West Indies vs Zimbabwe, 2nd ODI at Providence, Mar 06 2010 - Ball by Ball Commentary

So in drought-hit Guayana, West Indies have ended their drought of international wins, registering their first success in international cricket since August last year. Well done both teams for a close match. Thanks for joining us, this is Sidharth Monga, your commentator, saying goodbye.

Post-match presentation

Chris Gayle "It is a relief. Hopefully this is the first of many to come. I must say Zimbabwe played really well to push us so far. I must commend the boys on coming back from the defeat. The way I got out in the end I was scared a bit, but Narsingh played really well, and he deserves the Man of the Match. If I had seen the team through, I would have put this innings in one of my top three innings. It was a difficult wicket, they bowled really well, and it was real hard work. Mind over matter."

Narsingh Deonarine is the Man of the Match "Someone had to take the responsibility. The skipper earlier took such a big responsibility, so I needed to bat well with him. A big thank you to the fans too."

Prosper Utseya "Maybe 20 runs short. We just didn't have a partnership up front, we kept losing wickets at crucial points. Just not enough runs on the bard."

Finally Gayle manages a small smile on his face, shakes hands with Otis Gibson and Dave Williams. Zimbabwe are disappointed but they put up a show defending a modest total. Gayle had to play so out of his skin that he went 81 balls without a boundary at one stage of his innings. Deonarine and Gayle finally managed to take West Indies home. The Guyana crowd told the story of the chase: you could almost hear the quiet when West Indies more than 30 overs without a boundary. The pressure built up and built up until home boy Deonarine opened up, and the crowd expressed its glee and cheered even singles. The big crowd - there despite the loss two days ago, there despite the drought - deserved a favourable result. Well done Zimbabwe nonetheless. They were superb with their spinners, on a turning pitch.

Baynham Goredema from Zimbabwe is hoping for a Malinga four in four! Can Price do it? All deep fielders on the on side

Gayle has finally taken his pads off

Mohamed Z Rahaman takes us back to another match where Milton Pydanna played: The whole Pydanna story started today after another gentleman by the name of Pydanna sent us feedback and Rahaman wondered if it was Milton. Here goes: "That match WI vs Pak in whick M. Pydanna, Kalli, Lloyd and Bacchus played...was a humdinger.

Pak scored all of 127/9 in 40 overs and WI were lucky after G. Greenidge scored 3 of the last ball of the match for the win.

127 is not even a good 20/20 score these days."

15 off the last four, Deonarine the key for West Indies. Mpofu comes back. Gayle has still not taken his pads off, he still has a stoney look on his face. Baynhama Goredema from Zimbabwe has given up already. He writes, "20 Extras so far! Thats where Zim threw away the game! But we have enjoyed it thoroughly"

Tyrone: "This batsman pollard reminds me so much of the slugger Ricardo Powel, there tends to be much abuzz of thier batting ability but they never seem to show up for the game." Ray Price, the final throw of the dice, comes back to bowl