West Indies v Zimbabwe, Bulawayo

West Indies 447/6 & 203/5

Zimbabwe 379/9 & 134/6

Match drawn

West Indies v Zimbabwe 2023 · 1st Test Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo, Bulawayo 4–8 Feb 2023

How hard each side found the batting

Uneven — West Indies had it far tougher than Zimbabwe.

West Indies

1.02× +2%

Zimbabwe

1.18× +18%

harder to scoretypicaleasier

The lead

On equal conditions, West Indies led by more than the scoreboard showed.

Who won it · by value

Runs, and what they were worth in these conditions

T Chanderpaul West Indies

222 +269

KC Brathwaite West Indies

207 +239

GS Ballance Zimbabwe

155 +232

I Kaia Zimbabwe

91 +81

B Mavuta Zimbabwe

56 +68

Best bowling

Top match figures

B Mavuta5/140

G Motie4/50

WP Masakadza3/71

AS Joseph3/75

Top score

207*

T Chanderpaul · West Indies

Biggest stand

336

1st wkt · West Indies

Worst collapse

3–33

3 wkts for 33 · Zimbabwe

Match facts

TossWest Indies, bat

ResultMatch drawn

Length5 days

West Indies

447 /6 (143.0 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
KC Brathwaite	lbw b WP Masakadza	182	312	18	0	58.33
T Chanderpaul*	not out	207	467	16	3	44.33
KR Mayers	b B Mavuta	20	24	1	2	83.33
RA Reifer	c I Kaia b B Mavuta	2	17	0	0	11.76
J Blackwood	c TE Tsiga b B Mavuta	5	4	1	0	125.00
RL Chase	c CR Ervine b B Mavuta	7	8	1	0	87.50
JO Holder	c TE Tsiga b B Mavuta	11	23	0	1	47.83
J Da Silva*	not out	3	6	0	0	50.00

Extras 10 (b 6, w 1, nb 3)

Total 447/6 (143.0 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
R Ngarava	20.0	4	69	0	3.45
VM Nyauchi	27.0	6	73	0	2.70
B Evans	24.0	3	74	0	3.08
WP Masakadza	31.0	8	85	1	2.74
B Mavuta	41.0	5	140	5	3.41

Fall of wickets

1-336 (KC Brathwaite, 114.1)·2-373 (KR Mayers, 123.2)·3-383 (RA Reifer, 127.4)·4-389 (J Blackwood, 129.1)·5-413 (RL Chase, 133.2)·6-435 (JO Holder, 141.1)

Zimbabwe

379 /9 (125.0 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
I Kaia	lbw b AS Joseph	67	132	9	0	50.76
T Makoni	c KR Mayers b AS Joseph	33	81	4	0	40.74
CJ Chibhabha	c J Da Silva b G Motie	9	22	2	0	40.91
CR Ervine	b KC Brathwaite	13	32	1	0	40.62
GS Ballance*	not out	137	231	13	2	59.31
TE Tsiga	lbw b AS Joseph	2	6	0	0	33.33
B Evans	c J Da Silva b KAJ Roach	7	9	1	0	77.78
WP Masakadza	c KR Mayers b G Motie	15	76	1	0	19.74
B Mavuta	b JO Holder	56	132	9	0	42.42
VM Nyauchi	c J Da Silva b JO Holder	13	10	3	0	130.00
R Ngarava*	not out	19	20	1	1	95.00

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

Total 379/9 (125.0 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
KAJ Roach	15.0	4	35	1	2.33
AS Joseph	26.0	2	75	3	2.88
KR Mayers	10.0	4	22	0	2.20
G Motie	33.0	10	110	2	3.33
JO Holder	17.0	2	55	2	3.24
RL Chase	14.0	1	45	0	3.21
KC Brathwaite	5.0	1	12	1	2.40
RA Reifer	3.0	0	7	0	2.33
J Blackwood	2.0	0	11	0	5.50

Fall of wickets

1-63 (T Makoni, 26.1)·2-84 (CJ Chibhabha, 31.5)·3-114 (CR Ervine, 41.4)·4-128 (I Kaia, 48.3)·5-132 (TE Tsiga, 50.6)·6-147 (B Evans, 53.5)·7-192 (WP Masakadza, 77.3)·8-327 (B Mavuta, 116.2)·9-341 (VM Nyauchi, 118.2)

West Indies

203 /5 (60.0 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
KC Brathwaite	lbw b WP Masakadza	25	77	3	0	32.47
T Chanderpaul	b B Evans	15	66	0	0	22.73
RA Reifer	c & b WP Masakadza	58	106	9	0	54.72
J Blackwood	c TE Tsiga b WP Masakadza	57	84	5	1	67.86
RL Chase	c TE Tsiga b B Evans	14	14	1	0	100.00
KR Mayers*	not out	17	13	2	0	130.77
J Da Silva*	not out	9	4	2	0	225.00

Extras 8 (b 3, lb 1, nb 4)

Total 203/5 (60.0 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
VM Nyauchi	16.0	5	38	0	2.38
WP Masakadza	23.0	5	71	3	3.09
B Evans	12.0	2	41	2	3.42
B Mavuta	6.0	0	30	0	5.00
R Ngarava	3.0	0	19	0	6.33

Fall of wickets

1-32 (T Chanderpaul, 21.6)·2-50 (KC Brathwaite, 26.3)·3-157 (RA Reifer, 52.2)·4-174 (J Blackwood, 56.2)·5-180 (RL Chase, 57.6)

Zimbabwe

134 /6 (54.0 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
I Kaia	c KC Brathwaite b G Motie	24	46	2	52.17
T Makoni	c J Da Silva b G Motie	9	12	2	75.00
CJ Chibhabha	c J Blackwood b RL Chase	31	60	3	51.67
CR Ervine	c J Da Silva b G Motie	17	17	3	100.00
GS Ballance	c J Da Silva b RL Chase	18	63	0	28.57
TE Tsiga*	not out	24	83	3	28.92
B Evans	lbw b G Motie	0	7	0	0.00
WP Masakadza*	not out	0	36	0	0.00

Extras 11 (b 8, lb 3)

Total 134/6 (54.0 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
KAJ Roach	3.0	0	16	0	5.33
G Motie	24.0	6	50	4	2.08
AS Joseph	5.0	0	19	0	3.80
JO Holder	5.0	1	13	0	2.60
KC Brathwaite	4.0	0	10	0	2.50
RL Chase	12.0	6	9	2	0.75
KR Mayers	1.0	0	6	0	6.00

Fall of wickets

1-14 (T Makoni, 3.4)·2-61 (I Kaia, 17.4)·3-83 (CJ Chibhabha, 22.1)·4-83 (CR Ervine, 23.2)·5-119 (GS Ballance, 42.2)·6-120 (B Evans, 43.4)