Watch the highlights of West Indies vs Zimbabwe 11th Match Benson & Hedges World Cup 1992 - Benson & Hedges World Cup tournament of the 11th ODI match played between Zimbabwe and West Indies at Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane on 29th February 1992.
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| Brian Lara caught out for 72 © ICC / Digital Cricket TV |
Half-centuries from Brian Lara, Richie Richardson and Carl Hooper sets up to West Indies thumping 75-run victory over Zimbabwe in the 12th match of a Benson and Hedges World Cup.
West Indies scored 264-8 in 50 overs with top scorer by Brian Lara blasted a 72 off 71-balls, Carl Hooper cracked a 63 off 67-balls including 5-fours & a six.
Richie Richardson struck 56 off 76-balls included 2-sixes & 2-fours, Keith Arthurton hammered a 26 off 18-balls including 2-sixes & 2-fours with strike rate of 144.44 and Phil Simmons scored 21 off 45-balls included 3-fours.
Zimbabwe best bowler by Eddo Brandes picked up 3-wickets for 45-runs in 10-overs including a maiden, Ali Shah, John Traicos, Kevin Duers and Malcolm Jarvis each took one-wickets.
Zimbabwe scored 189-7 in 50 overs with top scorer by Ali Shah cracked a unbeaten 60 off 87-balls including 4-fours.
Dave Houghton hit 55 off 88-balls including 3-fours and Kevin Arnott scored 16 off 36-balls included a boundary.
Brian Lara named Player of the match for his superb batting performance to scored 72 off 71-balls including 12-fours with strike rate of 101.40.
This match reported by The Canberra Times Staff (Third Party Reference from The Canberra Times)
West Indies skipper Richie Richardson called for a bigger effort even though his team crushed Zimbabwe by 75 runs in the World Cup cricket match at the Gabba.
The Windies cruised to victory but Richardson said later, "I like to win by grinding the other team into the ground."
The Windies had seen their potentially mammoth batting total unexpectedly restricted to 8-264 by the gentle but persistent Zimbabwe medium pacers. Then the Windies speed quartet, led by Patrick Patterson and Malcolm Marshall, met stubborn resistance from the middle order batsmen after crashing through to have Zimbabwe 4-63 after 24 overs.
Richardson said he was not happy with his bowling attack and the team generally had a lot of room for improvement.
"We were a bit relaxed in the field and I don't approve of that approach," he said.
Today's battering left Zimbabwe with more worries than still being without points in the nine-country World Cup competition.
The Zimbabwe attack came back impressively after the Windies launched an early onslaught led by the brilliant young opener, Brian Lara. His 72 with 12 sparkling boundaries earned him the man of the match award and set the scene for the avalanche of runs that followed.
Richardson's fine 56 with two fours and two sixes and Carl Hooper's aggressive 63 saw the Windies race to 2-220 with eight overs to go.
The Zimbabwe captain, David Houghton, said, "We needed to restrict them to about 210 to have a chance but our bowlers aren't finding the right length."
As it was the Zimbabwe attack sud- denly cut off the flow of runs and the final six Windies wickets to fall added only 44. Eddo Brandes had the best result with 3-45 from his 10 overs.
Then the Zimbabwe innings was in tatters at 4-63 from 24 overs and with Kevin Arnott in the pavilion nursing an injured hand.
But Houghton defied the Windies at- tack for 83 minutes, scoring 55 with three fours. He and Ali Shah put on 69 for the fifth wicket although the run rate was never near the required level.
Shah remained unbeaten on 60 including four fours when the innings ended at 7-189- well short of the target. "It was always going to be tough," Houghton said.
The Windies moved to four points on the competition table after today's match, while Zimbabwe remains at the bottom on zero.
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