Live Cricket Score Updates West Indies vs Zimbabwe, ICC Cricket World Cup 2015, Match 15: WI beat ZIM by 73 runs (D/L)

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Updated: February 24, 2015 5:34 PM IST

By Aamir Salati

Live Cricket Score Updates West Indies vs Zimbabwe, ICC Cricket World Cup 2015, Match 15: WI beat ZIM by 73 runs (D/L)

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Before we leave here is Full Video Highlights of West Indies vs Zimbabwe match and you can also read match preview of Ireland vs United Arab Emirates here 

No prizes for guessing who Man of the Match is, it is Chris Gayle for his 215 and 2/ 35 in six overs.

Tendai Chatara OUT! Zimbabwe 289- All Out in 44.3 Overs. That’s it Zimbabwe have been bowled out. Nikita Miller gets the last wicket, removes Tendai Chatara.  Quicker one from Miller, Chatara was looking to push at it, gets an inside edge onto the pad and the ball rolls onto the stumps. West Indies win by 73 runs (D/L method). T Chatara b N Miller 16(20) [4s-1]

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Live Score Zimbabwe 276/9 in 43 Overs One thing is sure, Zimbabwe have put up a decent show with the bat. Chasing a mammoth target, they fought hard and never looked out of contention.

Elton Chigumbura OUT! Zimbabwe 266/9 in 40.5 Overs Out Zimbabwe skipper perishes. Plays uppishly towards cover, could not keep it down and Chris Gayle catches it. E Chigumbura c C Gayle b J Taylor 21(20) [4s-1 6s-1]  

Live Score Zimbabwe 262/8 in 40 Overs Zimbabwe now require 102 more runs to win with 2 wickets in hand from 50 balls remaining. It now remains just a formality. It will be nothing short of miracle if Zimbabwe pull this one of.

Meanwhile, check out Fall of wickets :1-11 (Chakabva , 1.4 overs), 2-26 (H Masakadza , 4.6 overs), 3-46 (S Raza , 7.6 overs), 4-126 (Brendan Taylor , 20.1 overs), 5-177 (Sean Williams , 27.5 overs), 6-226 (C Ervine , 33.4 overs), 7-239 (Matsikenyeri , 35.4 overs), 8-254 (Panyangara , 38.1 overs)

Tinashe Panyangara OUT! Live Score Zimbabwe 254/8 in 38.1 Overs Jerome Taylor strikes, picks another wicket. Tinashe Panyangara is dismissed. Looking to steer it down the third man, edges it to wicketkeepr Denesh Ramdin. T Panyangara c D Ramdin b J Taylor 4(8)

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Live Score Zimbabwe 244/7 in 37 Overs Jerome Taylor is back into the attack. West Indies will look to finish this off now. Just four runs from this over. Zimbabwe now require another 119 runs with 3 wickets from 66 balls.

Stuart Matsikenyeri OUT! Live Score Zimbabwe 239/7 in 35.4 Overs It is time for batting Power-play  out Gayle strikes one more time. Stuart Matsikenyeri is plumb leg before wicket, misses the line of the ball and umpire has no hesitation in giving that out. Matsikenyeri lbw b C Gayle 19(23) [4s-2]

Craig Ervine OUT! Live Score Zimbabwe 226/6 in 33.4 Overs Chris Gayle is having a ball out there, strikes in his first over. Cleans up Craig Ervine. Misses the line of the ball and Gayle has the last laugh.  C Ervine b Gayle 52(41) [4s-7 6s-1]

Live Score Zimbabwe 224/5 in 33 Overs  Craig Ervine gets to his fifty, what a fightback by Zimbabwe they are not giving it up.  6th ODI fifty for Sean Williams. Zimbabwe require another 139 runs with 5 wickets and 15.0 overs remaining

Live Score Zimbabwe 197/5 in 30 Overs Zimbabwe now requires another 166 runs with 5 wickets in hand from 108 balls. Craig Ervine and Stuart Matsikenyeri are battling it out there in the middle.

Sean Williams OUT! Zimbabwe 177/5 in 27.5 Overs Fine innings by Sean Williams comes to an end. Look to play play, got bit early into the shot and ends up top-edging it to Dwayne Smith at Square leg. S Williams c D Smith b J Holder 76(61) [4s-9]

Live Score Zimbabwe 174/4 in 27 Overs Craig Ervine has joined Sean Williams now and he too is scoring runs at a healthy pace now. These two have put on 48 off 43 balls for the fifth wicket so far. Zimbabwe now require 189 more runs with 6 wickets from 21.0 overs.   

Live Score Zimbabwe 152/4 in 24 Overs Sean Williams who just scored his 19th ODI fifty is no mood to defend. And is scoring quickly.

Brendan Taylor OUT! Zimbabwe 126/4 in 20.1 Overs There is an appeal for caught behind, but umpire is not convinced. West Indies opt for review. There is no clear evidence, but third Umpire has given Brendan Taylor out. Not sure whether it hit Taylor’s glove or not, but he has to walk back dejected.  Brendan Taylor c Ramdin b Samuels 37(48) [4s-2 6s-1]

Live Score Zimbabwe 115/3 in 18 Overs Sean Williams and Brendan Taylor are fighting back here. Both are finding fence are regular intervals. Their stand for fourth wicket is now 69 off 60 balls.

Live Score Zimbabwe 81/3 in 14 Overs The partnership between Sean Williams and Brendan Taylor is now worth 35 off 36. Can these two lead the Zimbabwe fightback.  

Live Score Zimbabwe 68/3 in 12 Overs Sean Williams gets a top-edge off Nikita Miller that goes over fine leg for a six. 10 runs came of Miller’s over. Brendan Taylor is now unbeaten on 19 while Sean Williams on 5

Live Score Zimbabwe 54/3 in 10 Overs It is now down to experienced Brendan Taylor and Sean Williams to bail Zimbabwe out of trouble, which looks difficult. Meanwhile, there is change in bowling, left-arm orthodox Nikita Miller comes into the attack. Four runs from his first over.

Sikandar Raza OUT! Live Score Zimbabwe 46/3 in 8 Overs Sikandar Raza perishes while going for a big shot. Looking to over third man, slashes hard at short of length ball from Jason Holder which ends up in the hands of Lendl Simmons at third man. S Raza c L Simmons b J Holder 26(20) [4s-5] 

H Masakadza out! Live Score Zimbabwe 26/2 in 5 Overs  Jerome Taylor traps Masakadza in front of the stumps, umpires raises the finger. Masakadza opts for review, but all in vain. The ball is clearly hitting the stumps. H Masakadza lbw b J Taylor 5(14)   

Welcome back, players have made their way back to the middle as rain has cleared. The match has been reduced to 48 overs and the target for Zimbabwe is 363.

 Meanwhile the rain has got heavier and the umpires have called the ground staff to cover the pitch.

Live Score Zimbabwe 16/1 in 2 Overs Jason Holder Strikes for West Indies traps Regis Chakabva in front of the wicket. Bad start this for Zimbabwe. Holder had to opt for review after Umpire gave it not out R Chakabva lbw b J Holder 2(5) 

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West Indies end up with mammoth 372 on the board, this is the fifth highest team total in World Cups. Gigantic partnership of 372 between Chris Gayle and Marlon Samuels is now the highest partnership in ODI history for any wicket.

Live Score West Indies 372/2 in 50 0vers There you go, it ends with Chris Gayle being dismissed, but that won’t take a=much away from this man. What an innings this. Gayle c E Chigumbura b H Masakadza 215(147) [4s-10 6s-16]

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Live Score West Indies 334/1 in 48 0vers This is now the highest partnership for any wicket in One-Day Internationals.Zimbabwe can’t believe this. A wicket in first over is all they got to celebrate.

Marlon Samuels 100 not out! Live Score West Indies 333/1 in 47.1 Overs This is the eighth One-Day International hundred for Samuels

What a moment, Chris Gayle becomes first batsman to register a double hundred in World Cup match. He is also the first non-Indian to score a double hundred. You can catch Chris Gayle’s sparkling innings here

Chris Gayle scores double hundred West Indies 313/1 in 45.5 Overs

Live Score West Indies 251/1 in 42 Overs That’s 250 run stand between these two. It is getting tough for Zimbabwe to stop these two.

‘Live Score West Indies 220/1 in 40 Overs Chris Gayle goes for big shot but finds fielder at long-on. Sikandar Raza takes the catch, but it was a no-ball from Tinashe Panyangara. Gayle survives, it can’t get worse than this for Zimbabwe. Meanwhile you can catch the video highlights of Chris Gayle’s 100 hundred here.

Live Score West Indies 195/1 in 38 Overs Chance there as Gayle goes down town, but the ball falls short of the long-on fielder. Gayle is looking to smash Zimbabwe bowlers all around the park. There is some rain in the air and it has got a bit dark as well. Samuels joins Gayle gets boundary through deep backward point. Expensive over this from Tinashe Panyangara, 18 runs came off it.

Chris Gayle 100 not out! West Indies 166/1 in 35.1 Overs There you go hundred up for Chris Gayle. That is 22nd ODI century for Chris Gayle. Much needed from his bat. He was struggling prior this and took his time to build up innings. Not the typical Gayle innings but he will take it anyways.

Live Score West Indies 158/1 in 32 Overs That is 26th ODI fifty for Marlon Samuels. By the end of the day we might see Gayle and Samuels in this list: Moeen Ali joins Shikhar Dhawan & David Miller in list of top batsmen of WC 2015

Live Score West Indies 149/1 in 30 Overs Four runs came from Hamilton Masakadza’s over  gives away four runs. Chigumbura is operating with part-timers from both the ends.

Live Score West Indies 131/1 in 28 Overs Rain seems to have eased a bit as there is a change in bowling. Hamilton Masakadza comes into the attack. And he starts with a tidy first over, gives away just three runs. Misfielding by Zimbabwe skipper at short cover led to a single off last ball.

Live Score West Indies 121/1 in 26 Overs It has started to rains as Chris Gayle smashes Tafadzwa Kamungozi for back to back sixes. First he goes over cow corner and then straight down the ground. Meanwhile rain is getting heavier  

Live Score West Indies 96/1 in 22 Overs The game is going on at a slow pace and Zimbabwe are finding it difficult to separate Chris Gayle and Marlon Samuels. Ther partnership is now worth 96 now. Chris Gayle is playing on 59 off 66 balls and Marlon Samuels is on 30 off 66 balls.

Live Score West Indies 83/1 in 18 Overs Zimbabwe captain Elton Chigumbura is back into the attack. There is free hit and Chris Gayle dispatches that between extra cover and mid-off for a six. Single on the penultimate ball of the over takes Chris Gayle to his 47th ODI half-century. Relived man Gayle will be. This is his first fifty in last 20 innings. 

Live Score West Indies 69/1 in 15 Overs West Indies batsmen Chris Gayle and Marlon Samuels are now looking to up the ante. The run-rate is now just over four runs per over. Meanwhile you can check the list of top players to watch out for in today’s game. 

Live Score West Indies 57/1 in 13 Overs Chris Gayle has got the start now and should look to convert it into a big one. That will help his confidence and will be a breather for West Indies. Gayle is on 33 off 37 balls while Samuels is on 20 off 39.

Live Score West Indies 43/1 in 10 Overs Boundary here for Marlon Samuels. One thing about West Indies innings so far is that they have found the fence occasionally. They don’t seems to be in a hurry. Just looking to spend time out their in the middle.

Watch the Video dismissal of West Indies’ first wicket Dwayne Smith

Live Score West Indies 35/1 in 8 Overs Things slowing down here. West Indies looking to build up. Good comeback by Tendai Chatara after being hit for 11 runs in his last over. Gives away just two runs in this over

Live Score West Indies 31/1 in 6 Overs First boundary for Chris Gayle smashes Tendai Chatara through covers. Another one towards deep square leg. So Gayle collects two boundaries from this over and Chatara went for 11 runs in third over. He is looking for some quick runs here.

Live Score West Indies 16/1 in 4 Overs Chris Gayle is looking to open his arms, trying to play some big shots. You cant keep him calm for long. Zimbabwe should be wary of the threat Gayle possess, try and don’t let him settle down. Meanwhile you can check key battles for today’s game

Live Score West Indies 6/1 in 2 Overs Both Zimbabwe new ball bowlers are swinging it and Chris Gayle has been lucky to get away one of the appeal. Gayle is already under bit of pressure as he has managed to score just 40 runs from last two matches and also he has failed to score a 50 or more in his last 19 innings. He clearly is not in best of form, but that can change anytime.

Dwayne Smith OUT! West Indies 0/1 in 0.2 Overs What a start for Tinashe Panyangara! Cleans up Dwayne Smith. Looking to defend misses the line of the ball and it goes through bat and pad. Big gap there. The first ball moved away from Smith, so he was playing for the away swing.  Dwayne Smith b Panyangara 0(2)  

West Indies openers Dwayne Smith and Chris Gayle make their way out in the middle

Meanwhile you can read Toss Report here

Here is a look in to playing XI of West Indies and Zimbabwe

West Indies (Playing XI): Dwayne Smith, Chris Gayle, Jonathan Carter, Marlon Samuels, Denesh Ramdin(w), Lendl Simmons, Darren Sammy, Andre Russell, Jason Holder(c), Jerome Taylor, Nikita Miller

Zimbabwe (Playing XI): Sikandar Raza, Regis Chakabva, Hamilton Masakadza, Brendan Taylor(w), Sean Williams, Craig Ervine, Stuart Matsikenyeri, Elton Chigumbura(c), Tinashe Panyangara, Tendai Chatara, Tafadzwa Kamungozi

Toss: West Indies win toss and opt to bat.

Hello and welcome to the live cricket score updates of the match between West Indies and Zimbabwe of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 at Manuka Oval in Canberra on Tuesday. The group B Match 15 is set to start at 9:00 AM Indian Standard Time (IST). This is the third match for both the teams in this tournament and both have registered one win from two matches so far. Catch: Free Live Streaming of West Indies vs Zimbabwe match here.

West Indies will be buoyant after their comprehensive 150-run win over Pakistan and to beat them will be a real challenge for Zimbabwe, who have shown resurgence so far in the tournament. Catch: Live ball-by-ball updates between West Indies and Zimbabwe here.

West Indies outclassed Pakistan in all the departments and young captain Jason Holder will be hopeful that his boys emulate that very act against Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe too will be upbeat as their performance so far has been worth noticeable. These two teams have met each other 44 times in One-Day Internationals (ODI) with West Indies winning 34 matches, nine by Zimbabwe and one game produced no result.

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