Sammy, Chanderpaul give West Indies 2-1 lead

By Rahul Bajaj
for Cricketain.com

Published: March 11, 2010

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Kingstown: Darren Sammy picked up career-best figures of 4-26, leading West Indies to a comprehensive 141-run win over Zimbabwe in the third ODI as the home team took a 2-1 lead in the five-match series.

Chasing 246 for victory from their allocation of 50 overs, Zimbabwe were dismissed for 104 in 31.5 overs – the lowest ODI total at the Arnos Vale Multiplex. Hamilton Masakadza was the highest scorer for Zimbabwe with 35 but no other batsman made more than 20, as the West Indies fast bowlers made light work of their batting line-up.

Kemar Roach also finished with impressive figures of 3 for 28 off 9 overs while Dwayne Bravo, returning from an injury, finished with 2 for 23.

“I am really happy with the result, and I am happy we continued from where we left off in Guyana,” said West Indies captain Chris Gayle. “Hopefully, we can continue in this vein, and finish off the job on Friday, and win the series. This is no time to relax. We still have to play hard cricket because we know that Zimbabwe will be coming back hard at us again.”

“We failed to bat properly,” said Zimbabwe captain Prosper Utseya. “We felt chasing 240 should not have been too much of a challenge, but we just did not bat well. The West Indies’ bowlers made use of the conditions well. They bowled in the right areas, and they deserved to win. We only have a day to sort ourselves out, but it is important that we come back strongly.”

Earlier, Zimbabwe allowed West Indies to reach a respectable 245 for nine from their 50 overs after their spinners had, once again, tied down the top order batsmen.

The tourists, however, failed to keep a lid on the West Indies scoring towards the final stages of the innings. West Indies made a late charge with Dwayne Bravo getting 24 and Narsingh Deonarine 21. Elton Chigumbura was the pick of the Zimbabwe bowlers with two wickets for 43 runs from his allotment of 10 overs, and Utseya took two for 47 from 10 overs. Shivnarine Chanderpaul hit the top score of 58 from 76 balls for the West Indies.

The last two ODIs will be played at this venue on Friday and Sunday.

Match Summary:

West Indies 245 for 9 (Chanderpaul 58, Barath 35, Chigumbura 2-43) beat Zimbabwe 104 (Sammy 4-26, Roach 3-28) by 141 runs

Man of the Match: Darren Sammy

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