- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR34.4 tossed up, ganga comes down the track to play a big shot, is beaten by the flight and turn, Taibu claims his first international scalp, good piece of stumping! 168/237.3 well flighted on middle and off, plays it to mid-on, Hinds charges down the track. Chanderpaul will have none of it, sends Hinds back, too late 180/349.3 short of alength, goes for the big drive in the rise, skies the ball towards deep mid-off, friend the happy fielder waits under the ball, takes a good catch 264/546.4 low full toss, smashed high towards long-on, middled the ball sweetly, should have gone for a six, Grant Flower plucks the ball from thin air, amazing diving catch! it doesn't get any better than this! 242/4Extras23 (b 4, lb 3, nb 3, w 13)TOTAL266/5 (50 Overs, RR: 5.32)Fall of wickets: 1-113 (Chris Gayle, 24.4 ov), 2-168 (Daren Ganga, 34.4 ov), 3-180 (Wavell Hinds, 37.3 ov), 4-242 (Carl Hooper, 46.4 ov), 5-264 (Shivnarine Chanderpaul, 49.3 ov)
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR43.1 goes for the lofted drive, Sarwan gets under it and takes a well judged catch 188/65.5 what a catch! Jacobs diving to his right comes up with a one handed diving catch. The ball was fast 87.1 mph, rising of a short of a length, took the edge and flew towards first slip, Jacobs made the dive and took a memorable catch. 18/111.4 short of a length, driven on the rise Hooper standing close-in on the off side, what would be a short cover, takes a spectacular catch! 44/226.4 outside the off stump, goes for the big square cut, outside edge, straight into the thigh of Jacobs, bounces up, jacobs turns around and takes the catch, Umpire keeps nodding his head, Flower has to make the long walk back to the pavilion 99/333.5 played down to fine leg, takes one, Blignaut wants the second, Campbell says NO, a little bit too late, Blignaut is run out 137/442.2 short ball a bit quicker than the previous one, pulled hard at, Whittall gets under the ball and hits the ball straight up in the air, Hinds makes no mistake on the on side fence and that is the end of Whittall 187/548.4 fast yorker! too fast indeed, Streak misses, Samuel hits the off stump 224/943.4 short of a length, rising on about the off stump, Nkala tries to move away from the line, takes teh gloves and through to Jacobs standing behind the stumps. 190/7Extras8 (b 2, lb 4, nb 1, w 1)TOTAL239/9 (50 Overs, RR: 4.78)Fall of wickets: 1-18 (Dion Ebrahim, 5.5 ov), 2-44 (Stuart Carlisle, 11.4 ov), 3-99 (Grant Flower, 26.4 ov), 4-137 (Andy Blignaut, 33.5 ov), 5-187 (Guy Whittall, 42.2 ov), 6-188 (Alistair Campbell, 43.1 ov), 7-190 (Mluleki Nkala, 43.4 ov), 8-221 (Travis Friend, 48.1 ov), 9-224 (Heath Streak, 48.4 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB CE Cuffy 10 2 20 0 2 0 0 RD King 9 0 57 1 6.33 0 1 M Dillon 10 2 48 3 4.8 1 0 CL Hooper 6 0 29 0 4.83 0 0 MV Nagamootoo 10 0 51 1 5.1 0 0 MN Samuels 5 0 28 3 5.6 0 0
Match Details
Toss
Zimbabwe , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Match number
Season
Match days
23 June 2001 (50-over match)
ODI debut
Umpires
TV Umpires
Match Referee
Points
West Indies 2, Zimbabwe 0
Match Notes
- West Indies 50 in 12.1 overs, 61 mins
- West Indies 100 in 21.3 overs, 95 mins
- West Indies 150 in 31.2 overs, 129 mins
- West Indies 200 in 42 overs, 172 mins
- West Indies 250 in 48.2 overs, 202 mins
- Zimbabwe 50 in 15 overs, 61 mins
- Zimbabwe 100 in 27.2 overs, 109 mins
- Zimbabwe 150 in 36.1 overs, 140 mins
- Zimbabwe 200 in 45.2 overs, 183 mins
- S Chanderpaul 50 in 44 balls, 63 mins
- ADR Campbell 50 in 79 balls, 124 mins
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