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Another bad day at the office for Zimbabwe - after winning the toss and electing to bat, Zimbabwe's batting efforts fell apart around them. The first wicket fell in the 2nd over, and was followed by a procession of others as Zim's batsmen came and went, with most of them failing to make much of an impact. Tatenda Taibu was pick of a bad bunch with 32, while only Keith Dabengwa (26) and Stuart Matsikenyeri (16) making double-figures. The side were bowled out within 38 overs for a score of just 139 - an easy target for the Windies to chase.

As seems to be traditional in this series, Zimbabwe took one early wicket (Devon Smith, in the 5th over), but from there the visitors ran up the required total with little trouble, closing out the match in the 28th over and taking a 2-1 series lead.

Once again, Zim were let down by a poor batting display. How many more of these must we see before the issue is addressed? In this match, Zimbabwe had recognised batsmen down to #7 - all those players have shown at one stage or another that they have the required talent, and that they can do the job required of them - but something, somewhere, just isn't clicking and they can't get any sort of consistency together. I'm no coach, so I can't say how this can be dealt with - that's Robin Brown's job, and hopefully he'll already be working on resolving the problem.
Zimbabwe 139 (37.5 overs; Taibu 32, Taylor 3/18). West Indies 142/4 (27.5 overs; Bravo 45*, Utseya 2/27. West Indies win by 6 wickets, lead series 2-1 with 2 to play. Scorecard below the cut.

Zimbabwe innings
V Sibanda        c Ramdin b Powell             5
BRM Taylor       lbw b Rampaul                 4
CJ Chibhabha     c Smith b Rampaul             6
T Taibu          b Lewis                       32
H Masakadza      c Smith b Taylor              6
S Matsikenyeri   c Smith b Lewis               16
E Chigumbura     c Morton b Powell             2
KM Dabengwa      not out                       26
P Utseya         c Ramdin b Powell             4
GB Brent         b Taylor                      9
RW Price         b Taylor                      2
    Extras (lb 4, w 22, nb 1)                  27
    Total (all out; 37.5 overs; 177 mins)      139

Fall of wickets: 1-14 (Sibanda, 1.6 ov), 2-25 (Taylor, 4.3 ov), 
3-36 (Chibhabha, 8.2 ov), 4-67 (Masakadza, 17.3 ov), 
5-83 (Taibu, 20.4 ov), 6-92 (Chigumbura, 23.6 ov), 
7-96 (Matsikenyeri, 24.4 ov), 8-109 (Utseya, 29.3 ov), 
9-129 (Brent, 33.6 ov), 10-139 (Price, 37.5 ov) 

Bowling     O     M     R     W     Econ  
R Rampaul   6     1     29    2     4.83 (9w) 
DBL Powell  9     1     32    3     3.55 (6w) 
JE Taylor   9.5   1     18    3     1.83  
DJ Bravo    4     0     20    0     5.00 (1nb, 3w) 
RN Lewis    9     0     36    2     4.00  

         
West Indies innings (target: 140 runs from 50 overs)
DS Smith          c Matsikenyeri b Chigumbura   1
BA Parchment      c Taibu b Chigumbura          15
RS Morton         c Brent b Utseya              38
S Chanderpaul     not out                       27
MN Samuels        st Taibu b Utseya             4
DJ Bravo          not out                       45
    Extras (lb 6, w 4, nb 2)                    12
    Total (4 wickets; 27.5 overs)               142

Did not bat: RN Lewis, DBL Powell, D Ramdin, R Rampaul, JE Taylor  

Fall of wickets: 1-21 (Smith, 4.1 ov), 2-35 (Parchment, 6.1 ov), 
3-77 (Morton, 17.5 ov), 4-82 (Samuels, 19.2 ov) 

Bowling      O    M     R     W     Econ  
E Chigumbura 8    1     58    2     7.25 (2nb, 2w) 
GB Brent     5.5  2     31    0     5.31 (1w) 
P Utseya     6    0     27    2     4.50 (1w) 
RW Price     8    1     20    0     2.50