great way to finish with a beautiful aerial drive over midwicket, these last two shots being a treat for the fans who, with the exception of Gayle, too, have had few moments of pure entertainment
West Indies vs Zimbabwe, 13th Match, Group D at Kingston, Mar 19 2007 - Match Result
West Indies won by 6 wickets (with 13 balls remaining)
West Indies win this match at last - and are into the Super Eights - with a victory that was inevitable as soon as they Zimbabwe three down really early on. What was surprising was the hard work they made of the victory in the end, Zimbabwe just about making it over 200 and then West Indies taking their time to get to their victory which was, at least, always expected. "It's good to get it over with," says Chris Gayle after the match, who chuckles when asked if he had Herschelle Gibbs's six sixes in mind as he sent the first three balls of one over into orbit.
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lovely high backlift brought down like an inevitable guillotine with a lovely cover drive
straight up there and that's defended with a very straight bat
a sliver of width outside off and that's worked straight to the man at cover with one bounce
across Lara and he fends it down off the back foot
West Indies verging on the win, but the batting hasn't been that brilliant this innings, in truth
oh, nearly gets his man there with a prod over the ball
he was going to flash and he flashed hard - and that's a wild edge that flies behind, very fine, and the ball flies up and on its way to the boundary
played to wide mid-on
wide of the man Sibanda at gully and Matsikenyeri does very well, once more, in the deep - he's fielded so well today
another play and miss from Lara, slashing wildly with an airy cover drive, but undone by the lack of bounce on that occasion
a tidy piece of fielding at backward point, taking the non-striker's stumps with a direct hit, but the batsman was well in
Earlier in the day, when Zimbabwe were 31 for 3, nobody was expecting that the game would be taken right towards the final overs - not in competitive terms, mind
comes forward and stands tall, defending that on the front foot
chopped down late to third man
defended tidily
dropped Oh no, how did he drop that? The crowd go wild as Bravo sends that high to third man and the ball just popped out of Gary Brent's hands as he hit the ground
swept off the legs behind square
slants that one ever-so-slightly across the lefthander, who jabs his bat down and it crashes off the under edge and onto the floor, safe
angles in at the righthander and that's defended down into the covers
short and hit clean off the back foot into the covers
short and Lara throws his wrists into that one, crashing it out to the point boundary
Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica | |
Toss | West Indies, elected to field first |
Series | |
Season | 2006/07 |
Player Of The Match | |
Match number | ODI no. 2543 |
Hours of play (local time) | 09.30 start, First Session 09.30-13.00. Interval 13.00-13.45, Second Session 13.45-17.15 |
Match days | 19 March 2007 - day (50-over match) |
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Match Referee | |
Points | West Indies 2, Zimbabwe 0 |