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Zimbabwe vs West Indies, ICC World Cup Qualifier Highlights
ZIM vs WI ICC World Cup Qualifier: Zimbabwe defeated West Indies by 35 runs.
Zimbabwe defeated West Indies in ICC World Cup Qualifier© Twitter
Zimbabwe vs West Indies, ICC World Cup 2023 Qualifier Highlights: Zimbabwe stunned West Indies by 35 runs in a crucial World Cup qualifying triumph on Saturday Zimbabwe, put into bat, made 268 with Sikandar Raza top scoring with 68 from 58 balls, hitting six fours and two sixes. Ryan Burl added a crucial 50 with five fours and a six after Zimbabwe had been 112-4 at one stage while skipper Craig Ervine made 47 at the top of the order. In reply, West Indies were well-placed at 134-3 before they lost seven wickets for just 99 runs. Opener Kyle Mayers top scored with 56 off 72 balls featuring eight fours and a six.(Scorecard)
Here are the highlights from the ICC World Cup qualifier match between West Indies and Zimbabwe from Harare:
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Zimbabwe Cricket Team
West Indies Cricket Team
Craig Ervine
Shai Hope
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Zimbabwe vs West Indies ICC WC Qualifier
We are back for the chase! Out come the Windies openers, Brandon King and Kyle Mayers! Wellington Masakadza to begin. Here we go...
... THE RUN CHASE ...
Now Windies have been brilliant with the bat so far in this tournament and will fancy themselves to chase this down. Zimbabwe on the other hand, will have to bowl well and get early wickets if they are to have a chance. Join us for the chase in a bit.
For Zimbabwe, few of their batters got off to starts but none went onto make it into something significant. Also, the going was slow at the start and wickets at the wrong time for them did not help. Raza did provide the much-needed impetus and when he was batting 280 looked possible but once there were far too many wickets to fall towards the end and they have fallen short of what we feel is a par score.
End of a long and a good bowling performance from the Windies! They will be very pleased with how their bowlers went about things but not their fielders. Had they held onto their catches, they would have kept Zimbabwe to well under 250. Still though, they will be the happier of the two sides heading into the break. The key for them was wickets at regular intervals. They managed to take wickets whenever needed. Except for Holder, everyone had a wicket. Keemo Paul was the pick of the bowlers.
OUT! THAT IS THE END OF THE INNINGS! Fuller and on off, this is hit through covers. Blessing Muzarabani wants two and goes for it. Keacy Carty fires it to the bowler who takes the bails off. ZIMBABWE END WITH 268!
Outside off, fuller, Blessing Muzarabani looks to jam it out but misses.
Two! Down the leg side. Wided. A single too as the keeper fumbles.
Shorter and on middle, this is pulled through mid-wicket for one.
On middle, this is worked through mid-wicket for one.
FOUR! Edged and boundary! Shorter and outside off, Tendai Chatara looks to cut, it goes off the outside edge and down to the third man fence.
FOUR BYES! Bonus runs! Outside off, a slower one. Blessing Muzarabani looks to cut but misses. It goes past the keeper as he fails to take it and a boundary results.
A short one, this is pulled through mid-wicket for one.
Two more! Outside off, this is worked through mid-wicket for two.
On off, this is pushed down to long off for one.
Two more! 250 is up! Shorter and outside off, this is played through point for two.
SIX! BANG! Out of here! Fuller and on middle, this is heaved over the long on fence for a biggie.
On off, defended.
Outside off, left alone.
Outside off, Tendai Chatara looks to cut but misses.