- It was the 1484th ODI in cricket history.
It was WestIndie's 394th match. The record now reads : won
236,lost 146,tied 5 and abandoned 7.It was Zimbabwe's 147th match. The record now reads : won 38, lost
101,tied 4 and abandoned 4.It was the 84th match on the WestIndian soil. West Indies has won
59,lost 21,tied 2 and abandoned 2.Incidentally West Indies has the best
winning percentage (70.23) on home soil among all teams. South Africa
with winning percentage of 69.44 is placed second.It was the seventh match between these two sides. West Indies have
won all seven.Umpires Steve Bucknor and B Morgan were officiating in their 71st
and eighth match respectively. While Ranjan Madugalle was officiating
as ICC referee in his 74th match.It was the first ODI tournament on WestIndian soil. West Indies
became 13th country to host a ODI tournament. The countrywise break-up
of all ODI tournaments is as follows :UAE 27
Australia 24 (including one tournament jointly held
with NewZealand)
India 11 (including one tournament jointly held with
Pakistan and one with Pakistan and SriLanka)
SriLanka 8 (including one tournament jointly held
with India and SriLanka)
England 5
South Africa 5
Canada 5
Pakistan 4 (incuding one tournament jointly
held with India and one with India and SriLanka)
Bangladesh 4
NewZealand 3 (including one tournament jointly
held with Australia)
Kenya 3
Singapore 2
West Indies 1
(Note : The tournaments/trophies consisting of a home team and a
visiting team are not taken into account. However the tournaments
played between two countries on a neutral venue are included in the
tally).
Ridley Jacobs was playing his 50th match. He became 29th
WestIndian and 219th player overall to do so.Sherwin Campbell scored his maiden ODI hundred in his 71st
match. His previous highest was 86 against SriLanka at Sharjah on
11-10-1995. Campbell became 18th WestIndian to score an ODI hundred.The hundred was second for West Indies against Zimbabwe. The only
other hundred came off the bat of Gordon Greenidge's 105* at Worcester
on 13-06-1983.The third wicket partnership of 140 runs between Sherwin Campbell
and Jimmy Adams was West Indies' second highest for this wicket against
Zimbabwe after their alltime record partnership of 195* runs between
Gordon Greenidge and Lary Gomes at Worcester on 13-06-1983.Jimmy Adams was captaining West Indies for the fourth time in his
career-first time on WestIndian soil. His innings (60) is the third
joint highest by a player on his first appearance as captain on
WestIndian soil after Brian Lara's 110 against England at Bridgetown
on 29-03-1998, Mike Atherton's 86 for England at Bridgetown on
16-02-1994 and Ian Botham's 60 for England at Kingstown on 04-02-1981.The third wicket partnership of 86 runs between Stuart Carlisle
and Murray Goodwin was Zimbabwe's best for this wicket against
West Indies. This obliterated the previous record stand of 28 between
Jack Heron and Andy Pycroftat Worcester on 13-06-1983.Jimmy Adams' allround performance (60 runs and 3-19) was the
seventh instance of a WestIndian scoring a fifty and capturing three
wickets in same match. Adams also became second WestIndian to perform
this allround feat on two occasions after Viv Richards. The details :
Performance Player Opponents Venue Date
56* & 3-28 M.D.Marshall Pakistan Adelaide 28-01-1984
53* & 3-32 M.A.Holding Australia Perth 04-01-1987
119 & 5-41 I.V.A.Richards NewZealand Dunedin 18-03-1987
110* & 3-42 I.V.A.Richards India Rajkot 05-01-1988
50 & 3-36 C.L.Hooper Australia Georgetown 18-03-1995
56 & 3-24 J.C.Adams Bangladesh Dhaka 08-10-1999
60 & 3-19 J.C.Adams Zimbabwe Kingston 01-04-2000
Adams became only the second player to perform the allround feat
of a fifty and three wickets in same match against Zimbabwe. The only
other to do so is South Africa's Peter Kirsten (62* & 3-31) at
Canberra on 10-03-1992.Adams became only the second WestIndian captain to perform this
allround feat. Richards was captaining his side on both occasions as
mentioned in the table above.The Man of Match award was Sherwin Campbell's third in his
career. The other two awards came against Australia at Bridgetown on
13-04-1999 and against India at Toronto on 12-09-1999.