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!
VM Nyauchi st †Da Silva b Motie 2 (7m 4b 0x4 0x6) SR: 50.00
Tanaka Chivanga is the last man in
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
Victor Nyauchi now. There's a short midwicket as well for him
B Mavuta c Reifer b Chase 16 (38m 30b 2x4 0x6) SR: 53.33
Eight runs came off that last over, with Zimbabwe's deficit now down to 11 runs. Chase replaces Brathwaite, who had an over just before tea. Over the wicket to Mavuta
END OF OVER:46 | 8 Runs | ZIM: 166/7
- Craig Ervine70 (102b)
- Brandon Mavuta16 (29b)
- Alzarri Joseph7-2-23-1
- Kraigg Brathwaite1-0-3-0
