ok wel lost the 2nd odi
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23 November 2003 10:37
Zimbabwe skipper - Heath Streak
2ND ODI - Zimbabwe defeat Windies by six wickets
by windiescricket.com
Buluwayo, Zimbabwe – Man of the match Mark Vermeulen stroked a polished unbeaten half century and guided Zimbabwe to an easy six-wicket victory over the West Indies in their second One-Day International (ODI) at the Queens Sports Club on Sunday.
Responding to the paltry West Indies total of 125 all out off 42.3 overs, Zimbabwe cruised to 128 for four off 29.4 overs to level the five-match series at 1-1.
Vermeulen hit 77 not out and shared in an unbroken 74-run fifth-wicket stand with his captain Heath Streak (38 not out) as Zimbabwe won emphatically with 20.2 overs to spare, levelling the series heading to Harare for the third ODI on Wednesday.
Only 24 hours after accumulating their second highest ever One-Day International (ODI) total, the West Indies’ batting collapsed and they lost wickets steadily throughout the morning.
Marlon Samuels, with an unbeaten 36, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Wavell Hinds, and Ramnaresh Sarwan, were the only batsmen reaching double figures in a woeful West Indies batting performance.
They slipped to 18 for one when Chris Gayle, Saturday’s man of the match for his blazing career-best 153 not out, was first out for eight, third ball of the sixth over.
He was caught behind as he pushed at a delivery from pacer Andy Blignaut, who struck again in his next over when he dislodged Brian Lara, the West Indies captain.
Lara (2) faced only nine balls and was trapped leg before wicket trying to work a pitched-up delivery through the on-side.
It became 41 for three in the 15th over when Hinds, who had struck the game’s first boundary when he smashed a Streak delivery through extra-cover for four in the morning’s third over, edged an attempted drive at a wide slower ball from medium pacer Sean Ervine to wicket-keeper Tatenda Taibu.
The left-hander had struggled for 17 -- with two boundaries -- off 44 balls.
Change bowlers Ervine and Gary Brent, who were battered when the Caribbean side piled up 347 for six on Saturday, were stifling in their opening spells as the West Indies crawled to 49 for three off 20 overs.
And when Chanderpaul edged Brent to the third man boundary for four in the 25th over, it was the first West Indies boundary in more than 16 overs.
Next ball, Chanderpaul pulled Brent for six over square leg, but he departed immediately after for 20 -- to a splendid diving catch by Streak at extra cover -- as he stretched forward to drive.
The West Indies dipped perilously to 71 for five two balls later when Sarwan failed to beat a perfect throw from Blignaut to wicket-keeper Taibu and was run out for 13 going for a sharp single after Samuels pushed a delivery from Brent to mid-wicket.
Ricardo Powell (6) faced 17 balls for before he edged left-arm spinner Ray Price to Taibu at 85 for six in the 32nd over and the West Indies plunged to 91 for seven in the following over when Carlton Baugh (2) chopped a turning delivery from off-spinner Trevor Gripper onto his stumps.
Gripper then reduced the West Indies to 97 for eight when he clutched a diving return catch to dislodge Vasbert Drakes (2) at the start of the 37th over.
Cramped by a sharply turning delivery from Price, the 19-year-old Ravi Rampaul, in his second appearance for the West Indies, edged an easy catch to Craig Wishart at first slip at 110 for nine in the 40th over.
Samuels was defiant near the end and belted two huge sixes off Gripper over long-on but Streak ended the innings -- bowling Corey Collymore (2) with a perfect Yorker.
Samuels faced 53 balls for his 36 not out that contained one four and two sixes.
Price (2-16), Blignaut (2-27), and Gripper (2-28 ) were the top bowlers for Zimbabwe.
Given a required run-rate of only 2.52 for victory, Zimbabwe had an early scare when they wobbled to 31 for three.
They lost their first wicket in the third over when Gripper, struggling to return for a fourth run, failed to beat an accurate long throw by Samuels to wicket-keeper Baugh from the mid-wicket boundary.
Veteran pacer Drakes then reduced Zimbabwe to eight for two in the next over when Vusimuzi Sibanda (0 ) top-edged an attempted cut shot to Baugh.
Wishart and Vermeulen partially repaired the early damage with a 23-run stand that ended when Wishart (8 ) lofted pacer Collymore high to mid-wicket where Sarwan took a well judged running catch in the 13th over.
Collymore struck again in his fourth over when he bowled Stuart Matsikenyeri for three as the little right-hander missed a drive and the home side stumbled to 54 for four in over number 19.
Vermeulen brought up his half century with -– his 10th boundary -- a crashing drive off Collymore that sped past Brian Lara to the long off boundary.
Streak, dropped by Chanderpaul -– a sharp chance -- at cover in the first over of Rampaul’s second spell, exploded in the 26th over in which he smashed the young Trinidadian for three fours while tightening his team’s grip on the game.
Streak and Vermeulen confidently shrugged off the West Indies’ wicket-taking flurries and reinforced the home side’s innings, posting a rapid 50-run stand off 49 balls en route to avenging Saturday’s 51-run defeat.
Vermeulen faced 79 balls and struck 13 boundaries in his knock off 66, while Streak’s 38 came off 37 balls.
Collymore was the top West Indies bowler with two for 27 off seven overs, and Drakes, with one for 18 off seven overs, was the only other wicket-taker.
Summarised scores: West Indies 125 all out off 42.3 overs (Marlon Samuels 36 not out, Shivnarine Chanderpaul 20; Ray Price 2-16, Andy Blignaut 2-27, Trevor Gripper 2-28 ). Zimbabwe 128-4 off 29.4 overs (Mark Vermeulen 66 not out, Heath Streak 38 not out; Corey Collymore 2-27).
