Third one-day international, St Vincent:
West Indies 245-9 (50 overs) bt Zimbabwe 104 (31.5 overs) by 141 runs
Match scorecard
 Sammy took 7-66 on his Test debut against England at Old Trafford in 2007 |
West Indies took a 2-1 advantage in the five-match one-day international series against Zimbabwe following a commanding 141-run victory in St Vincent. Shivnarine Chanderpaul struck two fours and a six to top score with 58 as the Windies made 245-9 after being put in. Kemar Roach then yorked Vusi Sibanda with the third ball of the Zimbabwe reply and Darren Sammy struck in each of his first three overs. Zimbabwe were 104 all out in the 32nd over, Sammy taking a career-best 4-26. After Roach stunned the Zimbabweans with a 90mph delivery that saw Sibanda's off-stump cartwheeling out of the ground, Sammy was introduced to bowl the 10th over. The 26-year-old St Lucian was top-edged for four over the wicketkeeper's head by Brendan Taylor but soon took a simple return catch, and in his next over got one to hold its line and take the edge of Tatenda Taibu.  | 606: DEBATE |
After Dwayne Bravo trapped Stuart Matsikinyeri lbw first ball with some late swing, Sammy claimed the key wicket of Masakadaza, who had earlier flicked Ravi Rampaul over square-leg for six, as another delivery held its line and caught the edge. Sammy should have had another wicket but skipper Chris Gayle dropped a slip chance offered by Greg Lamb. "Well done Darren Sammy, he could have got five wickets and it was my fault he didn't," Gayle said after the match. "We just failed to bat properly, we thought we could chase that total but we didn't bat well. "They made use of the conditions, they bowled in the right areas and deserved the win," Zimbabwe skipper Prosper Utseya commented. The Windies will now attempt to secure the series in the fourth match, which is also at St Vincent, on Friday.
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