Streak lays Windies low

Skipper Heath Streak came up with a brilliant allround performance to lead Zimbabwe to a memorable 47-run victory over the West Indies in the tri-nation series, at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Tuesday.

Coming in at number eight, Streak scored 45 from 70 balls in Zimbabwe's total of 138 before excelling with the ball. The 26-year-old from Bulawayo, who opened the bowling, claimed four wickets for only eight runs from eight overs as the West Indies crashed for 91, only four runs better than their lowest-ever one-day total.

It was Zimbabwe's first victory in three matches in the tournament, which also features Australia, placing them level with the Windies.

Medium-pacer Bryan Strang gave Heath superb support, snapping three wickets for 15 runs from eight overs.

Scoreboard

Zimbabwe
A Campbell c Jacobs b Cuffy 4
G Whittall c Campbell b Cuffy 11
S Carlisle c Powell b Williams 29
A Flower c Jacobs b Cuffy 3
G Flower c Jacobs b Cuffy 7
G Rennie c Powell b Williams 14
D Viljoen c Jacobs b McLean 2
H Streak c sub (S Joseph) b Samuels 45
M Nkala c Lara b Williams 0
B Strang c Jacobs b Samuels 1
B Murphy not out 7
Extras (lb5, w4, nb 1) 10
Penalty runs 5
Total (all out, 47.2 overs) 138
Fall of wickets: 1-9, 2-30, 3-45, 4-62, 5-62, 6-66, 7-88, 8-88, 9-104.
Bowling: N McLean 9-1-28-1, C Cuffy 10-1-24-4, L Williams 10-1-24-3, M Samuels 8.2-0-28-2, M Nagamootoo 8-0-19-0, J Adams 2-0-5-0.

West Indies
W Hinds c Campbell b Streak 8
R Jacobs lbw b Streak 6
S Campbell c Campbell b Strang 0
B Lara lbw b Strang 0
M Samuels c Carlisle b Strang 1
J Adams c and b Nkala 22
R Powell lbw b Streak 0
L Williams c Carlisle b Streak 0
M Nagamootoo c Viljoen b Nkala 3
N McLean not out 40
C Cuffy c Campbell b Nkala 0
Extras (lb-7, w-3, nb-1) 11
Total (all out, 31.5 overs) 91
Fall of wickets: 1-16, 2-22, 3-22, 4-22, 5-24, 6-25, 7-25, 8-31, 9-91.
Bowling: H Streak 8-4-8-4, B Strang 8-4-15-3, M Nkala 5.5-1-12-3, G Whittall 7-0-42-0, B Murphy 3-1-7-0.

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