da leao： It was the 1732nd ODI in cricket history
Rajneesh Gupta03-Jul-2001It was the 1732nd ODI in cricket history.It was West Indies’ 427th and Zimbabwe’s 188th match.It was the 17th match between these two sides. The record now reads :West Indies 13, Zimbabwe 4.Umpires JF Fenwick and QJ Goosen were officiating in their fourth andninth match respectively.The fourth wicket partnership of 126 runs between Craig Wishart andGrant Flower was Zimbabwe’s best for this wicket against West Indies.This obliterated the previous best of 114 between Alistair Campbelland Andy Flower at Singapore Kallang on September 2,1999. This wasalso the second highest partnership for Zimbabwe for any wicketagainst West Indies after the 186 run unbroken stand between MurrayGoodwin and Grant Flower at Chester-le-Street on July 16,2000.Grant Flower’s 94 was the highest score by a Zimbabwean at number fivein a match against West Indies. This obliterated his brother Andy’s 89at Singapore Kallang on September 2,1999.This was Flower’s fifth score in nineties. He became the tenth batsmanin One-Day Internationals to suffer the misfortune of being dismissedor stranded in `ninety’ on five or more occasions. Sri Lanka’sAravinda de Silva have made most such scores – 8.Mervyn Dillon has now taken 12 wickets in 8 matches which makes himthe most successful West Indian bowler against Zimbabwe. He surpassedMarlon Samuels’ tally of 11 wickets from 6 matches.Shivnarine Chanderpaul, who was dismissed in an unusual mannerflinging the bat onto the stumps attempting a heave. became seventhWest Indian to be dismissed `hit wicket’ in a ODI . Foud Bacchus andSherwin Campbell have been dismissed in this fashion on two occasionseach.Chanderpaul also became fourth batsman after South Richardson DaveRichardson (at Harare on October 22,1995, Sri Lankan RomeshKaluwitharana (at Bulawayo QC on December 12,1999) and fellow teammate Ridley Jacobs (at Brisbane on January 13,2001)Zimbabwe by losing the match off the penultimate ball recorded itssecond narrowest defeat in ODIs (in terms of balls) after its lastball defeat against New Zealand at Dhaka on October 24,1998.It was the narrowest defeat for any team on Zimbabwean soil in termsof balls. The previous record was made in the third league match ofthis competition between India and Zimbabwe on June 27 when the hostslost the match with just four balls to spare.Grant Flower won his ninth Man of the Match award. He now shares therecord of winning most awards for Zimbabwe alongwith brother Andy andAlistair Campbell.