Chase anchors Windies to...

CONTINUED FROM BACKPAGE in a position where I had to come out and look for runs right away.

“That’s out of my game plan and strategy, but this game, I really had the opportunity to go out there and play my natural game, and play to my strengths.”

Chase said he hoped the Windies could extend their lead well past 200, which will put them in a far better position to try to force a win over the remaining three days, weather permitting.

“I am happy with the position that we are in, but it could be better,” he said. “We are still leading the game, and I feel if we can carry the total up to 350 that would give us a significant lead, and it will be enough to bowl out Zimbabwe in the second innings.

“I do not think we will need as much time (to get a result) because the pitch is offering a lot more to the bowlers, and I think it will be in a position where we can prise out the batsmen a little easier, so I think we should still be positioned

ZIMBABWE 1st Innings 115 West Indies 1st Innings

(overnight 133 for four)

*K Brathwaite lbw b Masakadza 7

T Chanderpaul c Tiripano b Mavuta 36

R Reifer run out 53

J Blackwood c Nyauchi b Mavuta 22

K Mayers c Masakadza b Mavuta 30

R Chase b Nyauchi 70

+J Da Silva b Nyauchi 44

J Holder not out 3 for a win in this game.”

Former West Indies captain Jason Holder, not out on three, will carry the bulk of the responsibility for scoring on the third day, but tailender Gudakesh Motie, not out on 11, has proven that he is no mug with the bat when playing for Guyana Harpy Eagles in the West Indies Championship.

Only batting bunny Shannon Gabriel remains after this pair.

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Answers to yesterday’s quiz:

(1) 49 players

(2) 48 players

Today’s Quiz:

(1) What was the result of the first Test of the current WI/ZIM series?

(2) Who was declared Man of the Match?

Answers in tomorrow’s issue

A Joseph c Makoni b Nyauchi 4 G Motie not out 11 Extras (lb3, w2, nb5) 10

TOTAL (8 wkts, 90.4 overs)

290

To bat: S. Gabriel Fall of wickets : 1-13, 2-86, 3-117, 4-124, 5-184, 6-269, 7-270, 8-274.

Bowling: Nyauchi 16.4-1-56-3; Masakadza 20-5-58-1; Chivanga

13-0-57-0 (w1, nb4); Tiripano

13-2-26-0 (w1, nb1); Mavuta

24-3-73-3; Shumba 4-0-17-0

Chase shared 60 with Mayers for the fifth wicket after the visitors stumbled to 133 for four at the close on the previous evening.

But left-hander Mayers, like all before him, paid for careless batting and was caught at mid-wicket from a miscued pull. Chase and da Silva carried West Indies to 236 for five at lunch, and continued from where they left off after the interval to put on 85 for the sixth wicket.

The wicket of Chase signalled the refreshments break and the first interruption for rain that lasted almost 2-1/2 hours.

In the second over after the resumption, the Windies lost two wickets to Nyauchi when Da Silva was bowled playing forward, and Alzarri Joseph was caught at mid-wicket for four from a miscued pull, leaving Holder and Motie to bat out another 25 balls before the adverse weather ended play early.

The two-Test series is level 0-0, after the first Test that ended last Wednesday at the same venue was drawn.

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