ROSEAU, Dominica: West Indies cruised to an innings and 65-run victory over Zimbabwe to clinch the second and final Test inside three days at Windsor Park yesterday.
After declaring at their overnight position of 381 for eight, and with a first innings lead of 206, the hosts bowled out Zimbabwe for 175 in the afternoon session to claim the series 2-0.
It took just 42.2 overs on the third day for West Indies to clinch the second Test, sweep the series, win six Tests in a row and inflict another surrender to spin on Zimbabwe.
Once again, Zimbabwe failed to sustain a promising phase of play long enough against a superior opposition. Shane Shillingford was their nemesis again, picking up 10 wickets in the match, several of which owed to the unsettling bounce he was able to extract from the Dominica track.
West Indies captain Darren Sammy said: “Shane’s performance here has been tremendous but throughout the games different people have been called upon and they executed properly. All in all, people took responsibility.”
Zimbabwe skipper Brandon Taylor said: “It’s been massively disappointing and we’ve been taught a proper lesson. It hurts to be in this position.”
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