48.4 -
Panyangara to Samuels, FOUR, poor fielding effort at wide long-off, it was fuller and outside off, Samuels lofts it inside-out over cover, Ervine was charging towards the ball from the boundary and the ball bounces in front of him, it runs away to the fence as well, poor effort from him
48.1 -
Panyangara to Samuels, FOUR, low full toss from Panyangara, Samuels smashes it past the bowler, the fielder at long-off runs to his left, dives but it all goes in vain as the ball crosses the fence, good try though
47.1 -
Chatara to Samuels, FOUR, Samuels gets to his ton, it was bowled on the pads, Samuels tickles it fine and the ball races away to the fence, it has been a little tough for Samuels, but he has given good support to Gayle, Samuels makes a cut-throat gesture after reaching his ton, his team-mates applaud and he waves his bat to the applause
46.0 -
Chatara to Gayle, FOUR, drags his length back and Gayle latches onto it in a flash, he pulls it to the deep mid-wicket fence and the ball races away
45.5 -
Chatara to Gayle, FOUR, Gayle becomes the first non-Indian to score a double ton in ODIs, what a knock this has been, he chuckles as he takes his helmet off, hugs his mate Samuels and waves to the crowd as Chris Gayle chants are continuously heard. This has been special, it was a full toss outside off, Gayle drives it to the deep extra cover fence and reaches the landmark
44.0 -
Kamungozi to Gayle, FOUR, this time he lofts this flighted delivery wide of long-on, the fielder had little distance to cover, but it still beat the fielder to the fence, 21 runs came off that over
43.4 -
Kamungozi to Gayle, FOUR, another shortish delivery from Kamungozi, this is poor bowling to a man who is batting on 157, he pulls it hard and towards the deep square leg fence, where the deep mid-wicket fielder runs to his left, puts in the dive, but can't cut it off
41.1 -
Chigumbura to Samuels, FOUR, another boundary from Samuels, looks like he is getting his timing right now, it was a back of a length delivery outside off, Samuels just flat-bats it over deep extra cover for another boundary
40.4 -
H Masakadza to Samuels, FOUR, Samuels is also getting into the groove now, it was short and wide outside off, Samuels had enough room to just cut it to the deep backward point fence, the ball runs away to the fence in a flash
38.2 -
Chatara to Samuels, FOUR, Samuels backs away once again and Chatara follows him with a back of a length delivery, Samuels looks to cut it, but gets an inside edge that runs away fine and beats the chase from the short fine leg fielder
37.5 -
Panyangara to Samuels, FOUR, slightly shortish and wide outside off, Samuels hangs back and cuts it to the deep backward point fence for a boundary
37.1 -
Panyangara to Gayle, FOUR, Gayle starts off with a boundary after the drinks break, it was short and angled across off, it was a poor delivery from Panyangara, Gayle clubs it to the deep square leg fence for a boundary
24.3 -
S Raza to Samuels, FOUR, fantastic shot from Samuels, excellent placement from him. He creates the width by making room to this shortish ball, exposes his stumps and cuts it to the deep extra cover fence
19.2 -
Chigumbura to Gayle, FOUR, good use of the feet by Gayle. Chigumbura slides it down leg, Gayle just leans forward a touch and tickles it off the pads to the fine leg fence
15.0 -
Sean Williams to Gayle, FOUR, Gayle spoils an otherwise tame over by Williams. He gets down on one knee and slog sweeps it hard to the deep square leg fence
9.5 -
Chatara to Samuels, FOUR, width on offer and Samuels makes full use of it. It was short of length and outside off, Samuels makes room and slaps it to the sweeper cover fence
5.4 -
Chatara to Gayle, FOUR, Gayle is turning on the heat now. It was a length delivery on middle, Gayle comes down the track, rolls his wrists and flicks it to the deep square leg fence
5.1 -
Chatara to Gayle, FOUR, width on offer and Gayle has cracked that into the off-side. Gayle makes room to this back of a length delivery and cuts it powerfully past cover for another boundary
4.5 -
Panyangara to Samuels, FOUR, full on off, draws Samuels on the front foot, the batsman handsomely drives it past the bowler towards the long-off fence, Panyangara dives to his left but the ball evades him and races away
3.2 -
Chatara to Gayle, FOUR, nicely done by Gayle! He skips out, gets to the pitch of the ball and lofts it over the mid-on fielder for a boundary
3.0 -
Panyangara to Samuels, FOUR, cracking shot from Samuels! It was full and wide from Panyangara, Samuels reaches out and slaps it to the long-off fence for the first boundary. Panyangara fell in his followthrough
49.2 -
Chatara to Samuels, SIX, mammoth! Samuels is having a party now, it was dragged short and wide outside off, Samuels pulls it over the deep mid-wicket fence for another six
49.0 -
Panyangara to Samuels, SIX, great shot to end the over, it was full outside off, Samuels gets under it and smashes it over the long-off fence for another maximum, his second of the over and the innings as well
48.2 -
Panyangara to Samuels, SIX, Samuels gets one over the rope, it was full and outside off, Samuels opens the face of the bat and slices the lofted drive over the sweeper cover fence for his first six of the innings
45.2 -
Chatara to Gayle, SIX, 16th six for Gayle, that's massive from him, it was short and at the batsman, Chatara took the pace off the ball and it didn't help his cause, he pulls it handsomely over the deep backward square leg fence with relative ease
44.4 -
Sean Williams to Gayle, SIX, this is ridiculous batting from Gayle, it was floated on off and middle from round the wicket, Gayle goes down on one knee and slog sweeps it over the deep mid-wicket fence, the ball carried 95 metres there, this is also now the highest score in a World Cup match
44.3 -
Sean Williams to Gayle, SIX, back-to-back sixes for the big man, it was full and down leg, Gayle picks it off his pads and puts it into the crowd behind square on the leg-side, super shot from Gayle
44.2 -
Sean Williams to Gayle, SIX, there's no stopping Gayleforce or is there? Gayle pulls this shortish delivery and gets it over the deep mid-wicket fence with ease
43.5 -
Kamungozi to Gayle, SIX, drifting on the pads, Gayle clears his front leg and just smashes it behind square off his pads, the ball goes over the fence and Gayle is on fire here
43.3 -
Kamungozi to Gayle, SIX, drags his length short and Gayle dispatches him for a maximum, this is now the highest score for Gayle, he pulled it magnificently over the deep mid-wicket fence and collects six
42.0 -
Chigumbura to Gayle, SIX, mammoth six! It was on a good length and was at the batsman, who had backed away. Gayle clears his front leg and launches it over the deep mid-wicket fence, 250 partnership comes up between these two, this is also the second highest partnership for West Indies in ODIs
41.0 -
H Masakadza to Gayle, SIX, great shot from Gayle! It was fuller and outside off, Gayle had enough room to free his arms and he launches it straight down the ground, this is great batting from Gayle as he gets it over the rope with ease
40.0 -
Panyangara to Gayle, SIX, another maximum for Gayleforce! It was another short delivery from Panyangara, Gayle just smashes it over the deep mid-wicket fence
37.3 -
Panyangara to Gayle, SIX, this this he connects well and gets it over the rope, it was fuller once again, Gayle gets under it and slogs it over the deep mid-wicket fence
36.0 -
H Masakadza to Gayle, SIX, heaved away to the cow corner fence, it was on a fuller length and on the stumps, Gayle heaves it over the boundary with little effort, this was the 6th six of the innings for Gayle
28.3 -
S Raza to Gayle, SIX, Chris Gayle goes downtown once again, it was floated up on middle and leg, Gayle just lofts it over the leaping long-on fielder and collects six
25.5 -
Kamungozi to Gayle, SIX, back-to-back sixes for Gayle as he lofts this tossed up delivery straight down the ground, the ball just about carried over the rope, looks like the rain has made him accelerate a little
25.4 -
Kamungozi to Gayle, SIX, another maximum for Gayle as he goes down on one knee to this flighted delivery just outside off, he slog sweeps it over the deep mid-wicket fence for a six, didn't time it that well, but the ball still sailed over the rope
17.1 -
Chigumbura to Gayle, SIX, what a shot by Gayle! Chigumbura bowls it full around off, Gayle gets down on one knee and clubs it between extra cover and mid-off for his second maximum
11.0 -
Sean Williams to Gayle, SIX, good pick-up shot by Gayle! He gets forward and hammers this delivery on middle over the long-on fence for a big maximum
50.0 -
H Masakadza to Gayle, out Caught by Chigumbura!! Finally an outstanding innings comes to an end. All the Zimbabwean players come upto Gayle and congratulate him for his breathtaking batting today. What a knock it has been. Coming back to the ball, it was fuller and outside off, Gayle goes down on one knee and looks to launch it into the crowd, he ends up slicing it very high in the air. Chigu runs forward from point and takes a good low catch. Gayle c Chigumbura b H Masakadza 215(147) [4s-10 6s-16]
0.2 -
Panyangara to Dwayne Smith, out Bowled!! What a start for Zimbabwe! They needed early wickets and have got one on the second ball of the game. Panyangara moved the first ball away from the batsman. This time, the ball holds its line after pitching on a length. Smith was listlessly pushing at it keeping a huge gap between the bat and the pad. The ball keeps low, sneaks in and crashes into the off stump. Dwayne Smith b Panyangara 0(2)
47.5 -
Chatara to Samuels, 1 run, dropped! It was a fullish delivery outside off, Samuels drills it uppishly and hard back at the bowler, who can't hold onto it, he parries it towards the long-off fielder and the batsmen take a single, the ball went very quickly towards him and it was a difficult chance
17.0 -
S Raza to Samuels, no run, dropped by Chatara at backward point! It was shortish from Raza, Samuels makes room and slices it behind point, where Chatara dives forward, gets his hands to the ball but is not able to hold on
48.5 -
Panyangara to Samuels, 2 runs, fullish outside off, Samuels drills it over mid-off, the fielder from long-on runs across and dives to stop the ball, saves two for his team, 350 of the partnership also comes up
45.0 -
Sean Williams to Samuels, 1 run, comes down the track and drives it to long-on, 300 of the partnership also comes up
42.4 -
Sean Williams to Gayle, 2 runs, 150 for Gayle, the fourth time in his ODI career that he has reached this figure, it was flighted on the stumps, Gayle goes for another slog sweep but this time he mistimes it, the fielder from deep mid-wicket runs to his left, dives and keeps the batsmen down to a couple
38.3 -
Chatara to Samuels, 1 run, 200 of the partnership comes up for these two, it was the short delivery from Chatara, Samuels just swats it away to long-on and gets to the other end
35.1 -
H Masakadza to Gayle, 1 run, Gayle gets to his 22nd ODI century with this single, it was back of a length and outside off, Gayle punches it to long-off, he takes off his helmet and waves his bat to the applause
30.4 -
S Raza to Samuels, 1 run, 26th ODI fifty for Samuels, it was on the pads, Samuels clips it through mid-wicket and gets to the other end
30.1 -
S Raza to Samuels, 1 run, floated up on middle and leg, Samuels works it wide of long-on, the single also brings up the 150-run partnership between thse two
23.3 -
Kamungozi to Gayle, 1 run, stays on the back foot and punches it to long-off, to bring up the 100 partnership between these two
17.5 -
Chigumbura to Gayle, 1 run, back of a length outside off, Gayle punches it to mid-off and sets off for a quick single, he gets to his 47th fifty in ODIs. He raises his bat and acknowledges the crowd, his teammates are applauding in the dug-out. This is his first fifty in nine innings
0.4 -
Panyangara to Gayle, no run, Gayle should consider himself very very lucky! It was a good length delivery from Panyangara that shapes back in sharply. Gayle looks to play across the line and is rapped on the pads. The impact was in line with the middle stump. However, Hawk-Eye reckons it was a touch high and was just clipping middle. Warne, on air, says that according to him it was banging straight into middle and Gayle should be thankful to be still out there