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1st Match, West Indies v Zimbabwe, Coca Cola Cup, Statistical Highlights
Rajneesh Gupta - 24 June 2001

  • It was the 1727th ODI in cricket history.

  • It was West Indies' 425th and Zimbabwe's 185th match.

  • It was the 16th match between these two sides. The record now reads: West Indies 12,Zimbabwe 4.

  • West Indies was playing for the first time on Zimbabwean soil.

  • Umpires Kevin Barbour and Russell Tiffin were officiating in their seventh and 31st match respectively.

  • Zimbabwe was without the services of Andy Flower for the first time since 1991-92 World Cup game against Sri Lanka at New Plymouth. Andy had played in all the 172 one-day internationals and 52 Tests -- every match that Zimbabwe played since he made his international debut. His sequence of 172 consecutive matches is second only to India's Sachin Tendulkar who played 185 matches without a break in between 1989 and 1998. Former South African captain Hansie Cronje is third on this list playing in 162 successive matches before his career ended in disgrace in March last year. The accompanying table lists the players with most consecutive matches in a career :

Mts

Player

For

Total

Start of Sequence

End of Sequence

185

SR Tendulkar

Ind

268

v Sri Lanka,Sharjah,25-04-1990

v Aus, Sharjah, 24-04-1998

172

A Flower

Zim

172

v Sri Lanka, New Plymouth,23-02-1992

v BD, Bulawayo QC,11-04-2001

162

WJ Cronje

SA

188

v SL, Colombo RPS,04-09-1993

v Ind,Sharjah,27-03-2000

132

RB Richardson

WI

224

v Eng,Brisbane,17-01-1987

v Pak,Sharjah,01-11-1993

126

M Azharuddin

Ind

334

v WI,Perth,06-12-1991

v WI,Bridgetown,03-05-1997

121

ADR Campbell

Zim

160

v Ind,Faridabad,19-03-1993

v WI,Kingston,01-04-2000

97

AC Gilchrist

Aus

113

v Eng, The Oval,24-05-1997

v Zim,Sydney,28-01-2001

96

PA de Silva

SL

275

v Eng, Colombo RPS,10-03-1993

v Pak,Sharjah,07-04-1997

96

AD Jadeja

Ind

196

v SL,Sharjah,09-04-1995

v BD,Mumbai,25-05-1998

96

ST Jayasuriya

SL

235

v Pak, Colombo RPS, 03-08-1994

v Zim, Colombo RPS,24-01-1998

94

CZ Harris

NZ

182

v Aus,Madras,11-03-1996

v Zim,Harare,27-09-2000

  • Tatenda Taibu, while becoming 64th player to represent Zimbabwe in shorter form of the game,also became the second youngest Zimbabwean to make ODI Debut at the age of 18 years and 40 days. Only Mluleki Nkala has played ODI cricket at a younger age than Taibu for Zimbabwe. Nkala was 17 years 179 days old on debut (v India at Bulawayo QC on September 27,1998).

  • Taibu also became the youngest wicketkeeper in all ODIs. The previous record was on the name of Pakistani Javed Qadeer who was 18 years and 229 days old on his debut against Sri Lanka at Sharjah on April 11,1995.

  • Grant Flower was captaining Zimbabwe for the first time in his career. He became seventh player to captain Zimbabwe in One-Day Internationals.

  • Grant Flower's chance to captain Zimbabwe time came in his 155th match. Only two players- Australia's Steve Waugh and West Indian Desmond Haynes - have appeared in more matches than Grant without captaining their respective sides. The accompanying table lists the players who captained their sides very late in their careers :

Player

Match #

For

Captaincy debut

SR Waugh

218th

Aus

v SA,Bloemfontein,13-04-1997

DL Haynes

162nd

WI

v Pak,Sharjah,17-10-1989

GW Flower

155th

Zim

v WI,Harare,23-06-2001

PJL Dujon

154th

WI

v England,Georgetown,15-03-1990

Salim Malik

151st

Pak

v England,Nottingham,20-08-1992

ST Jayasuriya

150th

SL

v Zim,Colombo SSC,26-01-1998

CL Hooper

149th

WI

v Pak,Sydney,14-01-1997

IA Healy

147th

Aus

v Zim,Colombo RPS,,26-08-1996

  • The partnership of 113 runs between Darren Ganga and Chris Gayle was the first for West Indies for the opening wicket in 35 matches. The last century partnership for the first wicket for West Indies had come against New Zealand at Auckland on January 2,2000 when Sherwin Campbell and Ridley Jacobs added 111 runs.

  • Alistair Campbell now has an aggregate of 362 runs from 13 matches against West Indies- maximum for Zimbabwe. Campbell surpassed Andy Flower's tally of 329 runs from 13 matches.

  • Cameron Cuffy was winning his second Man of the Match award in 27th match. Interestingly his only other award had come in the previous game for West Indies (v South Africa at Arnos Vale on May 16,2001).

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Teams West Indies, Zimbabwe.
Players/Umpires Kevan Barbour, Russell Tiffin, Andy Flower, Sachin Tendulkar, Hansie Cronje, Tatenda Taibu, Mluleki Nkala, Grant Flower, Steve Waugh, Desmond Haynes, Daren Ganga, Chris Gayle, Ridley Jacobs, Alistair Campbell, Cameron Cuffy.
Tournaments Coca-Cola Cup (Zimbabwe)
Grounds Harare Sports Club
Internal Links Scorecard.