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| November 16, 2003 | Sunday | Ramazan 20, 1424 |
West Indies on verge of series triumph
BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe, Nov 15: Zimbabwe, requiring 233 for victory, crashed to 90 for nine wickets in their second innings when bad light ended play 12 overs from the scheduled close on the fourth day of the second Test against West Indies on Saturday.
West Indies just need one wicket to wrap up the Zimbabwe second innings for victory which will give Brian Lara’s men 1-0 series win. The first Test had ended in a draw.
Skipper Heath Streak and last man Mawhire were at the crease with 19 and four runs. Zimbabwe still need 143 for an improbable victory on a deteriorating pitch.
Apart from Streak only two other Zimbabwe batsmen Mark Vermeulen (24) and Craig Wishart (13) reached doubles.
Earlier Zimbabwe chasing 232 for victory slumped to 33 for three at tea.
It was spinner Ray Price who claimed his 19th wicket of the series as the tourists collapsed to 128 in their second innings, giving Zimbabwe real hopes of victory.
But the home side subsided, with Stuart Carlisle unbeaten on one at the interval after off spinner Omari Banks had Trevor Gripper caught by Daren Ganga at short leg for eight with the last ball of the afternoon session.
Left-armer Price, who took 10 for 162 in the first test and five for 199 in the first innings, claimed four for 36 as the West Indies were skittled.
West Indies resumed their second innings on 13 for one and lost nine wickets for 115 runs to be dismissed 18 overs after lunch.
Price was supported by fast bowlers Heath Streak, who found swing and seam movement to complete figures of three for 39, and Andy Blignaut, who took three for 29.
Ganga fell for eight in the third over of the day when he drove a ball from Blignaut to Carlisle at cover.
Streak accounted for Brian Lara in spectacular fashion with an inswinging yorker that bowled the West Indies captain, who scored 191 in the first innings, for one with the 12th ball he faced.
West Indies slumped to 21 for three when Ramnaresh Sarwan, on nine, drove expansively at a wide delivery from Blignaut and was caught by Craig Wishart at slip.
Six balls later with the score unchanged, opener Wavell Hinds’s two hours at the crease for 28 runs was ended when he was given out caught at short leg by Carlisle off Price.
Shivnarine Chanderpaul and Ridley Jacobs stemmed the tide for seven overs, until Streak trapped Chanderpaul in front for 15 to make it 82 for six.
Price struck again six balls later when Jacobs was out for 10 after he edged a ball on to his pad and into the waiting hands of Blignaut at short leg.
West Indies went to lunch on 85 for seven, and they were spared further difficulty when Streak, in the covers, failed to hold a leading edge offered by Merv Dillon, on one, off Blignaut just after the interval.
Zimbabwe paid for the error when Dillon and Banks mounted an eighth-wicket stand of 45.
They held up Zimbabwe’s progress for 20 overs before Price had Banks caught at silly point for 16.
Price claimed his fourth wicket four balls later when he bowled Corey Collymore around his legs for a duck.
The innings ended 10 balls after that when Fidel Edwards was bowled by Blignaut without scoring.
Zimbabwe’s run chase got off to a poor start when Vusi Sibanda edged the fourth ball of the innings, bowled by Dillon, to Lara at first slip without a run on the board.
Mark Vermeulen, who scored 118 in the first innings, played on to medium pacer Wavell Hinds for 24 and tea was taken immediately after Banks dismissed Gripper.
The tourists scored 418 in their first innings, Zimbabwe replying with 377.
Scoreboard
WEST INDIES (1st innings) 481 (B.Lara 191, W.Hinds 81, R.Sarwan 65; R.Price 5-199)
ZIMBABWE (1st innings) 377 (M. Vermeulen 118, C.Wishart 96; C.Collymore 4-70)
WEST INDIES (2nd innings) (overnight 13-1)
C.Gayle lbw b Streak 0
W.Hinds c Wishart b Price 28
D.Ganga c Carlisle b Blignaut 8
B.Lara b Streak 1
R.Sarwan c Wishart b Blignaut 9
S.Chanderpaul lbw b Streak 15
R.Jacobs c Blignaut b Price 10
O.Banks c Vermeulen b Price 16
M.Dillon not out 27
C.Collymore b Price 0
F.Edwards b Blignaut 0
EXTRAS (b-5, lb-3, nb-2, w-4) 14
TOTAL (all out, 52.4 overs) 128
FALL OF WKTS: 1-0 2-17 3-21 4-51 5-51 6-82 7-82 8-127 9-127
BOWLING: Streak 15-2-39-3 (w-1), Blignaut 14.4-6-29-3, Price 21-7-36-4, Mahwire 2-0-16-0 (nb-2 w-3)
ZIMBABWE (2nd innings)
V.Sibanda c Lara b Dillon 0
T.Gripper c Ganga b Banks 8
M.Vermeulen b Hinds 24
S.Carlisle c Jacobs b Banks 9
C.Wishart c Jacobs b Hinds 13
A.Blignaut lbw b Banks 3
S.Matsikenyeri run out (Edwards) 5
T.Taibu lbw b Collymore 1
H.Streak not out 19
R.Price b Collymore 4
B.Mahwire not out 4
EXTRAS 0
TOTAL (for nine wickets, 41 overs) 90
FALL OF WKTS: 1-0 2-32 3-33 4-54 5-56 6-62 7-63 8-67 9-75
BOWLING (to date): Dillon 4-2-13-1, Collymore 11-5-19-2, Hinds 9-2-20-2, Banks 15-2-35-3, Sarwan 2-1-3-0—Reuters
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