2007 Cricket World Cup: West Indies vs Zimbabwe

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Monday, March 19, 2007

West Indies beat Zimbabwe by 6 wickets (with 13 balls remaining) in Group D of the 2007 Cricket World Cup at Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica.

This victory ensured the West Indies qualified for the Super 8 phase.


Toss: West Indies won, and elected to field first.

Zimbabwe innings
Player Status Runs Balls 4s 6s Strike rate
Vusi Sibanda b Powell 1 9 0 0 11.11
Friday Kasteni b Taylor 0 1 0 0 0.00
Justice Chibhabha b Taylor 12 25 2 0 48.00
Brendan Taylor run out (Bravo/Samuels) 50 121 1 1 41.32
Stuart Matsikenyeri c Powell b Smith 16 27 2 0 59.25
Sean Williams not out 70 88 7 0 79.54
Elton Chigumbura not out 30 29 5 0 103.44
Extras (b 1; lb 7; w 15) 23
Total (5 Wickets; 50 overs) 202 17 1

Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Kasteni, 1.1 ov), 2-2 (Sibanda, 2.2 ov), 3-31 (Chibhabha, 9.2 ov), 4-59 (Matsikenyeri, 17.4 ov), 5-142 (Taylor, 40.6 ov)

File:West Indies Cricket Board Flag.svg West Indies bowling
Bowler Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Econ
Daren Powell 6 1 15 1 2.50
Jerome Taylor 10 0 42 2 4.20
Corey Collymore 9 0 29 0 3.22
Dwayne Smith 5 0 28 1 5.60
Chris Gayle 10 1 32 0 3.20
Marlon Samuels 10 1 48 0 4.80
File:West Indies Cricket Board Flag.svg West Indies innings (Target: 203 runs from 50 overs)
Player Status Runs Balls 4s 6s Strike rate
Chris Gayle c Sibanda b Mpofu 40 48 3 3 83.33
Shivnarine Chanderpaul c Sibanda b Chigumbura 21 60 3 0 35.00
Ramnaresh Sarwan c & b Ireland 12 19 2 0 63.15
Marlon Samuels c Chibhabha b Mupariwa 28 48 3 0 58.33
Brian Lara not out 44 68 2 1 64.70
Dwayne Bravo not out 37 46 3 2 80.43
Extras (lb 10; w 10; nb 2) 22
Total (4 Wickets; 47.5 overs) 204 16 6

Fall of wickets: 1-73 (Chanderpaul, 17.3 ov), 2-73 (Gayle, 18.1 ov), 3-106 (Sarwan, 24.6 ov), 4-129 (Samuels, 32.6 ov)

Zimbabwe bowling
Bowler Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Econ
Christopher Mpofu 9 1 34 1 3.77
Anthony Ireland 7 0 38 1 5.42
Tawanda Mupariwa 9 2 34 1 3.77
Justice Chibhabha 9.5 0 45 1 4.57
Prosper Utseya 10 1 26 0 2.60
Sean Williams 3 0 17 0 5.66

West Indies: C H Gayle, S Chanderpaul, R R Sarwan, M N Samuels, B C Lara (capt), D R Smith, D J Bravo, D Ramdin (wkt), D B Powell, J E Taylor, C D Collymore
Zimbabwe: V Sibanda, C J Chibhabha, B R M Taylor (wkt), S Matsikenyeri, S C Williams, F Kasteni, E Chigumbura, P Utseya (capt), C B Mpofu, T Mupariwa, A J Ireland

Player of the match: S C Williams (Zimbabwe)

Umpires: I J Gould (England) and S J A Taufel (Australia)
TV umpire: B F Bowden (New Zealand)
Match referee: R S Mahanama (Sri Lanka)
Reserve umpire: B G Jerling (South Africa)

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