- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR82.2 Bishoo strikes! Masakadza's marathon innings ends with a top-edged sweep. Lots of flight outside off from Bishoo, Masakadza may have premeditated the sweep if he saw anything full. It was actually there for the big slog sweep, but like Williamson yesterday, the ball just spins away and takes the top edge. Dowrich runs towards short leg and takes a simple catch. A legspinner always puts more revolutions on the ball, which makes sweeping a dangerous option. 246/53.6 gets him! Caught behind. Roach's persistence has worked. Kept swinging it away from wide of the crease and finally found the movement away from the stumps. This was headed for off, went away just the perfect amount. The angle had already drawn a shot from Mire - but it was only hands. The front leg was nowhere. Healthy edge, taken low to the right by Dowrich 4/16.2 clean bowled! Superb stuff from West Indies' opening bowlers. This wicket was set up by Roach - Ervine is no anxious as this comes towards him. Angled in from a good length. No stride and gap between bat and pad. Unlike Roach, Gabriel doesn't take it away. Slants into him and cuts through his defence to
send leg stump cartwheelingbreak middle stump in half 11/29.1 chops it on! More nerves from Zimbabwe! Only one batsman has looked assured today, but he's at the non-strikers end as Roach angles another one into a tight line outside off. It's a forward defence ball for Taylor if he isn't batting in the 10th over with two wickets down. But the stride is short, the intent to play is half-baked and the result is disastrous for Zimbabwe. Deflects it onto the stumps 14/357.6 bowled him. Completely misses the line, does Moor. It's been spinning sharply into his body so far, but not this one. Slightly quicker from Chase, maybe. It does turn, but not as much as before. Skids to tonk the top of off stump while he was playing the back foot defence on a middle stump line 156/4104.2 edged again and this time it's taken! Full outside off and Raza prods forward to defend at it, but takes the outside edge. Pocketed easily by second slip. Raza's innings comes to a close 310/883.1 right through Waller. A golden duck. Superb bowling from Brathwaite, slow and wide outside off, lots of flight. The ball was pitched in an area that almost always invites the drive. And Waller bites, goes through with a loose drive, which creates a big gap between bat and pad. The ball finds that gap and knocks into middle and leg stump. A poor option first up 248/690.6 another one. Chakabva has stuck with the sweep, and he does not make contact again. Has struggled for any fluency right through the innings. It's quick and full on leg, Chakabva premeditated the sweep, got low but does not make contact. The ball finds a big gap between both his legs and hits the stumps. Poor shot selection 267/7108.2 full outside off, crunched to mid off and it's a direct hit at the non-striker's! Time for the third umpire. Cremer took off for the run, but he was running straight towards Gabriel, and had to deviate from his path and ran diagonally to get to the other end. Holder's direct hit is good, Cremer is short by a few inches. He's got to go 319/9109.1 slower ball on middle stump, deceives the batsman and hits him on the pad in front of middle. Loud appeal and out says the umpire. Chisoro quick to review. It was full-pitched, goes under the bat and hits him in front of leg stump. Would've gone on to break leg stump. Zimbabwe are all out for 326. 326/10Extras8 (lb 6, nb 2)TOTAL326 all out (109.1 Overs, RR: 2.98, 467 minutes)Fall of wickets: 1-4 (Solomon Mire, 3.6 ov), 2-11 (Craig Ervine, 6.2 ov), 3-14 (Brendan Taylor, 9.1 ov), 4-156 (Peter Moor, 57.6 ov), 5-246 (Hamilton Masakadza, 82.2 ov), 6-248 (Malcolm Waller, 83.1 ov), 7-267 (Regis Chakabva, 90.6 ov), 8-310 (Sikandar Raza, 104.2 ov), 9-319 (Graeme Cremer, 108.2 ov), 10-326 (Tendai Chisoro, 109.1 ov)Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB ST Gabriel 22 4 64 2 2.90 0 1 KAJ Roach 18.1 5 44 3 2.42 0 1 J Blackwood 4 1 8 0 2.00 0 0 JO Holder 16 2 49 0 3.06 0 0 D Bishoo 25 2 82 2 3.28 0 0 RL Chase 14 1 50 1 3.57 0 0 KC Brathwaite 10 0 23 1 2.30 0 0
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR46.5 and Cremer strikes! Where in this world did that come from? Short delivery on off, Brathwaite plays back, forced back rather because of the flatter trajectory. Cremer pushes that full despite that flat trajectory, allowing the ball enough room to turn. It does, it takes the outside edge and carries low to slip, who takes a sharp catch. That's a sensational ball, did him in in the air, with the flight, or lack of it 76/182.3 he unleashes the short ball after switching angles and makes the incision. The man at gully throws himself to his right and completes a belting catch! Great reflexes, Ervine. Throat-hunting lifter outside off from around the stumps, surprises Powell and catches him in an awkward tangle. He jumps off the ground and fends it in the air. Ervine snaps it up, diving full-length to his right from gully. Powell falls ten short of a hundred. Look at the celebration from Mpofu. He is pumped. That's also his first wicket in the series. What a way to break the duck 163/463.4 Soft, soft dismissal. Bishoo simply plops a return catch. Tossed-up offbreak, on middle, not much turn, but Bishoo stays leg side of the ball. He checks his drive and gently chips it back to Raza, who provides Zimbabwe with the first breakthrough of the morning. That's a lollypop catch 131/269.1 Raza strikes again, this time to trap Hope lbw. Fry raises his finger. Hope confers with Powell and asks for a review. This looks plumb, however. Fuller, quicker offbreak, shoots low as well. Hope plays back to it and misses it completely. WI lose Hope and a review. It was plumb. How plumb? Missing off and leg, and cannoning into the middle of middle. Poor review from WI 135/3104.1 he's got five! Raza is pumped up out there. Tremendous piece of bowling. He changed his angle, coming around the wicket, and Hope played inside the full delivery, expecting more spin than there was. The ball zipped straight on, rattling the off stump. Raza immediately set off on a celebratory sprint through the covers, mobbed by his team-mates. He's been the catalyst for Zimbabwe's surge this afternoon. 230/798.3 attempts a full-blooded reverse sweep past point but misses it completely as the ball spins back in just a bit more than he expects. The ball hits him on the roll of the pad, looks to be in line. The only question is if it may have missed the stumps. Relays suggest the impact was just in line and will stay as umpire's call. Ball tracking shows this may have just clipped leg. Lucky for Zimbabwe that it was given out on the field. They continue to chip away, this partnership was slowly beginning to turn the scales for West Indies. This is brewing quite nicely 219/5100.6 punches this straight to midwicket. The sharp turn has done the trick. Blackwood just checked his shot at the last moment, the ball stopped on him just a little bit. There was a puff of dust as it hit the surface. He should've looked to pull if he wanted to go leg side. Uncertainty has resulted in his downfall. Zimbabwe are fighting back or what 225/6172.6 full on middle and leg, and hits him on the pad. Misses the sweep this time and hits him in front of leg. Big appeal, and the umpire says out! Dowrich reviews. Chisoro has to wait for the third umpire before celebrating his maiden Test wicket. No bat for certain, pitched on leg and would've gone straight through to hit leg stump. Chisoro can finally celebrate the special moment. Dowrich has to go. The record stand finally broken 442/8174.6 He's bowled around his legs! Back of a length outside leg and the attempted sweep gets another victim for Chisoro. Tried to paddle this past short third man but the ball goes under his bat, and breaks leg stump. Holder is disappointed as he leaves the ground. The change of angle worked and how! 443/9178.2 full on off stump, and stays low this time! Back of a length on off stump, this is the straight one and plumb in front of middle. Umpire Dharmasena confirms Chisoro's appeal for lbw. Third duck in three innings for Roach. West Indies all out for 448. 448/10Extras7 (b 3, lb 3, nb 1)TOTAL448 all out (178.2 Overs, RR: 2.51)Fall of wickets: 1-76 (Kraigg Brathwaite, 46.5 ov), 2-131 (Devendra Bishoo, 63.4 ov), 3-135 (Kyle Hope, 69.1 ov), 4-163 (Kieran Powell, 82.3 ov), 5-219 (Roston Chase, 98.3 ov), 6-225 (Jermaine Blackwood, 100.6 ov), 7-230 (Shai Hope, 104.1 ov), 8-442 (Shane Dowrich, 172.6 ov), 9-443 (Jason Holder, 174.6 ov), 10-448 (Kemar Roach, 178.2 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB CB Mpofu 28 10 55 1 1.96 0 0 SF Mire 5 2 5 0 1.00 0 1 AG Cremer 52 8 161 1 3.09 0 0 Sikandar Raza 48 12 99 5 2.06 0 0 TS Chisoro 41.2 9 113 3 2.73 0 0 H Masakadza 4 1 9 0 2.25 0 0
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR3.3 flattens the off stump with an in-ducker. The first-innings centurion has paid the price for erring in judgment. He goes from wide of the crease and lands this length ball around the fifth stump, lands this on the seam and gets it to jag back in a long, long way. Masakadza attempts to leave but is shocked to hear the ball rattle into the stumps. Body blow for Zimbabwe early in their second innings. 5/15.3 oh, dear. I don't know what Mire was thinking. This is a length ball that angles back in from wide of the crease, Mire looks to pull off the frontfoot but the ball zipped past his stroke to hig him on the right thigh. Since this kept a touch low, it was pretty adjacent and would've crashed into the stumps. A pull shot against an express bowler to a not-so-short delivery with lunch just a few minutes away? Very poor. Zimbabwe end a shocker of a session with another blow in their bid to wipe out the deficit. 8/222.2 crashes into middle stump! Flatter one this time, back of a length just outside off stump and turns into his body and goes between Ervine's bat and pad and the ball hits timber. Came onto the batsman very quickly and he was too slow to make the adjustment. Bishoo strikes second ball 46/414.6 he's been probing away and has now been rewarded with the wicket of the big fish. It's the in-dipper again. Coming back in from just a touch outside off, Taylor looks to defend from the crease but plays outside the line as the ball nips back in to beat the inside edge and trap him plumb in front of the stumps. Taylor knew he was a dead duck and so didn't even bother reviewing that. Zimbabwe in some trouble now. 23/368.5 short outside off once again, Moor tries to poke at it, but this time gully has come next to second slip. Straight to Shai Hope, who is on his knees as he tries to complete the catch. The umpires check for the no ball (duh) but Gabriel is good this time. The perfect start for WI, and these two miss out on a 100-run partnership 144/595.2 that's the end of that. A century eludes him and Holder lets out a roar. He's breached his defence with a stunning delivery. Length ball that jags back in from off stump, Raza plays forward but makes the mistake of picking the wrong line as the ball sneaks in to beat the inside edge and flatten the off stump. Holder goes off on a celebratory run. A wicket well-deserved. That's a dagger through Zimbabwe's hearts. Raza has to walk back shortly after becoming only the second player in Test history, after Kallis, to score successive 80s and a Test five-for in the same game. 210/780.4 and the field placement works! back of a length on middle and Waller tries to push at it away from his body, takes the outside edge and Blackwood at slip takes a simple one 172/6Extras19 (b 10, lb 8, nb 1)TOTAL301/7 (144 Overs, RR: 2.09)Fall of wickets: 1-5 (Hamilton Masakadza, 3.3 ov), 2-8 (Solomon Mire, 5.3 ov), 3-23 (Brendan Taylor, 14.6 ov), 4-46 (Craig Ervine, 22.2 ov), 5-144 (Peter Moor, 68.5 ov), 6-172 (Malcolm Waller, 80.4 ov), 7-210 (Sikandar Raza, 95.2 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB ST Gabriel 21 7 34 2 1.61 0 1 KAJ Roach 22 10 37 2 1.68 0 0 KC Brathwaite 17 2 44 0 2.58 0 0 JO Holder 22 7 42 1 1.90 0 0 D Bishoo 34 7 74 2 2.17 0 0 RL Chase 17 3 31 0 1.82 0 0 J Blackwood 10 4 21 0 2.10 0 0 KOA Powell 1 1 0 0 0.00 0 0
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- Sun, 29 Oct - day 1 - Zimbabwe 1st innings 169/4 (H Masakadza 101*, Sikandar Raza 9*, 61 ov)
- Mon, 30 Oct - day 2 - West Indies 1st innings 78/1 (KOA Powell 43*, D Bishoo 0*, 49 ov)
- Tue, 31 Oct - day 3 - West Indies 1st innings 374/7 (SO Dowrich 75*, JO Holder 71*, 150 ov)
- Wed, 1 Nov - day 4 - Zimbabwe 2nd innings 140/4 (PJ Moor 39*, Sikandar Raza 58*, 67 ov)
- Thu, 2 Nov - day 5 - Zimbabwe 2nd innings 301/7 (144 ov) - end of match
Match Notes
- Zimbabwe: 150 runs in 69.3 overs (418 balls), Extras 7
- Over 69.6: Review by West Indies (Bowling), Umpire - SD Fry, Batsman - Sikandar Raza (Struck down)
- Drinks: Zimbabwe - 171/5 in 80.0 overs (Sikandar Raza 69, MN Waller 15)
- Over 85.1: Review by Zimbabwe (Batting), Umpire - SD Fry, Batsman - Sikandar Raza (Upheld)
- New ball taken at 92.2 overs
- Lunch: Zimbabwe - 199/6 in 93.0 overs (Sikandar Raza 85, RW Chakabva 11)
- Zimbabwe: 200 runs in 94.1 overs (566 balls), Extras 9
- Drinks: Zimbabwe - 226/7 in 107.0 overs (RW Chakabva 26, AG Cremer 2)
- Zimbabwe: 250 runs in 121.3 overs (730 balls), Extras 15
- Tea: Zimbabwe - 259/7 in 127.0 overs (RW Chakabva 48, AG Cremer 13)
- 8th Wicket: 50 runs in 194 balls (RW Chakabva 35, AG Cremer 13, Ex 2)
- RW Chakabva: 50 off 149 balls (4 x 4)
- Zimbabwe: 300 runs in 141.6 overs (853 balls), Extras 19
- 8th Wicket: 150 runs in 290 balls (SO Dowrich 76, JO Holder 73, Ex 1)
- Third new ball taken at 160.1 overs
- West Indies: 400 runs in 161.3 overs (970 balls), Extras 5
- Drinks: West Indies - 421/7 in 170.0 overs (SO Dowrich 93, JO Holder 98)
- JO Holder: 100 off 187 balls (9 x 4, 1 x 6)
- SO Dowrich: 100 off 225 balls (10 x 4, 1 x 6)
- 8th Wicket: 200 runs in 404 balls (SO Dowrich 99, JO Holder 103, Ex 3)
- Over 172.6: Review by West Indies (Batting), Umpire - HDPK Dharmasena, Batsman - SO Dowrich (Struck down)
- Innings Break: West Indies - 448/10 in 178.2 overs (ST Gabriel 5)
- Zimbabwe 2nd innings
- Lunch: Zimbabwe - 8/2 in 5.3 overs (CR Ervine 3)
- Over 5.3: Review by Zimbabwe (Batting), Umpire - SD Fry, Batsman - SF Mire (Struck down)
- Over 7.1: Review by West Indies (Bowling), Umpire - SD Fry, Batsman - BRM Taylor (Struck down)
- Drinks: Zimbabwe - 32/3 in 18.0 overs (CR Ervine 11, PJ Moor 4)
- Zimbabwe: 50 runs in 23.2 overs (140 balls), Extras 4
- Tea: Zimbabwe - 66/4 in 32.0 overs (PJ Moor 11, Sikandar Raza 13)
- 5th Wicket: 50 runs in 98 balls (PJ Moor 15, Sikandar Raza 34, Ex 3)
- Zimbabwe: 100 runs in 40.1 overs (241 balls), Extras 5
- Drinks: Zimbabwe - 115/4 in 51.0 overs (PJ Moor 27, Sikandar Raza 46)
- Sikandar Raza: 50 off 111 balls (5 x 4, 1 x 6)
- End Of Day: Zimbabwe - 140/4 in 67.0 overs (PJ Moor 39, Sikandar Raza 58)
- KOA Powell: 50 off 133 balls (5 x 4)
- West Indies: 100 runs in 53.4 overs (322 balls), Extras 3
- 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 83 balls (KOA Powell 29, D Bishoo 21, Ex 0)
- Over 63.6: Review by Zimbabwe (Bowling), Umpire - SD Fry, Batsman - KA Hope (Struck down)
- Drinks: West Indies - 135/3 in 69.1 overs (KOA Powell 76)
- Over 69.1: Review by West Indies (Batting), Umpire - SD Fry, Batsman - KA Hope (Struck down)
- Over 75.3: Review by Zimbabwe (Bowling), Umpire - SD Fry, Batsman - KOA Powell (Struck down)
- West Indies: 150 runs in 76.3 overs (459 balls), Extras 3
- New ball taken at 80.1 overs
- Lunch: West Indies - 188/4 in 89.0 overs (SD Hope 23, RL Chase 16)
- West Indies: 200 runs in 93.4 overs (562 balls), Extras 4
- 5th Wicket: 50 runs in 84 balls (SD Hope 22, RL Chase 29, Ex 1)
- Over 98.3: Review by West Indies (Batting), Umpire - HDPK Dharmasena, Batsman - RL Chase (Umpires call)
- Drinks: West Indies - 230/7 in 104.1 overs (SO Dowrich 3)
- West Indies: 250 runs in 109.6 overs (660 balls), Extras 4
- 8th Wicket: 50 runs in 86 balls (SO Dowrich 30, JO Holder 22, Ex 0)
- Tea: West Indies - 288/7 in 121.0 overs (SO Dowrich 36, JO Holder 25)
- West Indies: 300 runs in 123.4 overs (742 balls), Extras 4
- SO Dowrich: 50 off 85 balls (8 x 4)
- 8th Wicket: 100 runs in 183 balls (SO Dowrich 53, JO Holder 47, Ex 0)
- JO Holder: 50 off 92 balls (6 x 4)
- Drinks: West Indies - 345/7 in 138.0 overs (SO Dowrich 57, JO Holder 61)
- West Indies: 350 runs in 138.6 overs (834 balls), Extras 4
- End Of Day: West Indies - 374/7 in 150.0 overs (SO Dowrich 75, JO Holder 71)
- Zimbabwe: 200 runs in 73.1 overs (442 balls), Extras 2
- 5th Wicket: 50 runs in 98 balls (H Masakadza 23, Sikandar Raza 27, Ex 0)
- Drinks: Zimbabwe - 228/4 in 78.0 overs (H Masakadza 136, Sikandar Raza 31)
- Zimbabwe: 250 runs in 83.4 overs (505 balls), Extras 8
- Over 91.6: Review by West Indies (Bowling), Umpire - HDPK Dharmasena, Batsman - AG Cremer (Struck down)
- Sikandar Raza: 50 off 105 balls (3 x 4, 1 x 6)
- Lunch: Zimbabwe - 296/7 in 100.0 overs (Sikandar Raza 68, AG Cremer 6)
- New ball taken after 100 overs
- Zimbabwe: 300 runs in 101.2 overs (611 balls), Extras 8
- Innings Break: Zimbabwe - 326/10 in 109.1 overs (CB Mpofu 4)
- Over 109.1: Review by West Indies (Bowling), Umpire - HDPK Dharmasena, Batsman - TS Chisoro (Struck down)
- West Indies 1st innings
- Tea: West Indies - 25/0 in 16.0 overs (KC Brathwaite 13, KOA Powell 10)
- West Indies: 50 runs in 28.1 overs (169 balls), Extras 2
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 169 balls (KC Brathwaite 26, KOA Powell 22, Ex 2)
- Drinks: West Indies - 61/0 in 36.0 overs (KC Brathwaite 28, KOA Powell 31)
- End Of Day: West Indies - 78/1 in 49.0 overs (KOA Powell 43, D Bishoo 0)
- Zimbabwe 1st innings
- Drinks: Zimbabwe - 23/3 in 10.5 overs (H Masakadza 15, PJ Moor 2)
- Zimbabwe 1st innings: 1x7 ball over (12th over, bowled by KAJ Roach, called by Umpire HDPK Dharmasena)
- Zimbabwe: 50 runs in 20.4 overs (126 balls), Extras 1
- Lunch: Zimbabwe - 56/3 in 25.0 overs (H Masakadza 35, PJ Moor 15)
- 4th Wicket: 50 runs in 111 balls (H Masakadza 29, PJ Moor 20, Ex 2)
- H Masakadza: 50 off 96 balls (5 x 4)
- Zimbabwe: 100 runs in 38.5 overs (236 balls), Extras 2
- Drinks: Zimbabwe - 102/3 in 39.0 overs (H Masakadza 67, PJ Moor 28)
- 4th Wicket: 100 runs in 201 balls (H Masakadza 64, PJ Moor 34, Ex 2)
- Over 47.6: Review by Zimbabwe (Batting), Umpire - HDPK Dharmasena, Batsman - H Masakadza (Upheld)
- Tea: Zimbabwe - 147/3 in 53.0 overs (H Masakadza 93, PJ Moor 47)
- Zimbabwe: 150 runs in 55.2 overs (335 balls), Extras 2
- PJ Moor: 50 off 148 balls (3 x 4)
- H Masakadza: 100 off 170 balls (9 x 4, 2 x 6)
- Rain: Zimbabwe - 169/4 in 61.0 overs (H Masakadza 101, Sikandar Raza 9)
- End Of Day: Zimbabwe - 169/4 in 61.0 overs (H Masakadza 101, Sikandar Raza 9)
Match Coverage
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Streak, Law call for 'more than two reviews' per innings
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Cremer, Chakabva script Zimbabwe's great escape
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Streak laments Zimbabwe's missed opportunity
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