Statistical highlights
Mohandas Menon
5th match: Coca Cola Tri series in Zimbabwe
West Indies vs Zimbabwe
The 126 runs between Craig Wishart and Grant Flower was Zimbabwe's best
for the fourth wicket against West Indies bettering the previous best of 114
between Alistair Campbell and Andy Flower at Kallang, Singapore on 2-9-1999.
This incidentally was the second highest partnership for any wicket for
Zimbabwe against West Indies. The highest still remains as the unbeaten 186
between Murray Goodwin and Grant Flower at Chester-le-Street on 16-7-2000.
Grant Flower's 94 was his fifth score in the nineties. He becomes the
tenth batsman in LOI history to record five or more scores in the
"nineties". The maximum such scores have been recorded by Sri Lankan
Aravinda deSilva - 8 times.
Interestingly it was Flower's second score in the nineties against the
West Indies. He had an unbeaten 96 at Chester-le-Street on 16-7-2000. He now
joins Pakistani Zaheer Abbas (93 in 1979 and 95 not out in 1980), who has
also recorded two nineties against the West Indies - the maximum such scores
against this team in LOIs.
Merv Dillon's two wickets makes him the highest wicket-taker for West
Indies against Zimbabwe in LOIs. He betters the previous best of 10 wickets
in six matches by Marlon Samuels. Dillon now has 12 wickets in 8 matches.
Chris Gayle (76) playing in his 29th match of his career recorded his
highest LOI score. He betters the previous best of 58 not out also against
Zimbabwe at Kingston on 2-4-2000.
Zimbabwe's loss with one ball to spare was its second closest defeat in
LOIs after its last ball loss to New Zealand at Dhaka on 24-10-1998, in the
first ICC Knockout tournament.
This incidentally was the closest match (in terms of balls to spare) in
Zimbabwe, after the four balls to spare win by India against the home team
at the same venue on 27-6-2001.
Zimbabwe after winning three matches against Bangladesh in April this
year, have now lost four matches in a row.
Grant Flower, playing in his 158th match, won his ninth man of the match
award of his career. He now equals the tally held by his brother Andy and
Alistair Campbell - for the maximum such awards for Zimbabwe in LOIs.
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