Spinners Gudakesh Motie and Roston Chase tried to drive a dramatic end, however West Indies met resistance from the underside half of the Zimbabwe batting and needed to accept a draw within the first Take a look at on Wednesday.
Motie bagged a career-best 4-50 from 24 overs and Chase snared a miserly 2-9 from 12 overs to ship a couple of jitters by way of the Zimbabwean dressing room after the Windies set them 272 to win in a minimal of 49 overs on the ultimate day of the competition on the Queen’s Sports activities Membership.
The Caribbean facet have been, nonetheless, annoyed of their try and seize an unlikely win when debutant wicketkeeper Tafadzwa Tsiga, not out on 24, remained unflappable for 2 hours and the hosts reached 134 for six when time expired.
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The end result meant the two-match sequence remained stage at 0-0 and created enormous expectations for the second Take a look at, beginning on Sunday on the identical venue.
“After dropping a complete day, I believe it was a commendable effort from us to get near a victory, so properly carried out to us,” West Indies captain Kraigg Brathwaite stated after play. “But in addition, Zimbabwe batted very properly. I believe total, I’m happy with the staff effort.”
Motie gave West Indies an early breakthrough when he had opener Tanunurwa Makoni caught behind for 9, however Harmless Kaia and Chamu Chibhabha added 47 for the second wicket to ease the early stress.
However Motie engineered a interval of instability when he bought Kaia caught at mid-wicket for twenty-four and Zimbabwe captain Craig Ervine caught behind for 17, and Chase bought Chibhabha caught at slip for the highest rating of 31 in between, as Zimbabwe sunk from the consolation of 83 for 2 to 83 for 4.
West Indies once more discovered first innings century-maker Gary Ballance an immovable drive and he spent over an hour on the crease take the Zimbabweans previous 100 earlier than Chase bought him caught behind for 18 and Motie adopted up with the scalp of Brad Evans lbw for a duck subsequent over.
With virtually 40 minutes of play remaining, there was nonetheless an opportunity for West Indies to chop a path to victory, however Tsiga and Wellington Masakadza batted by way of the remaining time to avoid wasting the day for the house staff.
Earlier, West Indies continued from 21 with out loss in a single day, and tried to attain shortly to hasten a declaration, which got here on 203 for 5 after lunch with Raymon Reifer main the way in which with 58 and Jermaine Blackwood supporting with 57.
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