Joseph, Charles help WI keep World Cup hopes alive
West Indies got a 31-run victory upon Zimbabwe, on Wednesday, to leap to the third spot in the points table of the closely-contested group B and keep their expectations alive in the continuous T20 World Cup.
Basically
West Indies posted 153 for 7 after choosing for bat, drove by Johnson Charles' 36-ball 45 and upheld byhandy contributions by Rovman Powell (21-ball 28) and Akeal Hosein (18-ball 23). In any case, Zimbabwe were never in the chase, losing three wickets in the powerplay and failing to stitch any partnerships from subsequently. They were eventually bundled out for 122.
Did West Indies dominate right all along?
Not actually. Despite the fact that Kyle Mayers and Charles helped the side to a quick start courtesy a 28-run opening partnership off 21 balls, neither one of the players had tracked down familiarity with their innings. Charles, however, before long got into his section following the dismissal of his opening partner. Taking advantage of a dropped catch, he attacked Ryan Burl in the 10th over, hitting him for a six and two boundaries off successive deliveries.
Did Zimbabwe at any point hold onto control?
For a short period, during the middle overs when Sikandar Raza scalped three wickets. Not long after he had dismissed Lewis on 15, Nicholas Pooran offered a simple return catch to Sean Williams and Charles was run out. Raza added to their misfortunes by catching Shamarh Brooks LBW and prompting a return catch off Jason Holder, setting off West Indies' breakdown from 77 for 1 to 101 for 6 in a space of 25 balls.
Hosein and Powell's late attack, however, took the force back in West Indies' favour.
Might Zimbabwe at some point give a fightback from that point on?
Not actually. Alzarri Joseph's first spell had shaken the stumps of Regis Chakabva and Tony Munyonga. Obed McCoy left them reeling further by dismissing the experienced Williams, who went for a drive and got an outside edge to the 'keeper.
Madhevere, who had looked steady amidst the ruins in the powerplay, and offered a brief promise to revive Zimbabwe's chase in the company of Raza, was also sent back in the seventh over, while attempting to go after a short and wide delivery only to be undone by Lewis's terrific catch at backward point.
It was basically impossible that back for the Zimbabwe players as West Indian bowlers warded breaking off with wickets, not permitting a solitary partnership to flourish. Joseph returned for his second spell towards the finish of the innings and sacked a couple of more wickets - tidying up Luke Jongwe and Richard Ngarava to end with figures of 4 for 16, while Holder chose three to bundle out Zimbabwe in 18.2 overs.
Where do the teams stand and where do they go from here?
Similar as different teams in Group B - Scotland and Ireland - Zimbabwe and West Indies have registered one win and one misfortune in two games. Just the Net Run Rate isolates them. In any case, with just a single additional game to go, the NRR will no affect their fortunes. West Indies will confront Ireland and Zimbabwe will play Scotland at the Bellerive Oval in Hobart, on Friday (October 21), in what will be must-dominate matches for every one of the four teams.
Match Summary
West Indies 153/7 in 20 overs (Johnson Charles 45, Rovman Powell 28; Sikandar Raza 3-19, Blessing Muzarabani 2-38) beat Zimbabwe 122 in 18.2 overs (Luke Jongwe 29, Wesley Madhevere 27; Alzarri joseph 4-16, Jason Holder 3-12) by 31 runs
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