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5th March 2010, 11:15 AM
Zimbabwe beat West Indies in first one-dayer in Guyana
Zimbabwe followed up their historic Twenty20 win on Sunday by beating West Indies by two runs in a tense first one-day international in Guyana.
The tourists posted a competitive 254-5 after opting to bat first on a slow wicket, with Vusi Sibanda's patient 95 holding their innings together.
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Chris Gayle then hit 57 and Shivnarine Chanderpaul 70 to leave the Windies needing 15 from the final over.
Nikita Miller hit 11 but Kemar Roach failed to hit four off the final ball.
Having spent much of the run chase behind the required rate, the writing appeared to be on the wall for West Indies when they needed 19 off the final seven balls with the top seven batsmen all back in the pavilion.
But Elton Chigumbura's final delivery was hit for four by Dwayne Smith and the pressure was back on Zimbabwe when the debutant Shingirai Masakadza was smacked for six and four from the first two balls of the final over by Miller.
But after a Miller single, Masakadza defeated Smith's ugly swipe next ball before a terrific catch in the deep from Graeme Cremer ended Sulieman Benn's involvement straight away.
Ridiculously, West Indies failed to cross while the ball was in the air, leaving Roach rather than Miller on strike for the final delivery, and the last man was only able to hit a single.
Though this was a tremendous result for the new-look Zimbabwe side dominated by spinners, who sent down all but eight of their overs yesterday, Windies skipper Gayle could not hide his disappointment afterwards.
"It was a terrible display of batting at the end," he said.
"If we don't learn, we're going to get beaten. If we carry on like this Zimbabwe will beat us 5-0. It was a terrible display.
"We need to dig ourselves quickly out of this hole. There's a lot of things to put on the table and discuss."
The Windies came into the game eager to bounce back from a 26-run defeat in the one-off Twenty20 international between the sides on Sunday.
But they struggled to make much impact early on with the ball as Zimbabwe built around Sibanda's knock to post what was a competitive total on a slow wicket.
Hamilton Masakadza chipped in with 41 before wicketkeeper Tatenda Taibu smashed 56 off only 54 balls.
Sibanda had his hopes of a century dashed in the penultimate over when a stunning delivery from Roach shattered his bat and hit off-stump, but the Windies had plenty of work to do with the bat.
Gayle, back in the side as skipper, looked in the mood with a brisk 57 at the top of the order in reply until he was trapped leg before by Greg Lamb, and West Indies never properly re-established their innings until it was all too late.
Source: BBC
Zimbabwe followed up their historic Twenty20 win on Sunday by beating West Indies by two runs in a tense first one-day international in Guyana.
The tourists posted a competitive 254-5 after opting to bat first on a slow wicket, with Vusi Sibanda's patient 95 holding their innings together.
http://uc-njavan.ir/images/d089mal9euhk2ln4v63u.jpg (http://uc-njavan.ir/)
Chris Gayle then hit 57 and Shivnarine Chanderpaul 70 to leave the Windies needing 15 from the final over.
Nikita Miller hit 11 but Kemar Roach failed to hit four off the final ball.
Having spent much of the run chase behind the required rate, the writing appeared to be on the wall for West Indies when they needed 19 off the final seven balls with the top seven batsmen all back in the pavilion.
But Elton Chigumbura's final delivery was hit for four by Dwayne Smith and the pressure was back on Zimbabwe when the debutant Shingirai Masakadza was smacked for six and four from the first two balls of the final over by Miller.
But after a Miller single, Masakadza defeated Smith's ugly swipe next ball before a terrific catch in the deep from Graeme Cremer ended Sulieman Benn's involvement straight away.
Ridiculously, West Indies failed to cross while the ball was in the air, leaving Roach rather than Miller on strike for the final delivery, and the last man was only able to hit a single.
Though this was a tremendous result for the new-look Zimbabwe side dominated by spinners, who sent down all but eight of their overs yesterday, Windies skipper Gayle could not hide his disappointment afterwards.
"It was a terrible display of batting at the end," he said.
"If we don't learn, we're going to get beaten. If we carry on like this Zimbabwe will beat us 5-0. It was a terrible display.
"We need to dig ourselves quickly out of this hole. There's a lot of things to put on the table and discuss."
The Windies came into the game eager to bounce back from a 26-run defeat in the one-off Twenty20 international between the sides on Sunday.
But they struggled to make much impact early on with the ball as Zimbabwe built around Sibanda's knock to post what was a competitive total on a slow wicket.
Hamilton Masakadza chipped in with 41 before wicketkeeper Tatenda Taibu smashed 56 off only 54 balls.
Sibanda had his hopes of a century dashed in the penultimate over when a stunning delivery from Roach shattered his bat and hit off-stump, but the Windies had plenty of work to do with the bat.
Gayle, back in the side as skipper, looked in the mood with a brisk 57 at the top of the order in reply until he was trapped leg before by Greg Lamb, and West Indies never properly re-established their innings until it was all too late.
Source: BBC