Cremer, Chakabva script Zimbabwe's great escape
The eighth-wicket pair blunt West Indies for 48.4 overs on final day after Raza heroics; visitors clinch series 1-0
29/10Result
2nd Test, West Indies tour of Zimbabwe at Bulawayo, Oct 29-Nov 2 2017
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![Zimbabwe]( "Zimbabwe")
326 & 301/7 (144 ov) -
![West Indies]( "West Indies")
Player of the Match
29/10Result
2nd Test, West Indies tour of Zimbabwe at Bulawayo, Oct 29-Nov 2 2017
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![Zimbabwe]( "Zimbabwe")
326 & 301/7 (144 ov) -
![West Indies]( "West Indies")
Player of the Match
Day 5
Law wants consistency in selection after series win
West Indies coach heaps praise on Holder and team after series win, but has a bone to pick with quality of pitches offered by Zimbabwe
Streak, Law call for 'more than two reviews' per innings
Debate heats up after both West Indies and Zimbabwe were denied crucial wickets because of lack of reviews in Bulawayo Test
'Pitch was better than we thought' - Cremer
The Zimbabwe captain said his side could have made a sporting declaration but "it was probably not a wicket where you can bowl a side out in 30 overs"
Day 4
Raza, Moor help Zimbabwe battle into fifth day
An unbroken 94-run stand for the fifth wicket helped Zimbabwe wipe out the deficit and delay West Indies' push for a 2-0 series win
Streak laments Zimbabwe's missed opportunity
From allowing Jason Holder and Shane Dowrich to put on 212 for the eighth wicket to the soft dismissals of Solomon Mire and Craig Ervine, day four in Bulawayo didn't go to plan for the hosts
Holder pleased for fellow centurion Dowrich
The West Indies captain thinks his team will have to show a lot of patience to get the wickets they need to seal victory on the final day
Dowrich and Holder emulate 109-year-old feat
West Indies' innings is only the second in Test history with hundreds from two batsmen batting at No. 8 or lower
Day 3
Holder, Dowrich drive West Indies into the ascendancy
Record unbeaten eighth-wicket stand of 144 helps offset damage caused by Raza's five-for
'Proud' Raza steps up as allrounder
After his fighting first-innings 80, Raza picked up his maiden Test five-for and said he was both proud and humbled by the achievement
Day 2
Powell, spinners gives West Indies slight advantage
West Indies' openers ground their way to 76 in almost 47 overs after Zimbabwe were carried to 326 by Hamilton Masakadza and Sikandar Raza
You have to bowl slow to get wickets - Chisoro
Most of the left-arm spinner's success has come because he bowls flat and quick, but on Test debut, he realised he needed to change his ways
Have to be patient on such pitches - Roach
After his comeback series against England, Roach has responded well to the need to alter his lines and lengths on the slower and drier pitches in Bulawayo
Day 1
Masakadza's hundred lights up rain-hit day
The opener added 142 with PJ Moor, who made 52, to help Zimbabwe recover from the depths of 14 for 3
'Had hoped if I got another start, I would push through' - Masakadza
The Zimbabwe opener revived his team with Peter Moor, who was "quite surprised to be in the XI" after Sean Williams pulled up unwell
'Our seamers bowled well up front in arctic conditions' - Law
The West Indies coach said he was pleased with the day's proceedings in Bulawayo, despite a dearth of wickets after an early burst
Others
Holder backs 'main man' Bishoo to fire again
West Indies captain hopes the rest of his attack allows the legspinner "liberty to express himself" once again
Cremer targets big runs in the first innings
Zimbabwe's lower-middle order had crumbled twice in the first Test, with nos. 5 - 8 making 36 runs in the first innings and 48 in the second
Zimbabwe seek to fix batting issues in bid to draw level
Zimbabwe are often a side that only really gets going a couple of games into a tour and the chastening experience of the first Test will likely spur greater resolve in what is a must-win game if they are to level the series