West Indies v Zimbabwe, Bulawayo

West Indies 219/10 & 373/10

Zimbabwe 159/10 & 316/10

West Indies won by 117 runs

West Indies v Zimbabwe 2017 · 1st Test Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo 21–25 Oct 2017

How hard each side found the batting

Even conditions — an easy match for batting, both sides much alike.

West Indies

1.23× +23%

Zimbabwe

1.24× +24%

harder to scoretypicaleasier

The lead

West Indies's margin flattered them — conditions did some of the work.

Who won it · by value

Runs, and what they were worth in these conditions

RL Chase West Indies

126 +140

SD Hope West Indies

134 +135

H Masakadza Zimbabwe

99 +88

KC Brathwaite West Indies

89 +74

SF Mire Zimbabwe

74 +65

Best bowling

Top match figures

D Bishoo5/79

AG Cremer4/64

D Bishoo4/105

AG Cremer4/114

Top score

RL Chase · West Indies

Biggest stand

1st wkt · Zimbabwe

Worst collapse

3–7

3 wkts for 7 · West Indies

Match facts

TossWest Indies, bat

ResultWest Indies won by 117 runs

Length5 days

West Indies

219 /10 (82.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
KC Brathwaite	c RW Chakabva b KM Jarvis	3	22	0	0	13.64
KOA Powell	c CR Ervine b AG Cremer	56	133	6	0	42.11
KA Hope	c RW Chakabva b SF Mire	16	23	3	0	69.57
SD Hope*	not out	90	201	7	1	44.78
RL Chase	c CR Ervine b Sikandar Raza	31	64	3	0	48.44
J Blackwood	st RW Chakabva b AG Cremer	1	15	0	0	6.67
SO Dowrich	c H Masakadza b SC Williams	11	17	2	0	64.71
JO Holder	lbw b SC Williams	8	13	2	0	61.54
D Bishoo	c CR Ervine b SC Williams	0	5	0	0	0.00
KAJ Roach	lbw b AG Cremer	0	3	0	0	0.00
ST Gabriel	c CR Ervine b AG Cremer	0	1	0	0	0.00

Extras 3 (b 3)

Total 219/10 (82.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
KM Jarvis	14.0	2	40	1	2.86
CB Mpofu	14.0	4	28	0	2.00
SF Mire	7.0	0	22	1	3.14
AG Cremer	23.5	3	64	4	2.69
Sikandar Raza	11.0	1	42	1	3.82
SC Williams	13.0	4	20	3	1.54

Fall of wickets

1-14 (KC Brathwaite, 8.3)·2-35 (KA Hope, 15.3)·3-110 (KOA Powell, 43.2)·4-174 (RL Chase, 65.2)·5-179 (J Blackwood, 68.6)·6-202 (SO Dowrich, 75.4)·7-212 (JO Holder, 79.6)·8-218 (D Bishoo, 81.6)·9-219 (KAJ Roach, 82.4)·10-219 (ST Gabriel, 82.5)

Zimbabwe

159 /10 (61.3 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
H Masakadza	c SO Dowrich b D Bishoo	42	78	4	1	53.85
SF Mire	c KC Brathwaite b KAJ Roach	27	36	4	1	75.00
CR Ervine	lbw b D Bishoo	39	89	5	0	43.82
BRM Taylor	c J Blackwood b D Bishoo	1	7	0	0	14.29
SC Williams	c SO Dowrich b KAJ Roach	7	25	0	0	28.00
Sikandar Raza	c ST Gabriel b D Bishoo	6	25	0	0	24.00
MN Waller	b JO Holder	11	27	0	0	40.74
RW Chakabva	c RL Chase b D Bishoo	12	21	0	1	57.14
AG Cremer	b JO Holder	0	11	0	0	0.00
KM Jarvis*	not out	2	24	0	0	8.33
CB Mpofu	c SO Dowrich b ST Gabriel	10	26	0	0	38.46

Extras 2 (lb 2)

Total 159/10 (61.3 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
ST Gabriel	11.3	5	24	1	2.09
JO Holder	14.0	5	25	2	1.79
D Bishoo	24.0	4	79	5	3.29
RL Chase	1.0	0	6	0	6.00
KAJ Roach	11.0	5	23	2	2.09

Fall of wickets

1-44 (SF Mire, 11.5)·2-91 (H Masakadza, 26.1)·3-93 (BRM Taylor, 28.3)·4-110 (SC Williams, 35.2)·5-123 (Sikandar Raza, 42.4)·6-133 (CR Ervine, 46.1)·7-139 (MN Waller, 49.3)·8-147 (RW Chakabva, 52.1)·9-147 (AG Cremer, 53.6)·10-159 (CB Mpofu, 61.3)

West Indies

373 /10 (126.0 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
KC Brathwaite	lbw b Sikandar Raza	86	229	4	1	37.55
KOA Powell	b AG Cremer	17	34	1	1	50.00
KA Hope	lbw b KM Jarvis	43	106	5	0	40.57
SD Hope	lbw b KM Jarvis	44	122	4	0	36.07
RL Chase	b SC Williams	95	139	8	1	68.35
J Blackwood	st RW Chakabva b SC Williams	3	5	0	0	60.00
SO Dowrich	c H Masakadza b SC Williams	12	18	2	0	66.67
JO Holder	c CB Mpofu b AG Cremer	24	23	2	1	104.35
D Bishoo	c SC Williams b AG Cremer	44	71	4	1	61.97
KAJ Roach	b AG Cremer	0	1	0	0	0.00
ST Gabriel*	not out	0	8	0	0	0.00

Extras 5 (b 3, lb 2)

Total 373/10 (126.0 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
KM Jarvis	24.0	1	66	2	2.75
CB Mpofu	10.0	3	30	0	3.00
SC Williams	35.0	8	91	3	2.60
AG Cremer	34.0	5	114	4	3.35
Sikandar Raza	19.0	4	53	1	2.79
SF Mire	2.0	0	5	0	2.50
MN Waller	2.0	0	9	0	4.50

Fall of wickets

1-25 (KOA Powell, 10.3)·2-107 (KA Hope, 44.4)·3-174 (KC Brathwaite, 76.2)·4-211 (SD Hope, 88.1)·5-224 (J Blackwood, 89.4)·6-244 (SO Dowrich, 93.2)·7-277 (JO Holder, 100.2)·8-369 (D Bishoo, 122.3)·9-369 (KAJ Roach, 122.4)·10-373 (RL Chase, 125.6)

Zimbabwe

316 /10 (90.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
H Masakadza	c SD Hope b KC Brathwaite	57	93	10	0	61.29
SF Mire	b KAJ Roach	47	77	7	0	61.04
CR Ervine	lbw b D Bishoo	18	36	3	0	50.00
BRM Taylor	run out	73	151	8	0	48.34
SC Williams	st SO Dowrich b D Bishoo	6	14	1	0	42.86
Sikandar Raza	c RL Chase b D Bishoo	30	65	3	1	46.15
MN Waller	run out	11	13	2	0	84.62
RW Chakabva	c & b RL Chase	1	6	0	0	16.67
AG Cremer	c & b D Bishoo	9	25	0	0	36.00
KM Jarvis*	not out	23	41	3	0	56.10
CB Mpofu	c KOA Powell b RL Chase	33	25	4	1	132.00

Extras 8 (b 5, lb 1, nb 2)

Total 316/10 (90.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
KAJ Roach	13.0	3	34	1	2.62
ST Gabriel	10.0	2	50	0	5.00
JO Holder	12.0	4	30	0	2.50
D Bishoo	32.0	8	105	4	3.28
RL Chase	13.4	2	61	2	4.46
KC Brathwaite	10.0	1	30	1	3.00

Fall of wickets

1-99 (H Masakadza, 27.2)·2-109 (SF Mire, 28.6)·3-141 (CR Ervine, 41.6)·4-155 (SC Williams, 47.3)·5-219 (Sikandar Raza, 67.2)·6-246 (MN Waller, 73.2)·7-249 (RW Chakabva, 74.5)·8-253 (BRM Taylor, 76.5)·9-263 (AG Cremer, 81.2)·10-316 (CB Mpofu, 90.4)