Player of the Match
Player of the Match

1.05pm On the face of it, 268 does seem to be a touch under par, as pre-match a score of around 300 was seen as competitive on what is a good batting surface, but in a game of this magnitude runs on the board is always important and Zimbabwe snuck in a lot of extra runs with that 25-run last wicket stand. The innings as a whole though is one West Indies would have been happy with, as they controlled proceedings in the early overs and then again at the death. However they were extremely sloppy in the field, grassing several chances - particularly to Sikander Raza, who was dropped thrice on the way to a 58-ball 68 - and in the process released the pressure created by their otherwise excellent ground fielding. The excellent Alzarri Joseph was particularly unlucky with a majority of the chances spilled off his bowling. As for Zimbabwe, they will of course have wanted more runs on the board, but they did seem to gather some momentum towards the end of the innings, and will be hoping they can put enough pressure on the West Indies to elicit some mistakes in the chase. And Shashwat will be back in about 30 minutes for the start of that!

49.5
W
Holder to Muzarabani, 1 run, OUT, full on the stumps, makes room and carves this to long-off. But they take an ill-advised second, as the throw is rifled in from the deep. Run out by some distance. So the Zimbabwean innings comes to an end on 268, with one ball remaining.

TL Chatara run out 8 (13m 8b 1x4 0x6) SR: 100.00

49.4
0
Holder to Muzarabani, no run, Swing and a miss. This was was full and quick, and shaves leg stump as the batter had made room.
49.4
2w
Holder to Chatara, 2 wides, full and on the pads, as this goes down leg. They run to the keeper though, who misses the throw!
49.3
1
Holder to Muzarabani, 1 run, slower short ball, pulled to deep midwicket

The crowd is really in this now.

49.2
1
Holder to Chatara, 1 run, full on the pads, worked around the corner behind square leg for one
49.1
4
Holder to Chatara, FOUR, short outside off, and Chatara just helps this on it's way. He's looking to third man, but gets a top edge over the keeper!

Sowmya : "This Harare crowd is cheering every run , especially of Keemo Paul !!! He managed to engage with the crowd earlier in the day and now they are at their loudest!!!"

What's more, WI have a slow over rate, so an additional fielder will be in the circle for this final over.

END OF OVER:
49 | 16 Runs | ZIM: 259/9 | RR: 5.28

  • Blessing Muzarabani9 (4b)
  • Tendai Chatara3 (6b)
  • Keemo Paul10-0-61-3
  • Alzarri Joseph10-2-42-2
48.6
4b
Paul to Muzarabani, 4 byes, Wide yorker, that leaps over the foot marks at and goes over the keeper! Valuable runs here for Zimbabwe!
48.5
1
Paul to Chatara, 1 run, short of a length, uppercut down to third man for one
48.4
2
Paul to Chatara, 2 runs, good length on the stumps, drop and run. And then there's a miscommunication between Holder and Paul over who his going to collect this, and they steal a second. Slack work
48.3
1
Paul to Muzarabani, 1 run, full on off, pace-off. Leans back and drives to long-on
48.2
2
Paul to Muzarabani, 2 runs, Dropped! This was carved hard at point, but it's a tough, tough chance. Chase leaps up one-handed and just about gets fingertips to this. Saved a certain boundary

West Indies 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st43KR MayersBA King
2nd3J CharlesKR Mayers
3rd64KR MayersSD Hope
4th24SD HopeN Pooran
5th41RL ChaseN Pooran
6th5RL ChaseR Powell
7th37JO HolderRL Chase
8th5RL ChaseKMA Paul
9th2RL ChaseAJ Hosein
10th9AJ HoseinAS Joseph

ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier

Super Six
TeamMWLPTNRR
SL33060.91
NED32140.662
SCOT32140.215
WI3122-0.091
ZIM3122-0.748
OMA3030-1.087
Group A
TeamMWLPTNRR
ZIM44082.241
NED43160.669
WI42240.525
NEP4132-1.171
USA4040-2.164
Group B
TeamMWLPTNRR
SL44083.047
SCOT43160.54
OMA4224-1.221
IRE4132-0.061
UAE4040-2.249