v Zimbabwe	Adelaide	02 Nov 2022

It also provides the third occasion of Netherlands winning a game against a test playing nation on three occasions in the T20 World Cup. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Team	Res	Margin	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	Netherlands	Won	04 wkts	v England	Lord’s	05 Jun 2009
2	Netherlands	Won	45 runs	v England	Chattogram	31 Mar 2014
3	Netherlands	Won	05 wkts	v Zimbabwe	Adelaide	02 Nov 2022

Netherlands became the first team to post a win against a Test playing nation on three occasions in the T20 World Cup.  Afghanistan, Ireland, Namibia and Scotland are the other teams which have posted two wins against Test playing nations in the T20 World Cup.

No	Team	Res	Margin	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	Afghanistan	Won	59 runs	v Zimbabwe	Nagpur	12 Mar 2016
2	Afghanistan	Won	06 runs	v West Indies	Nagpur	27 Mar 2016
1	Ireland	Won	06 wkts	v Bangladesh	Nottingham	08 Jun 2009
2	Ireland	Won	03 wkts	v Zimbabwe	Sylhet	17 Mar 2014
1	Namibia	Won	08 wkts	v Ireland	Sharjah	22 Oct 2021
2	Namibia	Won	55 runs	v Sri Lanka	Geelong	16 Oct 2022
1	Netherlands	Won	04 wkts	v England	Lord’s	05 Jun 2009
2	Netherlands	Won	45 runs	v England	Chattogram	31 Mar 2014
3	Netherlands	Won	05 wkts	v Zimbabwe	Adelaide	02 Nov 2022
1	Scotland	Won	06 runs	v Bangladesh	Al Amerat	17 Oct 2021
2	Scotland	Won	42 runs	v West Indies	Hobart	17 Oct 2022

Zimbabwe became the second test playing nation to lost three games against an Associate team in the T20 World Cup after Bangladesh. Bangladesh has also lost three games to Associate teams in the T20 World Cup

No	Team	Res	Margin	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	Ireland	Won	06 wkts	v Bangladesh	Nottingham	08 Jun 2009
2	Hong Kong	Won	02 wkts	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	20 Mar 2014
3	Scotland	Won	06 runs	v Bangladesh	Al Amerat	17 Oct 2021
1	Ireland	Won	03 wkts	v Zimbabwe	Sylhet	17 Mar 2014
2	Afghanistan	Won	59 runs	v Zimbabwe	Nagpur	12 Mar 2016
2	Netherlands	Won	05 wkts	v Zimbabwe	Adelaide	02 Nov 2022

MP O’Dowd of Netherlands scored 52 in this game to provide the 145^th occasion of an opening batsman scoring a fifty in the T20 World Cup. It also provides the seventh occasion of a Netherlands opening batsman scoring a fifty in the T20 World Cup.

MP O’Dowd’s 52 in this game represent his fourth fifty as an opening batsman in the T20 World Cup. He now owns the record for most fifties by a Netherlands opening batsman in the T20 World Cup. He went past SJ Myburgh who has scored three fifties while opening the innings in the T20 World Cup.

No	Player	Runs	I	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	SJ Myburgh	55	2	v U.A.E.	Sylhet	17 Mar 2014
2	SJ Myburgh	63	2	v Ireland	Sylhet	21 Mar 2014
3	SJ Myburgh	51	2	v South Africa	Chattogram	27 Mar 2014
1	MP O’Dowd	51	1	v Ireland	Abu Dhabi	18 Oct 2021
2	MP O’Dowd	70	1	v Namibia	Abu Dhabi	20 Oct 2021
3	MP O’Dowd	71*	2	v Sri Lanka	Geelong	20 Oct 2022
4	MP O’Dowd	52	2	v Zimbabwe	Adelaide	02 Nov 2022

MP O’Dowd’s run aggregate in T20 World Cup at the end of this game read 336 as an opening batsman. He now owns the record for most runs by a Netherlands opening batsman in the T20 World Cup. He went past SJ Myburgh who has scored 316 runs while opening the innings in the T20 World Cup.

MP O’Dowd and SJ Myburgh are the only two Netherlands opening batsmen to aggregate 300 plus runs in the T20 World Cup.

MP O’Dowd’s run aggregate in T20Is at the end of the game read 1560. He is the only Netherlands batsman to total 1500 plus runs in T20Is. His 52 in this game represent his twelfth fifty and eleventh half century in T20Is.

Zimbabwe was dismissed all out for 117 in this game to provide the 83^rd occasion of a team dismissed all out in an innings in the T20 World Cup. It also provides the fifth occasion of Zimbabwe dismissed all out in an innings in the T20 World Cup.

Zimbabwe was dismissed all out for 117 in this game to provide the 33^rd occasion of a team dismissed all out in the first innings in the T20 World Cup. It also provides the second occasion of Zimbabwe dismissed all out in the first  innings in the T20 World Cup.

Netherlands posted its eighth win in the T20 World Cup, while Zimbabwe suffered its tenth loss in the competition.