- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR9.1 brilliant catch by Da Silva tumbling in front of first slip! He dived with his right glove dangling out, and plucked that well to send Makoni back for a 24-ball duck. And Joseph strikes first ball from the other end. He pitched it on the slightly shorter side of a length, angling it into the batter. It pitched around middle and off, and then shaped away, taking Makoni's outside edge, as he defended forward 16/117.1 Edged and taken! On a length outside off angling into him and he drives away from the body. Thick outside edge takes it to first slip and Kyle Mayers is a safe pair of hands there. He was falling to his right and managed to hold the ball up to his chest as he rolled over. 49/315.4 Leading edge, straight to backward point! That was full and straight and Chibhabha was a tad bit early as he looked to flick it through the leg side. Gets a leading edge that pops up in the air and Tagenarine Chanderpaul makes no mistake! 48/226.4 struck on the front pad, there is a confident appeal for leg before, and given out! Ervine walks back shaking his head, with the umpire barely having taken a second to give that out. Full delivery pitching outside off, and Ervine has pre-decided to slog sweep that away across the line. The ball does turn in to end around middle and off, but he is beaten, and rapped right in front. Zimbabwe almost in danger of getting bowled out under a hundred 75/620.1 Bat-pad and gone! Motie has his first wicket of the match. Full around off, he came forward to defend but the inside edge onto his pad saw the ball loop up and it's a simple catch for Raymon Reifer at forward short leg 64/422.6 Oh, what have you done Tsiga?! Has a swing at a full delivery outside off and only manages to sky it to Chanderpaul at cover. The ball turned a little to beat him, but that was just poor batting. West Indies get another wicket before lunch 68/528.3 tickled to leg slip! Motie has his fourth. This good length ball outside off bounced well enough for Motie's liking, while also turning into middle and leg. Masakadza looked to guide that with the turn, but ended up gifting a catch off the inside edge to the fielder behind. This is motoring along for West Indies now 81/732.5 five wickets for Motie! Edged to slip this time. Actually the outside edge first hit the right side of Da Silva's gloves, only for it to pop out towards slip, where Blackwood went low to complete the grab on second attempt. Mavuta was standing after making room, and looked to loft this loopy and full ball on off. The ball was much slower too, and his bat swing was too early 87/834.4 bowled him! No. 6 for Motie. It was a yorker which cleaned Nyauchi up. Motie tossed it up from around the wicket, angling it into the right-hander. The ball landed on a yorker length on leg, and skidded through to strike the leg stump, with Nyauchi trying to squeeze it out but getting beaten 89/940.5 Cleans him up and Gudakesh Motie has seven! Flatter and quicker on middle, Chivanga rocked back to cut but missed and the ball hit the top of the stumps. Zimbabwe are bowled out for 115 and Motie finishes with career-best figures of 7-37! 115/10Extras9 (b 4, lb 4, w 1)TOTAL115 all out (40.5 Overs, RR: 2.81, 213 minutes)Fall of wickets: 1-16 (Tanunurwa Makoni, 9.1 ov), 2-48 (Chamu Chibhabha, 15.4 ov), 3-49 (Innocent Kaia, 17.1 ov), 4-64 (Milton Shumba, 20.1 ov), 5-68 (Tafadzwa Tsiga, 22.6 ov), 6-75 (Craig Ervine, 26.4 ov), 7-81 (Wellington Masakadza, 28.3 ov), 8-87 (Brandon Mavuta, 32.5 ov), 9-89 (Victor Nyauchi, 34.4 ov), 10-115 (Tanaka Chivanga, 40.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB AS Joseph 9 1 29 1 3.22 1 0 ST Gabriel 8 2 19 0 2.37 0 0 JO Holder 7 2 18 2 2.57 0 0 G Motie 14.5 4 37 7 2.49 0 0 RL Chase 2 0 4 0 2.00 0 0
Player of the Match
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- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR7.5 Pins him in front and up goes the finger! That was slightly full on off and stayed low as it went on with the angle. Brathwaite played back to it and couldn't get his bat down in time. That looked fairly plumb. Masakadza has now got Brathwaite thrice in the series! 13/127.1 Mavuta draws the top-edge and gets rid of Chanderpaul! Tosses it up on a length outside off, Chanderpaul moves across and looks to sweep. Gets a huge top edge and the ball loops up to short fine for a simple catch for Donald Tiripano. A budding partnership broken 86/235.3 Oh no, what happened there?! There was absolutely no need for that, and a mix-up has cost West Indies a wicket and Raymon Reifer has to go. He skipped out of the crease to drive it wide of mid-off and he raced down immediately for a single. Blackwood was rooted at his crease and Chivanga was quick to pick it up and throw it to the keeper who completed the run out. Reifer called and then stopped and then ran through, confusing Blackwood in the end 117/337.3 Pulls it and and it's straight to the fielder! That's a half-tracker outside off and he rocks back and pulls it, but straight to short midwicket, where Nyauchi takes the catch. Mavuta has his second and West Indies are four down 124/453.1 chipped to midwicket! But Mayers is hanging around, perhaps maybe he thinks the ball must have stopped short of fielder. Replays, though, confirm it was taken well, and just off the ground by Masakadza, so Mayers has to depart. It was a full toss which was angling into and dipping towards middle stump, with Mayers simply flicking it perhaps citing the friendly ball. But, but... there is still a delay in the third umpire officially ruling it out, as the two on-field umpires wait for the decision. The verdict comes after the third umpire checks multiple replays of the low catch, and finally gives it out 184/584.5 bowled him, the breakthrough finally arrives! It was a very good ball there. Bowled on the slightly fuller side of a length around off, and shaped back in to hit middle, as the ball found the little gap between bat and pad, with Chase trying to drive forward. But Chase's resistance ends after a patient stay of 70. 269/686.1 bowled him! Nyauchi has now cleaned up both Chase and Da Silva. The second new ball thus helping Zimbabwe hit back. He pitched it on the shorter side of a length, and a bit wide of off. But the ball angled in sharply to strike off stump, as Da Silva pushed forward on middle stump instead 270/790.5 Nyauchi strikes with the first ball of the day! Or has he overstepped? No, his had landed his foot just behind the crease. Bowls it on a length outside off, Holder went chasing after it with an expansive drive and gets a thick edge and Tsiga gobbles it up 290/986.3 ballooned to midwicket, as Makuni rushes across to his right to gobble that! Two wickets in three balls for Nyauchi. He banged it in short and at high pace, as the ball rose rather uncomfortably around middle and off. Joseph looked to pull, but got that from the higher side of the bat. Makoni kept his eyes on the ball all along, and stretched out his hands to complete the take 274/892.3 Nyauchi has his fifth! Banged in short outside leg, Motie pulled it but picks out the deep midwicket fielder, who takes a good low catch. A first Test five-wicket haul for Nyauchi, who has toiled away. West Indies are bowled out for 292 292/10Extras11 (lb 3, nb 6, w 2)TOTAL292 all out (92.3 Overs, RR: 3.15, 392 minutes)Fall of wickets: 1-13 (Kraigg Brathwaite, 7.5 ov), 2-86 (Tagenarine Chanderpaul, 27.1 ov), 3-117 (Raymon Reifer, 35.3 ov), 4-124 (Jermaine Blackwood, 37.3 ov), 5-184 (Kyle Mayers, 53.1 ov), 6-269 (Roston Chase, 84.5 ov), 7-270 (Joshua Da Silva, 86.1 ov), 8-274 (Alzarri Joseph, 86.3 ov), 9-290 (Jason Holder, 90.5 ov), 10-292 (Gudakesh Motie, 92.3 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB VM Nyauchi 17.3 1 56 5 3.20 0 0 WP Masakadza 20 5 58 1 2.90 0 0 TL Chivanga 14 0 59 0 4.21 1 5 DT Tiripano 13 2 26 0 2.00 1 1 B Mavuta 24 3 73 3 3.04 0 0 M Shumba 4 0 17 0 4.25 0 0
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR16.2 Oh, Kaia falls short of a half-century again! Tossed up full outside off, he looked to fetch it with the sweep again but gets a thin edge and Da Silva is quick to react and gobble that up, even after it bounced up off him. Kaia departs for a well made 43 56/32.5 He chases a wide delivery and nicks off! On a length outside off, Makoni looks for a drive and gets the outside edge. Easy catch for Da Silva 13/16.1 chopped on first ball! Chibhabha's front foot was going nowhere there, as he ended up bottom-edging on to the stumps. It was on a good length around fifth stump as he went half forward to try and have a tentative poke away from his body. Instead, the ball went crashing down 15/247.1 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! 170/926.4 Motie cleans him up! Tossed up just fuller than a length outside off, Shumba was out of his crease again as he looked to whip it through the leg side. The ball turns in sharply and goes between his bat and pad and hits the stumps. Motie has nine in the match now 86/430.6 Motie has his first Test 10-for! That was tossed slow and full on middle. Tsiga went across to try and sweep it fine but can only help it onto leg-stump. Another wicket gone for Zimbabwe and a big moment for Motie! 102/531.3 the off stump is dislodged! Gabriel joins the fun, even if his front foot just landed right. He fired one on a good length just about on off, with the ball zipping into the batter again. It kept a little low too, as Tiripano was neither forward nor back in trying to push at it. And the ball sneaked in below his bat 103/636.6 tickled to short leg! Masakadza's adventure doesn't last long. After attempting reverse sweeps which didn't work, he now decided to charge down the pitch. In trying to defend this good length ball outside off, he actually ended up getting an inside edge to the fielder, as the ball turned well into him. Motie now has a chance to bag five in the second innings too 132/746.1 Chase strikes first ball! On a length outside off, Mavuta plays forward as it bounces more than he expected and it goes to Reifer at forward short leg, who takes a sharp catch. Chase has his first of the innings 166/847.3 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 7-37 173/10Extras19 (b 18, lb 1)TOTAL173 all out (47.3 Overs, RR: 3.64, 205 minutes)Fall of wickets: 1-13 (Tanunurwa Makoni, 2.5 ov), 2-15 (Chamu Chibhabha, 6.1 ov), 3-56 (Innocent Kaia, 16.2 ov), 4-86 (Milton Shumba, 26.4 ov), 5-102 (Tafadzwa Tsiga, 30.6 ov), 6-103 (Donald Tiripano, 31.3 ov), 7-132 (Wellington Masakadza, 36.6 ov), 8-166 (Brandon Mavuta, 46.1 ov), 9-170 (Craig Ervine, 47.1 ov), 10-173 (Victor Nyauchi, 47.3 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB AS Joseph 7 2 23 1 3.28 0 0 ST Gabriel 7 1 20 1 2.85 0 0 JO Holder 4 1 16 1 4.00 0 0 G Motie 17.3 1 62 6 3.54 0 0 RL Chase 11 2 30 1 2.72 0 0 KC Brathwaite 1 0 3 0 3.00 0 0
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
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Close of Play
- Sun, 12 Feb - day 1 - West Indies 1st innings 133/4 (KR Mayers 8*, RL Chase 5*, 41 ov)
- Mon, 13 Feb - day 2 - West Indies 1st innings 290/8 (JO Holder 3*, G Motie 11*, 90.4 ov)
- Tue, 14 Feb - day 3 - Zimbabwe 2nd innings 173 (47.3 ov) - end of match
Match Notes
- Wet Ground: West Indies - 290/8 in 90.4 overs (JO Holder 3, G Motie 11)
- Innings Break: West Indies - 292/10 in 92.3 overs (ST Gabriel 0)
- Zimbabwe 2nd innings
- Lunch: Zimbabwe - 46/2 in 14.0 overs (I Kaia 40, CR Ervine 4)
- Zimbabwe: 50 runs in 14.3 overs (87 balls), Extras 4
- Zimbabwe: 100 runs in 30.2 overs (182 balls), Extras 7
- Drinks: Zimbabwe - 102/5 in 31.0 overs (CR Ervine 41)
- CR Ervine: 50 off 73 balls (4 x 4)
- Zimbabwe: 150 runs in 42.2 overs (254 balls), Extras 19
- Tea: Zimbabwe - 158/7 in 45.0 overs (CR Ervine 69, B Mavuta 9)
- West Indies: 150 runs in 46.5 overs (283 balls), Extras 2
- 5th Wicket: 50 runs in 80 balls (KR Mayers 23, RL Chase 28, Ex 2)
- Drinks: West Indies - 186/5 in 55.0 overs (RL Chase 32, J Da Silva 1)
- West Indies: 200 runs in 60.4 overs (368 balls), Extras 5
- RL Chase: 50 off 83 balls (4 x 4, 1 x 6)
- 6th Wicket: 50 runs in 102 balls (RL Chase 24, J Da Silva 24, Ex 2)
- Lunch: West Indies - 236/5 in 71.0 overs (RL Chase 56, J Da Silva 25)
- West Indies: 250 runs in 77.5 overs (471 balls), Extras 7
- Drinks: West Indies - 269/6 in 84.5 overs (J Da Silva 43)
- Rain: West Indies - 269/6 in 85.1 overs (J Da Silva 43, JO Holder 0)
- Tea: West Indies - 269/6 in 85.1 overs (J Da Silva 43, JO Holder 0)
- Rain: West Indies - 269/6 in 85.1 overs (J Da Silva 43, JO Holder 0)
- Wet Ground: West Indies - 269/6 in 85.1 overs (J Da Silva 43, JO Holder 0)
- Rain: West Indies - 290/8 in 90.4 overs (JO Holder 3, G Motie 11)
- End Of Day: West Indies - 290/8 in 90.4 overs (JO Holder 3, G Motie 11)
- Zimbabwe 1st innings
- There was a delay in the game because Innocent Kaia had his finger checked on 2.3 overs
- Drinks: Zimbabwe - 28/1 in 12.0 overs (I Kaia 26, CJ Chibhabha 1)
- Zimbabwe: 50 runs in 17.3 overs (105 balls), Extras 1
- Lunch: Zimbabwe - 70/5 in 25.0 overs (CR Ervine 18, DT Tiripano 0)
- Zimbabwe: 100 runs in 36.5 overs (221 balls), Extras 9
- Drinks: Zimbabwe - 104/9 in 38.0 overs (DT Tiripano 18, TL Chivanga 0)
- Innings Break: Zimbabwe - 115/10 in 40.5 overs (DT Tiripano 23)
- West Indies 1st innings
- Tea: West Indies - 21/1 in 9.0 overs (T Chanderpaul 14, RA Reifer 0)
- West Indies: 50 runs in 15.3 overs (94 balls), Extras 1
- 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 84 balls (T Chanderpaul 23, RA Reifer 25, Ex 2)
- Drinks: West Indies - 86/2 in 27.1 overs (RA Reifer 41)
- West Indies: 100 runs in 31.6 overs (194 balls), Extras 2
- RA Reifer: 50 off 76 balls (4 x 4, 1 x 6)
- Bad Light: West Indies - 133/4 in 41.0 overs (KR Mayers 8, RL Chase 5)
- End Of Day: West Indies - 133/4 in 41.0 overs (KR Mayers 8, RL Chase 5)
Match Coverage
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