West Indies vs Zimbabwe one day series: First one day at Providence on 04.03.10 : Zimbabwe won by two runs

GA Lamb and SW Maskasdza made their one day debut for Zimbabwe in this game to become the 107^th and 108^th cricketers to represent Zimbabwe in one day games.

GA Lamb and SW Maskasdza made their one day debut for Zimbabwe in this game to become the seventh and eighth cricketers to represent Zimbabwe against West Indies in one day games. The others are – GE Peckover at Worcester on 13.06.83, ADR Campbell at Brisbane on 29.02.92, AM Blignaut at Singapore on 02.02.99, T Taibu at Harare on 23.06.01, V Sibanda at Bulawayo on 22.11.03 and A Meregwede at Harare on 30.11.03

GA Lamb and SW Maskasdza made their one day debut for Zimbabwe in this game providing the first occasion of two Zimbabwe cricketers making their debut against West Indies in an one day game

With SW Maskadza making his one day debut in this game, H Maskadza and SW Maskadza became the fourth pair of brothers to represent Zimbabwe in one day games. Other three are – A and GE Flower, GJ and JA Rennie and BC and PA Strang.

With SW Maskadza making his one day debut in this game, H Maskadza and SW Maskadza became the 40^th pair of two brothers to represent a team in the history of one day games.

With SW Maskadza making his one day debut in this game, H Maskadza and SW Maskadza became the 46^th pair of two or more brothers to represent a team in the history one day games.

West Indies capped AB Barath for this game. He became the 155^th cricketer to represent West Indies in one day games. He is the ninth West Indian cricketer to make one day debut against Zimbabwe. The others are – MV Nagamotoo at Chester-le-Street on 16.07.00, RO Hinds at Kandy on 16.12.02, D Brown at Kandy on 16.12.01, R Rampaul at Bulawayo on 22.11.03, FH Edwards at Harare on 29.11.03, S Chattergoon at Georgetown on 07.05.06, D Mohammad at Gros Islet on 10.05.06 and BA Parchment at Harare on 04.12.07.

V Sibanda and T Taibu added 100 runs for the second wicket in this game providing the sixth occasion of Zimbabwean batsmen posting a three figure partnership against for various wickets against West Indies. Other five are – 114 runs for the fourth wicket between ADR Campbell and A Flower at Singapore on 02.09.99, 186 runs unfinished stand for the fifth wicket between GW Flower and MW Goodwin at Chester-le-Street on 16.07.00, 126 runs for the fourth wicket between GW Flower and CB Vishart at Bulawayo on 01.07.01, 110 runs for the third wicket between V Sibanda and CB Wishart at Bulawayo on 22.11.03 and 167 runs for the first wicket between H Masakadza and V Sibanda at Bulwayo on 07.12.07

V Sibanda and T Taibu added 100 runs for the second wicket in this game providing the first occasion of Zimbabwean batsmen posting a three figure partnership for the second wicket against West Indies thus constituting a record stand for the second wicket. The previous best was – 64 runs stand between CJ Chibhabha and T Duffin at St John’s on 29.04.08

V Sibanda and T Taibu added 100 runs for the second wicket in this game providing the 18th occasion of Zimbabwean batsmen posting a three figure partnership for the second wicket against various oppositions in one day games.

V Sibanda and T Taibu added 100 runs for the second wicket in this game providing the 97th occasion of Zimbabwean batsmen posting a three figure partnership against various oppositions in one day games.

V Sibanda scored 95 in this game providing the 28^th occasion of a Zimbabwe batsman scoring ninety in an one day games.

V Sibanda scored 95 in this game providing the fifth occasion of a Zimbabwe batsman scoring ninety against West Indies. The other four occasions are – 95* by NC Johnson at Bristol on 06.07.00, 96* by GW Flower at Chester-le-Street on 16.07.00, 94 by GW Flower at Bulawayo on 01.07.01 and 96 by V Sibanda at Bulwayo on 07.12.07

V Sibanda registered his second ninety against West Indies, the first being 96 at Bulawayo on 07.12.07.

V Sibanda became the second Zimbabwean batsman to register ninety on two occasions against West Indies, the other batsman being GW Flower {96* at Chester-le-Street on 16.07.00 and 94 at Bulwayo on 01.07.01}.

V Sibanda registered his third ninety when he scored 95 in this game. The other two nineties are – 96 vs West Indies at Bulawayo on 07.12.07 and 93 not out against Bangladesh at Harare on 06.02.07

V Sibanda became the fourth Zimbabean batsman to register three or more nineties in one day games. The other three are – A Flower {09}, ADR Campbell {03} and BRM Taylor {03}

V Sibanda with his 95 in this game registered his 12^th one day half century and 13^th one day fifty. T Taibu with his 56 in this game registered his 12^th one day half century and 14^th one day fifty.

T Taibu’s 56 in this game represent the 81^st occasion of a Zimbabwe wicket keeper registering a fifty in one day games.

T Taibu’s 56 in this game represent his twelfth half century as a wicket keeper batsman in one day games. He went past BRM Taylor’s eleven half centuries and A Flower with 46 half centuries is ahead of T Taibu.

T Taibu was playing his 100^th one day innings and celebrated it by scoring a half century – 56.

T Taibu became the eighth Zimbabwe batsman to play 100 one day innings. Others are –GW Flower {212}, A Flower {208}, ADR Campbell {184}, HH Streak {159}, GJ Whittal {142}, SV Carlisle {107} and S Matsikenyeri {103}.

A Barath scored 50 on his one day debut. He became the 80^th batsman in the history of oen day games to score a fifty on one day debut. He is also the sixth West Indian batsman to register a fifty on one day debut. Others are – RB Kanhai – 55 vs England at Leeds on 05.09.73, DL Haynes – 148 vs Australia at St John’s on 22.02.78, EH Mattis – 62 vs England at Kingstown on 04.02.81, PV Simmons – 50 vs Pakistan at Lahore on 16.10.87 and SC Williams – 61 vs India at Faridabad on 17.10.94.

CH Gayle {57}, AB Barath {50} and S Chanderpaul {70} scored fifties in West Indian innings providing the 60th occasion of first three batsmen scoring fifties in an innings in the history of one day internationals.

CH Gayle {57}, AB Barath {50} and S Chanderpaul {70} scored fifties in West Indian innings providing the fifth occasion of first three West Indies batsman scoring fifties in an innings. The other four such occasions are witnessed in the games – against Sri Lanka at Sydney on 17.01.85 {CG Greenidge – 67, DL Haynes – 54, RB Richardson – 57}, against England at Kingstown on 02.03.94 {DL Haynes – 83, PV Simmons – 63, BC Lara – 60}, against New Zealand at Auckland on 02.01.00 {SL Campbell – 51, RD Jacobs – 65, BC Lara – 76} and against Australia at Greneda on 01.06.03 {CH Gayle – 60, WW Hinds – 103*, BC Lara – 75}

CH Gayle registered his 40^th one day half century and 59^th one day fifty when he scored 57 in this game, while SC Chanderpaul’s 70 in this game represents his 56^th one day half century and 66^th one day fifty.

SW Masakadza on his debut returned with figures of 3 for 36 providing the best figures by a Zimbabwe debutant bowler against West Indies. It is interesting to note that no Zimbabwean debutant has taken a wicket against West Indies on his debut. The only bowler who chanced his arms was AM Blignaut and had figures of none for 26. Another debutant of this game – GA Lamb was the first Zimbabwe bowler to capture a wicket against West Indies on debut when he clean bowled West Indian captain CH Gayle for 57.

The victory by two wickets in this game was Zimbabwe’s ninth victory in one day games against West Indies. The other eight wins are – won by six wickets at Bristol on 06.06.00, won by 70 runs at Canterbury on 11.07.00, won by six wickets at Chester-le-Street on 16.07.00, won by 47 runs at Sydney on 23.01.01, won by four wickets at Col-SSC on 09.12.01, won by six wickets at Bulawayo on 23.11.03, won by 21 runs at Harare 26.11.03 and won by 30 runs at Harare on 30.11.07

West Indies suffered its first loss against Zimbabwe on home soil when they lost this game by two runs.

Zimbabwe’s win by two runs provides the 23^rd occasion of a team winning a one day game by two runs margin. It also provides Zimbabwe its second win by two runs, the other being its win against Sri Lanka at Harare on 05.11.94

ADS Fletcher and N Deonarine were dismissed run out in this game providing the 35^th and 36^th occasion of West Indian batsmen dismissed run out against Zimbabwe in one day games.