West Indian cricket team in Zimbabwe in 2022–23

West Indian cricket team in Zimbabwe in 2022–23
 
  Zimbabwe West Indies
Dates 4 February – 16 February 2022
Captains Craig Ervine Kraigg Brathwaite
Test series
Result West Indies won the 2-match series 1–0
Most runs Innocent Kaia (172) Tagenarine Chanderpaul (258)
Most wickets Brandon Mavuta (8) Gudakesh Motie (19)
Player of the series Gudakesh Motie (WI)

The West Indies men's cricket team toured Zimbabwe in February 2023 to play two Test matches.[1] In December 2022, the Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) confirmed the fixtures.[2] The first game of the series was Zimbabwe's first Test match after an 18-month gap since they played a home series against Bangladesh in July 2021 and the fourth time that the West Indies have toured Zimbabwe since 2000, with the most recent tour being in 2017; the tourists had won the three previous series without losing a Test match.[3] West Indies won the series 1–0 after claiming an innings victory over Zimbabwe in the second Test.[4]

Squads

 Zimbabwe[5]  West Indies[6]

Tour match

Before the start of the Test series, West Indies played a three-day warm-up fixture against a Zimbabwe XI side.[7]

28–30 January 2023
Scorecard
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517 (132.5 overs)
Kraigg Brathwaite 116* (170)
Milton Shumba 3/80 (11.5 overs)
122 (56.3 overs)
Timycen Maruma 37 (74)
Alzarri Joseph 2/12 (4 overs)
82/2 (27.1 overs)
Jermaine Blackwood 34* (49)
Faraz Akram 1/4 (3 overs)
  • Zimbabwe XI won the toss and elected to field.
  • 23.3 overs of play was lost on Day 2 due to rain.

Test series

1st Test

4–8 February 2023
Scorecard
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447/6d (143 overs)
Tagenarine Chanderpaul 207* (467)
Brandon Mavuta 5/140 (41 overs)
379/9d (125 overs)
Gary Ballance 137* (231)
Alzarri Joseph 3/75 (26 overs)
203/5d (60 overs)
Raymon Reifer 58 (106)
Wellington Masakadza 3/71 (23 overs)
134/6 (54 overs)
Chamu Chibhabha 31 (60)
Gudakesh Motie 4/50 (24 overs)
Match drawn
Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo
Umpires: Paul Reiffel (Aus) and Langton Rusere (Zim)[n 1]
Player of the match: Tagenarine Chanderpaul (WI)

2nd Test

12–16 February 2023[n 2]
Scorecard
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115 (40.5 overs)
Innocent Kaia 38 (52)
Gudakesh Motie 7/37 (14.5 overs)
292 (92.3 overs)
Roston Chase 70 (132)
Victor Nyauchi 5/56 (17.3 overs)
173 (47.3 overs)
Craig Ervine 72 (105)
Gudakesh Motie 6/62 (17.3 overs)
West Indies won by an innings and 4 runs
Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo
Umpires: Paul Reiffel (Aus) and Langton Rusere (Zim)
Player of the match: Gudakesh Motie (WI)
  • Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to bat.
  • 40.2 and 15 overs were lost on Days 2 and 3, respectively, due to rain.
  • Tanaka Chivanga (Zim) made his Test debut.
  • Gudakesh Motie (WI) took his first five-wicket haul in Tests.[15]
  • Victor Nyauchi (Zim) took his first five-wicket haul in Tests.[16]
  • Gudakesh Motie (13/99) recorded the best match figures by a spinner for the West Indies in Tests.[17][18]

Notes

  1. ^ Iknow Chabi (Zim) replaced Langton Rusere as the on-field umpire from the start of the second day of the match.
  2. ^ While five days of play were scheduled for each Test, the second Test reached a result in three days.

References

  1. ^ "West Indies to face Zimbabwe in two Tests in Bulawayo". Cricket West Indies. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
  2. ^ "ZC confirms schedule for Test series against West Indies". Zimbabwe Cricket. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
  3. ^ "West Indies to tour Zimbabwe for two Tests in February 2023". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
  4. ^ "Motie takes 13-for; West Indies clinch series". Cricbuzz. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
  5. ^ "Gary Ballance set for Zimbabwe Test bow against West Indies". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
  6. ^ "West Indies Test squad named for two-Test series in Zimbabwe". Cricket West Indies. Retrieved 17 January 2023.
  7. ^ "ZC announces Zimbabwe XI squad for West Indies warm-up game". Zimbabwe Cricket. Retrieved 25 January 2023.
  8. ^ "Records: Combined Test, ODI and T20I records. Individual records (captains, players, umpires), Representing two countries". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
  9. ^ "Records galore as Chanderpaul slams 207* and Brathwaite 182 in West Indies' domination". ESPNcricinfo. 6 February 2023. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
  10. ^ "Maiden Test ton for Chanderpaul against Zimbabwe". Jamaica Observer. 6 February 2023. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
  11. ^ "First Test against Zimbabwe Chanderpaul stars with double century as 33-year-old opening record falls". Guyana Chronicle. 7 February 2023. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
  12. ^ "Mavuta, Kaia give Zimbabwe hope... as West Indies dominate play on day 3". The Herald. 7 February 2023. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
  13. ^ "Gary Ballance: Zimbabwe's ex-England batter is second man to hit Test centuries for two teams". BBC Sport. 7 February 2023. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
  14. ^ "West Indies' Brathwaite-Chanderpaul become first pair to bat on all five days of a Test match". Sportstar. 8 February 2023. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
  15. ^ "Motie's bags seven to bowl Zimbabwe out for 115". Cricbuzz. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
  16. ^ "Motie takes 13 to spin West Indies to 1-0 series win against Zimbabwe". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
  17. ^ "Gudakesh Motie breaks 73-year-old record in his third Test match, takes third-place in West Indies all-time list". Wisden. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
  18. ^ "Record-breaking Motie spins WI to dominant series win". Jamaica Observer. Retrieved 15 February 2023.