West Indian cricket team in Zimbabwe in 2017–18
| West Indian cricket team in Zimbabwe in 2017–18 | |||
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| Zimbabwe | West Indies | ||
| Dates | 15 October – 2 November 2017 | ||
| Captains | Graeme Cremer | Jason Holder | |
| Test series | |||
| Result | West Indies won the 2-match series 1–0 | ||
| Most runs | Hamilton Masakadza(251) | Shai Hope(174) | |
| Most wickets | Graeme Cremer(9) | Devendra Bishoo(13) | |
| Player of the series | Devendra Bishoo(WI) | ||
TheWest Indies cricket teamtoured Zimbabwe in October and November 2017 to play twoTestsmatches for theClive Lloyd Trophy.[1]The teams last played a Test match against each other inMarch 2013.[2]Ahead of the Test series, the two teams also played a three-day warm-up fixture.[3]The series marked the international comebacks ofBrendan TaylorandKyle Jarvis,after their resignation from theirKolpak deals.[4]West Indies won the series 1–0, after the final match finished in a draw.[5]It was the first Test series win for the West Indies withJason Holderas captain, and the first time that Zimbabwe had drawn a Test match sinceplaying Bangladeshin January 2005.[6]
Squads
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 Zimbabwe[7]
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 West Indies[8]
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Tour match
[edit]Three-day match: Zimbabwe A v West Indies
[edit]15–17 October 2017
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- West Indies won the toss and elected to bat.
- 15 players per side (11 batting, 11 fielding).
Test series
[edit]1st Test
[edit]2nd Test
[edit]29 October–2 November 2017
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- Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to bat.
- Only 61 overs were bowled on day 1 due to rain.
- Tendai Chisoro(Zim) made his Test debut.
- Hamilton Masakadza(Zim) became the fifth batsman for Zimbabwe to score2,000 runs in Tests.[9]
- Devendra Bishoo(WI) took his 100th wicket in Tests.[10]
- Sikandar Raza(Zim) took his first five-wicket haul in Tests.[11]
- Shane Dowrich(WI) scored his maiden century in Tests.[12]
- Jason Holderand Shane Dowrich made thehighest total for the eighth-wicketfor the West Indies in Tests (212).[12]This was only the second time in Test cricket that two batsmen coming in at number 8 or lower had scored a century in the same innings.[13]
Notes
[edit]- ^While five days of play were scheduled for each Test, the first Test reached a result within four days.
References
[edit]- ^"Future Tours Programme"(PDF).International Cricket Council.Retrieved16 January2016.
- ^"West Indies wary of resurgent Zimbabwe".ESPN Cricinfo.Retrieved20 October2017.
- ^"Windies to play two Tests in Zimbabwe".International Cricket Council.Retrieved1 October2017.
- ^"Zimbabwe to host West Indies for two Tests in October".ESPN Cricinfo.Retrieved1 October2017.
- ^"Cremer, Chakabva script Zimbabwe's great escape".ESPN Cricinfo.Retrieved2 November2017.
- ^"Raza helps Zimbabwe carve out a draw".International Cricket Council.Retrieved2 November2017.
- ^"Taylor, Jarvis return to Zimbabwe Test squad".ESPN Cricinfo.ESPN Sports Media. 17 October 2017.Retrieved17 October2017.
- ^"West Indies name unchanged squad for Zimbabwe tour".ESPN Cricinfo.ESPN Sports Media. 3 October 2017.Retrieved3 October2017.
- ^"Masakadza's century rescues Zim".The Zimbabwe Daily.Retrieved30 October2017.
- ^"Windies steady in reply to Zimbabwe's 326".International Cricket Council.Retrieved30 October2017.
- ^"Holder, Dowrich drive West Indies into the ascendancy".ESPN Cricinfo.Retrieved31 October2017.
- ^ab"Raza, Moor help Zimbabwe battle into fifth day".ESPN Cricinfo.Retrieved1 November2017.
- ^Shiva Jayaraman."Dowrich and Holder emulate 109-year-old feat".ESPN Cricinfo.Retrieved2 November2017.