WI vs ZIM Ball by Ball Commentary

OUT! BOWLED! That's it, Jason Holder knocks over Tendai Chatara and seals the victory for his team. Holder goes searching for the yorker and finds it. This is angled in at the base of the middle and leg stump. Chatara looks to back away and keep it out but is unable to get any bat on it. The ball rockets into the middle stump and the Windies players breathe a sigh of relief. West Indies win by 31 runs!

Slower one, on a length and well outside off. Tendai Chatara looks to cut but is undone by the lack of pace.

Fullish delivery, angling into leg. Tendai Chatara nudges it onto the leg side for one. End of a scintillating spell by Alzarri Joseph and he ends with figures of, 4-0-16-4!

Alzarri Joseph looks for yet another yorker but serves a full toss instead on off. Muzarabani drills it down to long on for a single.

Short of a length and around off, Muzarabani hops and keeps it down on the off side.

Full and around off, Blessing Muzarabani can't get any bat on it.

On a hard length, around off and at around 145 clicks. Blessing Muzarabani looks to take it on but is well beaten.

OUT! CLEANED HIM UP! Alzarri Joseph is wreaking havoc out there! This is full and straight, right at the base of the middle stump from Joseph. Luke Jongwe backs away as he looks to squeeze this one out but the delivery is just too good. The ball sneaks under the willow and goes on to smash into the stumps. Jongwe departs after a fighting knock and Joseph has his fourth, a game to remember for him.

Back of a length outside off, Tendai Chatara tries to slash it but gets beaten. 17 from the over!

Full at the stumps, Luke Jongwe clips it long on for a single.

FOUR! Slower outside off, Luke Jongwe slashes it over short third man for his third boundary. Entertaining batting by Luke Jongwe and he is giving Zimbabwe a glimmer of hope.

FOUR! Full outside off, Luke Jongwe crunches the drive through the covers for another boundary. Second boundary of the over for him.

Luke Jongwe makes room and lofts it over mid off who is inside the circle and comes back for a couple of runs.

NO BALL AND FOUR! Short on off, Luke Jongwe moves leg side and slashes hard at it, the ball takes the outside edge and flies past the right of Nicholas Pooran. Odean Smith has overstepped, Free Hit to follow.

Good length outside off, Tendai Chatara runs it down to third man for a single.

Full outside off, Tendai Chatara knocks it to deep cover and gets off the mark with a run.

Full and angling into the pads, Tendai Chatara somehow keeps it out as he defends it back to the bowler.

Short on off, Tendai Chatara pokes at it and gets beaten on the outside edge.

OUT! TIMBER! Alzarri Joseph comes back into the attack and knocks Richard Ngarava over. This is fuller and on leg, at 141 clicks from Joseph. Ngarava looks to clear the front leg and just smash the ball across the line but is completely beaten for pace. The ball goes on to castle into the stumps and Joseph is all pumped up as he picks up his third wicket. West Indies are sensing victory now while Zimbabwe edging closer to defeat.

Short delivery, Richard Ngarava is late on the pull and finds the mid-wicket fielder.

Some serious pace by Joseph! Back of a length, Ngarava goes for an ugly hoick and misses.

Quicker on middle, worked through mid-wicket for a single. 52 needed off 30 balls.

Flatter and on off, Jongwe cuts it down to backward point and the batters cross for a hesitant single.

Swing and a miss! Another arm ball, around leg, Luke Jongwe tries to play the slog sweep but misses.

A bit short and on off, Luke goes back and punches it to point.

Quicker and just outside off, Luke Jongwe tries to slog again but misses this time.

SIX! This one has been dismissed! Arm ball, flatter and fuller on middle, Luke Jongwe sits down on one knee and smokes it over square leg for a biggie.

Change of pace, on a length around off, Luke gets back and hits it past point for a single.

Fuller around off, Richard Ngarava knocks it down to long on for a run.

Shout for a caught behind, not given! Holder delivers it on a length outside off, angling away from the left-handed batter, Ngarava stays back to have a blind swing at it. He misses and Pooran appeals after collecting the ball. The finger stays down and the West Indian skipper takes the DRS. The UltraEdge finds nothing. West Indies have no reviews left now to waste.

OUT! Trapped in front! 50 T20I wickets for Jason Holder. A gem of a yorker, superbly executed in line of the stumps and Burl fails to keep it out. He is hit flush on the left boot and the umpire lifts his finger immediately after the appeal is made. Burl takes the DRS. Nothing on the UltraEdge and three reds on the Ball Tracking. A body blow to Zimbabwe as Burl is on his bike. 62 needed off 39 balls.

Fullish and on middle, knocked down to long on for a single.

Play and a miss! Slower one, on a length and around off, Luke flashes his bat at it but misses.

Quicker through the air, around leg at 95 kph, Luke gets it away and works it towards mid-wicket for a run. 63 needed off 42 balls.

Serves an arm ball on middle, skidding in, Jongwe goes deep inside the crease to punch but gets an inside edge onto the pads.

Around middle, Burl works it with the turn to deep mid-wicket for a run.

Fires it flat and short on middle, it's forced down to long on for a run.

Quicker and on middle, offering no room, Jongwe punches to covers this time.

Flatter and on middle, defended back down to mid-wicket.

Pace off, on a length outside off, Burl doesn't pick it and ends up doing nothing.

FOUR! Bang! Width there outside off, short in length, Ryan Burl latches onto it and whacks it to the fence at deep point.

Shortish and on off, tapped down to covers for a single.

Another slower one, full and dipping in around leg, Burl tries to flick but misses. It goes off his pads to backward point and they cross for a leg bye. A direct hit at the striker's end would have been curtains for Luke Jongwe.

Slower bouncer at 111 kph, completely deceiving the batter, Burl is way too early as he ducks.

Short in length and outside off, Luke Jongwe cuts it from the back foot to deep point for a single.

Fuller and on off, Burl attempts to flick but gets a leading edge. Kyle Mayers makes a diving stop at backward point. Top over from Akeal.

Wide! Fires it flat and down the leg side, Burl leaves.

Around middle, tickled behind square leg for a single.

OUT! Shumba holes out! Akeal strikes and closes his eyes to thank the Almighty. Quicker through the air again, a touch full and on middle, skidding away, Milton Shumba goes down on one knee to smoke it across the line but gets more height than distance behind his shot. It flies behind backward square leg and Shamarh Brooks makes no mistake in the deep. Zimbabwe are in desperate need of a partnership to take this chase deep.

Quicker and on middle, defended back to the bowler.

Skidding away from around off, Milton Shumba tries to flick but gets a soft leading edge to backward point.

Flatter and on middle, Burl helps it towards mid-wicket for a single.

Short with pace at the body, Ryan Burl is late on the pull and can only manage a single to deep mid-wicket.

FOUR! Full on off, Ryan Burl slogs across the line between mid on and deep mid-wicket to collect a boundary. A timely boundary for Zimbabwe and Ryan Burl.

Short of a length on off, Ryan Burl flat-bats it back to the bowler. The ball deflects off Smith's hand to mid on.

Short and at the body, Milton Shumba drops it on the off side and takes a single.

Short at the batter, Milton Shumba advances, looking to pull, but doesn't make any contact and the ball hits him near his waist.

Back of a length on off, Milton Shumba defends, gets an inside edge onto his pad which then rolls along the ground.

Holder pulls back the length and angles it across the off stump. Ryan Burl looks to step out and swing across the line but misses.

A yorker-length delivery, close to the off stump, Burl looks to drive but is well beaten.

FOUR! Just short of a length and outside off, Ryan Burl stands tall and hammers the ball away past the man at extra cover and finds the fence.

Excellent work from Nicholas Pooran. A fraction shorter and over middle and leg, Shumba looks to pull but the ball goes off the thigh pad and towards the left of the keeper. The batters scamper through as Pooran gets to the ball quickly with a dive and even has a shy at the striker's end. No harm done though as Pooran misses the stumps. It's given as a run, so maybe there was some inside edge.

Swing and a miss! Good length, angling it across the left-hander. Milton Shumba walks towards the ball and has a swipe across the line but misses.

Sweetly timed but just for a single. This is short and wide, Ryan Burl stays back and cuts it towards deep point for a run.

Back of a length on off, Ryan Burl cuts it fine to third man and gets off the mark with a single.

Full and angling into the batter, Ryan Burl drives it with a straight bat to mid off.

Full outside off, Burl pushes it to mid off.

WIDE! In the quest to follow the batter, Smith sprays it down the leg side. A good diving take by Pooran.

Bumper aimed at the body, Burl ducks under it and lets it go.

OUT! CAUGHT! A catastrophe for Zimbabwe as Sikandar Raza throws his wicket away. Odean Smith hits the length hard and bowls it outside off. Raza looks to replicate the big shot from the previous delivery and tries to thump it over extra cover. He though fails to keep his shape and ends up toe-ending it over the extra cover region. Rovman Powell, at mid off, strides across to his left and takes the catch comfortably. A huge moment in the game as Smith gets rid of Raza and Zimbabwe are fading away quickly here.

SIX! SMASHED! Banged in short outside off, Sikandar Raza sets himself and pulls it over deep mid-wicket for a massive six. A much needed maximum for Zimbabwe.

Back of a length and around off, Milton Shumba just dabs it down towards backward point.

OUT! TAKEN! A loose shot from Wesley Madhevere and the West Indies players are up in joy. Jason Holder serves it a tad short and outside off and at a gentle pace too. Madhevere hangs back and just throws his hands at it, looking to go over the in-field. His feet don't move and there's not much elevation on the shot. Evin Lewis at backward point stretches to his left and grabs it with both hands. Holder picks up a wicket in his first over and the set batter for Zimbabwe departs as well.

Just a fraction short and over middle and leg. Raza tucks it 'round the corner for a single.

Full and around off, Raza drives it straight towards the fielder at extra cover.

Back of a length and at the body, Raza lofts it off the back foot and forces it over the fielder at mid on. The timing on the shot isn't great but Raza will get a couple of runs.

Holder starts off with a fullish-length delivery, angling it in from around off. Sikandar Raza gets pushed onto the back foot but manages to keep it out.

Slower delivery outside off, Wesley Madhevere gets forward to defend but gets beaten on the outside edge. End of an eventful Powerplay, Zimbabwe are 55 for 3, needing another 99 runs.

Back of a length on off, Wesley Madhevere cuts it straight to backward point.

Short and at the body, Wesley Madhevere taps it on the on side and it goes to deep mid-wicket. He comes back for a couple of runs.

Short outside off, Sikandar Raza cuts it to deep backward point for a single.

FOUR! Lucky runs for Sikandar Raza! Good length outside off, Raza goes for the punch but gets an under-edge that goes past the left of the keeper for a boundary.

OUT! CAUGHT BEHIND! Sean Williams chases a wide one and pays the ultimate price! Obed McCoy serves it seam up, on a length and pushes it outside off. Williams stands his ground and just reaches out looking to cut it away. The ball takes the outside edge and it is a simple catch for Nicholas Pooran behind the sticks. Williams departs cheaply and West Indies are now in the ascendancy.

Digs it in short, on middle, Williams goes back and turns it through square leg for a run. End of an eventful over, 12 runs and a wicket from it.

OUT! STUMPS SHATTERED! Second wicket for Joseph. It's a rip-roaring delivery, a near-yorker on middle at 145 kph, Tony Munyonga stays leg-side of this delivery, trying to drive but is beaten for extra pace. He is late in bringing his bat down and the stumps behind are obliterated. Runs are coming for Zimbabwe but they are losing wickets at the same time. 107 needed off 91 balls.

Short and wide outside off, 148 kph, Wesley Madhevere chops it down to third man for a single.

SIX! Not in control but it has gone all the way! Alzarri Joseph digs it in short again, around off at 130 clicks, Wesley Madhevere takes his eyes off the ball as he hooks reactively. The ball flies off the top edge and has enough wings to clear the fence at backward square leg.

Misses this time! Short and on off, 140 kph, Wesley again tries to pull but misses.

FOUR! Put away! Short in length around off, at 138 kph, Wesley Madhevere swivels on the back foot and pulls it with authority through the gap between mid on and mid-wicket for a boundary.

Back of a length, around middle and off at 131 kph, Tony stays back in defense but is beaten on the outside edge.

Outside off, Tony Munyonga has a lazy waft at it but fails to connect.

Width there outside off, it's stroked to deep cover. There is protection now in the deep and hence only a run.

FOUR! Misfield and a boundary results. Short in length and outside off, Wesley Madhevere slaps through the line and it goes through the legs of Johnson Charles at cover-point for a boundary. Very poor.

Beaten! Angling across the batter, on a length and skidding away, Wesley pushes inside the line and misses.

Slightly short and around off, Tony Munyonga pushes it from the back foot to covers and picks up a single.

Full and on off, driven back to the bowler. What an over from Alzarri Joseph, 1 run and one wicket from it.

Beaten all ends up! Alzarri Joseph is fast and furious. Delivers it on a good length outside off, whizzing off the surface and also past the hanging blade of Wesley Madhevere.

Lands it on a length and outside off, Tony Munyonga stays back to block but it takes the outer edge and runs down to third man for a run.

A touch short and around off, jumping off the surface, Tony Munyonga fends it off to the off side.

OUT! DRAGS IT ON! Superb bowling from Alzarri Joseph. He bowled a sharp bouncer and follows it up with a length delivery around off at 146 kph. As an after-effect of the last delivery, Regis Chakabva's front foot goes nowhere as he remains glued to the back foot and tries to drive it through the line. All he manages is a big inside edge and the ball deflects onto the stumps.

A sharp short delivery on middle but the speed gun reads only 130 kph. Regis Chakabva is keen on the pull shot but flies over his bat.

Loopy delivery, landing around middle, Wesley Madhevere advances down the track and heaves it over mid on. It's chased down and they get two runs. 11 from the second over!

Presses forward to a full ball and drives it to point.

Flighted and outside off, chipped over extra cover for two runs.

Tossed up, on middle, Regis Chakabva plays a mistimed paddle sweep and it rolls in front of square leg. Wesley Madhevere calls his partner through for a quick run.

'Catch it' is the shout. Slower through the air, full and drifting in around off. Madhevere tries to flick but gets a leading edge. It drops safely at covers.

Flatter and shorter on off, Wesley smashes it down to long on but only for a run.

FOUR! Zimbabwe have come out with intent and West Indies are helping them with some shoddy bowling. Too full in length, around off, Wesley Madhevere drills his drive down through mid off for a boundary. It's a no ball as West Indies had one extra fielder behind square on the leg side. Free Hit coming up.

FOUR! Bang! 18 from the first over. The keeper drops back and Mayers bowls it short and wide outside off, Regis Chakabva camps back and smacks it through cover-point for a boundary.

FOUR! This is turning out to be very fruitful for Zimbabwe! Kyle Mayers dishes out yet another full toss on middle, this time Regis Chakabva flicks it in front of square on the leg side, pierces the gap and the ball speeds away to the fence.

Angling in from around middle, Regis Chakabva tries to flick again but misses.

FIVE WIDES! West Indies can't afford to do charity, they don't have enough in the bank. Another inswinging delivery from Mayers but it's down the leg side. The batter fails to flick and Pooran, standing up to the stumps, has no chance to cut it off. The ball scoots away to fine leg.

Shout for an lbw, nothing from the umpire. The keeper comes up to the stumps and Mayers bowls a full ball on off, Chakabva fails to flick this time and wears it on his pads. The appeal is not entertained and Nicholas Pooran takes a late call to refer the decision. The UltraEdge detects a big spike. West Indies lose one review.

FOUR! Struck well! Kyle Mayers attempts for an inswinging yorker but ends up serving a low full toss on middle and leg, Regis Chakabva flicks and sends it racing away through backward square leg for a boundary.

Starts by spearing in a full ball on middle and leg, a bit of swing there, Wesley Madhevere tries to flick but misses. It goes off his pads to square leg and they cross for a leg bye.