West Indies vs Zimbabwe Fourth ODI at Bulawayo
WI vs ZIM, 4th ODI, Bulawayo: West Indies clinch series (3:1)
Dec 08, 2007
West Indies won the fourth one-day international against Zimbabwe by five wickets here on Friday to take an unassailable 3-1 lead in the five-match series.
Five swift wickets from man-of-the-match Jerome Taylor restricted Zimbabwe to 232-9, a target reached by the injury-depleted visitors with five wickets and three overs to spare at the Queens Sports club.
The West Indian cause was helped by a third-wicket batting partnership of 105 runs by Runako Morton (79) and Marlon Samuels (62).
Samuels was playing in his 100th opne-day international.
Zimbabwe should have made a better showing with the bat but for a leisurely approach by their opening batsmen, whose combined efforts brought no fewer than 167 runs, but from a combined total of 235 balls.
Vusimusi Sibanda and Hamilton Masakadza's total beat by six runs the previous highest first wicket partnership for Zimbabwe set by brothers Grant and Andy Flower in 1997.
Sibanda was finally run out 96, just short of his second ODI century and Masakadza hit 80.
But they took 36 overs to achieve their tally, at only 4.8 runs per over, forcing the batsmen who followed to try and rack up the pace in a bid to reach a challenging total.
The final ODI is scheduled for here Sunday with the West Indies tour moving on next to South Africa.
WI vs ZIM, 4th ODI, Bulawayo: West Indies (234-5) beat Zimbabwe (232-9) by 5 wickets
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West Indies vs Zimbabwe Fourth ODI at Bulawayo
Scores
West Indies won the toss and decided to field
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232 for 9 (50.0 overs)
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234 for 5 (47.0 overs)
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Runs |
Balls |
4s |
6s |
| Sibanda |
run out |
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96 |
144 |
8 |
1 |
| Masakadza |
st Ramdin |
b Lewis |
80 |
92 |
8 |
1 |
| Chigumbura |
c Deonarine |
b Taylor |
4 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
| Taibu |
c Deonarine |
b Taylor |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| Taylor |
not out |
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26 |
34 |
1 |
0 |
| Matsikenyeri |
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b Taylor |
4 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
| Dabengwa |
c Ramdin |
b Taylor |
2 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
| Chibhabha |
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b Taylor |
1 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
| Utseya |
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b Bravo |
3 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
| Brent |
run out |
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9 |
7 |
1 |
0 |
| Price |
not out |
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1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| Extras |
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4w 2lb |
6 |
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| Total |
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for 9 |
232 |
(50.0 ovs) |
Bowler |
O |
M |
R |
W |
| Powell |
8.0 |
1 |
39 |
0 |
| Rampaul |
6.0 |
1 |
16 |
0 |
| Taylor |
10.0 |
0 |
48 |
5 |
| Samuels |
10.0 |
0 |
36 |
0 |
| Deonarine |
2.0 |
0 |
16 |
0 |
| Lewis |
7.0 |
0 |
38 |
1 |
| Bravo |
7.0 |
0 |
37 |
1 |
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Fall of wicket |
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| 167 |
Masakadza |
| 173 |
Chigumbura |
| 176 |
Taibu |
| 194 |
Sibanda |
| 207 |
Matsikenyeri |
| 213 |
Dabengwa |
| 215 |
Chibhabha |
| 220 |
Utseya |
| 231 |
Brent |
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West Indies Innings - Close
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Runs |
Balls |
4s |
6s |
| DS Smith |
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b Chigumbura |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| Parchment |
c Masakadza |
b Utseya |
25 |
41 |
4 |
0 |
| Morton |
c Chigumbura |
b Price |
79 |
109 |
5 |
3 |
| Samuels |
c Chibhabha |
b Utseya |
62 |
71 |
5 |
1 |
| Bravo |
not out |
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41 |
43 |
1 |
2 |
| Deonarine |
c Price |
b Utseya |
8 |
11 |
0 |
0 |
| Ramdin |
not out |
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5 |
8 |
0 |
0 |
| Extras |
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2nb 7w 5lb |
14 |
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| Total |
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for 5 |
234 |
(47.0 ovs) |
Bowler |
O |
M |
R |
W |
| Chigumbura |
6.0 |
0 |
39 |
1 |
| Brent |
10.0 |
0 |
46 |
0 |
| Price |
9.0 |
0 |
44 |
1 |
| Chibhabha |
2.0 |
0 |
16 |
0 |
| Utseya |
10.0 |
1 |
40 |
3 |
| Dabengwa |
10.0 |
0 |
44 |
0 |
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Fall of wicket |
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| 0 |
DS Smith |
| 62 |
Parchment |
| 167 |
Morton |
| 176 |
Samuels |
| 197 |
Deonarine |
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Umpires: B G Jerling, R B Tiffin
Zimbabwe: Sibanda, Masakadza, Chibhabha, Taibu, Taylor, Matsikenyeri, Chigumbura, Dabengwa, Utseya, Brent, Price
West Indies: DS Smith, Parchment, Morton, Deonarine, Samuels, Bravo, Lewis, Ramdin, Powell, Rampaul, Taylor
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