Captain Kraigg Brathwaite and fellow opener Tagenarine Chanderpaul began a truncated second day of their 50s and completed it with unbeaten centuries as West Indies superior to 0-221 towards Zimbabwe within the rain-hit first Test.
Only 38 overs had been bowled on Sunday because the guests resumed their first innings on 0-112 on the Queens Sports Club in Bulawayo.
Brathwaite (116 not out) and Chanderpaul (101 not out) every resumed on 55 and reached their tons with relative ease.
Brathwaite introduced up his hundred with a shot down to 3rd man. It was his twelfth Test ton.
“Kraigg is a guy who values his wicket, he doesn’t give it away,” Chanderpaul stated.
Zimbabwe spin bowler Wellington Masakadza (0-30) stated his aspect had been nonetheless within the sport, regardless of the difficult bowling situations after West Indies selected to bat first on Saturday.
“It’s always difficult to bowl first in Bulawayo, but we will get better tomorrow,” Masakadza stated.
“I thought we bowled well, same as yesterday. We just weren’t lucky enough, we missed outside edge, and balls falling short. But we didn’t let them get away, which is a big positive in Test cricket.”
Both video games of the two-match collection can be in Bulawayo.
The West Indies misplaced 2-0 in Australia of their final collection in December and interim coach Andre Coley is accountable for the staff for the primary time.
Zimbabwe have not performed Test cricket in 18 months since shedding a one-off match at house to Bangladesh.
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
