The West Indies cricket team toured Zimbabwe in October and November 2017 to play two Tests matches for the Clive Lloyd Trophy.[1] The teams last played a Test match against each other in March 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 of Brendan Taylor and Kyle Jarvis, after their resignation from their Kolpak 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 with Jason Holder as captain, and the first time that Zimbabwe had drawn a Test match since playing Bangladesh in January 2005.[6]
| 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 | |
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| 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) | ||
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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).
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1st Test edit
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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 score 2,000 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 Holder and Shane Dowrich made the highest total for the eighth-wicket for 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. Retrieved 16 January 2016.
- ^ "West Indies wary of resurgent Zimbabwe". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
- ^ "Windies to play two Tests in Zimbabwe". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
- ^ "Zimbabwe to host West Indies for two Tests in October". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
- ^ "Cremer, Chakabva script Zimbabwe's great escape". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
- ^ "Raza helps Zimbabwe carve out a draw". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
- ^ "Taylor, Jarvis return to Zimbabwe Test squad". ESPN Cricinfo. ESPN Sports Media. 17 October 2017. Retrieved 17 October 2017.
- ^ "West Indies name unchanged squad for Zimbabwe tour". ESPN Cricinfo. ESPN Sports Media. 3 October 2017. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
- ^ "Masakadza's century rescues Zim". The Zimbabwe Daily. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
- ^ "Windies steady in reply to Zimbabwe's 326". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
- ^ "Holder, Dowrich drive West Indies into the ascendancy". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
- ^ a b "Raza, Moor help Zimbabwe battle into fifth day". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
- ^ Shiva Jayaraman. "Dowrich and Holder emulate 109-year-old feat". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 2 November 2017.