Improved West Indies see off Zimbabwe

West Indies heeded captain Brian Lara's demand for improvement and completed a tidy 98-run victory over Zimbabwe in the second limited-overs international on Sunday at the Antigua Recreation Ground.
Zimbabwe were dismissed for 144 in 46.2 overs chasing a victory target of 243. Chris Gayle secured the win when he had Tawanda Mupariwa caught at deep backward square leg for 16 to give West Indies a 2-0 lead in the seven-match series, after they won Saturday's opener by five wickets at the same venue.
Lara had called on his team, particularly the new-ball bowlers Jerome Taylor and Fidel Edwards, to show a drastic improvement on their performance from Saturday and they responded.
SCOREBOARD
WEST INDIES:

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C. Gayle c Taylor b Mahwire              49

R. Morton c Taylor b Mupariwa            16

R. Sarwan c Coventry b Mupariwa          55

D. Ramdin lbw b Utseya                    4

S. Chanderpaul c Taylor b Chibhabha      46

B. Lara c Mahwire b Mupariwa              5

D. Bravo b Rainsford                      9

D. Smith b Chibhabha                     30

I. Bradshaw not out                       6

J. Taylor b Mahwire                       6

F. Edwards not out                        2

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EXTRAS: (B-1, W-5, NB-8)                 14

TOTAL: (for 9 wkts)                     242

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FALL OF WICKETS: 1-70, 2-80, 3-85, 4-154, 5-162, 6-183, 7-218, 8-230, 9-238.
BOWLING: Rainsford 10-1-32-1; Mahwire 10-0-58-2 (nb3, w3); Mupariwa 10-1-46-3 (nb1, w1); Chibhabha 7-0-39-2 (nb4); Utseya 10-0-51-1 (w1); Strydom 3-0-15-0.
OVERS: 50
ZIMBABWE:

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P. Rinke c Bravo b Taylor                 6

T. Duffin b Taylor                        1

J. Chibhabha c Ramdin b Bradshaw         67

B. Taylor b Taylor                        0

E. Chigumbura c Gayle b Edwards          13

G. Strydom run out (Bravo)                5

C. Coventry c Morton b Bravo              0

B. Mahwire c Ramdin b Gayle               6

P. Utseya c Gayle b Taylor                0

T. Mapuriwa c Edwards b Gayle            16

E. Rainsford not out                      9

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EXTRAS: (B-2, LB-7, W-10, NB-2)          21

TOTAL: (all out)                        144

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FALL OF WICKETS: 1-7, 2-11, 3-11, 4-67, 5-91, 6-95, 7-114, 8-116, 9-116.
BOWLING: Edwards 8-0-39-1 (nb2, w2); Taylor 10-3-24-4 (w2); Bradshaw 10-0-27-1 (w2); Bravo 5-1-13-1 (w3); Gayle 9.2-2-21-2; Smith 4-0-11-0 (w1).
OVERS: 46.2
RESULT: West Indies won by 98 runs.
SERIES: West Indies lead the seven-match series 2-0.
TOSS: West Indies.
UMPIRES: S. Bucknor, B. Bowden.
TV REPLAYS: B. Doctrove.
RESERVE: C. Mack.
MATCH REFEREE: C. Broad.
MAN-OF-THE-MATCH: Jerome Taylor (West Indies).
Copyright Agence France-Presse, 2006