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.
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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