West Indies’ spinner Gudakesh Motie bowled his facet to victory, and to a 1-0 collection win in opposition to Zimbabwe, as they received the second Test by an innings and 4 runs at Queens Sports Club.
Motie took 13 wickets within the match because the West Indies made positive of the win inside three days on Tuesday, after drawing final week’s first Test, additionally performed in Bulawayo.
It was the perfect Test match efficiency by a spinner for the West Indies as Motie – enjoying solely his third Test – took 13-99 within the match, surpassing a mark that had stood for seven a long time.
The left-arm spinner took 7-37 as Zimbabwe, who received the toss and elected to bat, had been skittled out for 115 of their first innings.
The West Indies replied with 292, including two runs to their in a single day rating as they misplaced their final two wickets when play received underway belatedly on Tuesday due to a rain delay. Roston Chase top-scored with 70.
Motie returned to torment the house facet and completed with figures of 6-62 as Zimbabwe had been bowled out for 173 of their second innings, 4 runs in need of forcing West Indies to bat once more.
Only captain Craig Ervine, who scored 72, provided any resistance however when he was trapped lbw firstly of the final session, the Test was successfully over.
Motie’s 13-wicket haul bettered the earlier finest Test match return by a West Indian spinner of 11-152 from Sonny Ramadhin in opposition to England once they received at Lord’s for the primary time in 1950.
“I was very happy about it,” mentioned Motie, who was named man of the collection.
“I worked hard enough. I had a lot of practice and back in my country, the wickets are similar,” added the 27-year-old from Guyana.
West Indies now head to South Africa for a two-Test collection, plus restricted overs internationals.
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
