Player of the Match
Player of the Match

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Statistics

Best performances - Batsmen

CR Ervine
CR Ervine
72(105) 4x4 - 0x6
Control %79%
  • Productive Shot
  • push
  • 15 runs
  • 0x4 - 0x6
17 10 8 9 8 3 3 14
RL Chase
RL Chase
70(132) 4x4 - 1x6
Control %90%
  • Productive Shot
  • cover drive
  • 20 runs
  • 2x4 - 0x6
4 0 1 7 28 8 5 13

Best performances - Bowlers

G Motie
G Motie
O14.5
M4
R37
W7
Eco2.49
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
1W
1W1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W
2W
G Motie
G Motie
O17.3
M1
R62
W6
Eco3.54
RHB
OFFLEG
2W1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W1W
1W

Match Details

Toss

Zimbabwe , elected to bat first

Player Of The Match

Player Of The Series

Series result

West Indies won the 2-match series 1-0

Match number

Season

Hours of play (local time)

11.30 start, Lunch 13.00-13.40, Tea 15.40-16.00, Close 17.30

Match days

12,13,14 February 2023 (5-day match)

Test debut

TV Umpires

Reserve Umpire

Match Referee

Scorer: Ranjith P | Commentator: @himanshu_a30

He lifts the series trophy, as his team-mates join him in the celebration. They are all smiles, and we wrap this tour up with this three-day win by West Indies. Abhimanyu's report will be up soon to help you catch up with proceedings, as the visitors now head to South Africa for two further Tests. Until then, it is goodnight and goodbye from Ranjith, Abhimanyu and me, Himanshu!

Vern: "Happy Motie Day Himanshu!" --- Rather, a Gud(akesh) Day

Kraigg Brathwaite, the winning captain: "Very proud of the team. Good to see an all-round performance. We had to get some runs as quick as we could... The pressure the pacers created was good to see. The bowlers did a fantastic job. Two more Test matches to go [against South Africa] in Africa."

Gudakesh Motie is the Player of the Match for his 13 for 99. He is also the Player of the Series: "Very happy about it... I think I worked hard enough. I had a lot of practice. I am very happy. Back in my country, the wicket is similar."

Craig Ervine speaks first: "Winning the toss, we needed to bat well on the first day... We didn't, and that put us on the back foot from the start. We had good preparations leading up to this. Gary Ballance is such an experienced players; he brought stability... Vicky was exceptional to get five wickets on that track. Brandon has been sitting out for a while, so good to see him."

Time for the presentations

Stephen Kissoon: "Is Motie's 13-99 the best figures ever by a WI Spinner in tests?" --- Yup, he has overtaken Sonny Ramadhin

Mark: ""So now the question is how long can Zimbabwe stretch this match?" By my count, it was 15 deliveries. The match has lasted only 6 sessions in total... and people were worrying that slow scoring by the West Indies yesterday might cost them the win!"

Saurabh M: "What a day to achieve that incredible 10 wicket feat of Alf Valentine on Valentine's day" --- How romantic...

Hello again, I'm here for whatever it's worth.

4.20pm That's that, West Indies win the series 1-0! Zimbabwe fought hard and fell four short of avoiding an innings defeat, but Gudakesh Motie was too good for them yet again. Himanshu will come back for the presentation ceremony now while I quickly wrap up the report!

47.3
W
Motie to Nyauchi, OUT, Motie finishes things off! Tossed up on a length outside off, spins away as Nyauchi comes down the track and it's a simple stumping for Da Silva. Motie finishes with 13 wickets in the match. Figures of 6-62 to go with his first-innings figures of 7-37

VM Nyauchi st †Da Silva b Motie 2 (7m 4b 0x4 0x6) SR: 50.00

47.2
3
Motie to Chivanga, 3 runs, Full on leg and Chivanga sweeps it fine through the gap. They get three runs, with the deficit now down to three!

Tanaka Chivanga is the last man in

47.1
W
Motie to Ervine, OUT, And he strikes immediately! He has trapped Ervine in front! It's on a length outside off, he plays back but the ball stays low and hits him plumb in front. Ervine's resilience comes to an end. Motie has two five-fors!

CR Ervine lbw b Motie 72 (169m 105b 4x4 0x6) SR: 68.57

Motie returns

END OF OVER:
47 | 4 Runs 1 Wkt | ZIM: 170/8

  • Craig Ervine72 (104b)
  • Victor Nyauchi2 (3b)
  • Roston Chase11-2-30-1
  • Alzarri Joseph7-2-23-1
46.6
1
Chase to Ervine, 1 run, Tossed up full outside off, Ervine leans forward and chips it over mid-off and he will settle for just the single, keeping strike
46.5
1
Chase to Nyauchi, 1 run, Full outside off, Nyauchi pushes it square for another single
46.4
0
Chase to Nyauchi, no run, Full on off, he turns it to backward square

Zimbabwe 3rd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st13I KaiaT Makoni
2nd2CJ ChibhabhaI Kaia
3rd41CR ErvineI Kaia
4th30CR ErvineM Shumba
5th16CR ErvineTE Tsiga
6th1CR ErvineDT Tiripano
7th29CR ErvineWP Masakadza
8th34CR ErvineB Mavuta
9th4CR ErvineVM Nyauchi
10th3VM NyauchiTL Chivanga