Johnson Charles and Darren Bravo struck stylish tons as the West Indies easily beat Zimbabwe by 156 runs in the opening game of their one-day series in Grenada on Friday.
The Caribbean side made 337 for four and Zimbabwe limped to 181 for nine after a poor start.
Charles’ 130 came off 111 balls and featured 12 fours and four sixes.
Bravo accelerated past his half-century, reaching 92 before the final over. Bravo blasted Kyle Jarvis over midwicket for six off the penultimate ball of the over and then a single off the last ball secured his first ODI century.
West Indies
Charles b Mpofu 130
Powell c Ervine b Mpofu 79
Darren (not out) 100
Russell c Chakabva b M’gwe 4
Dwayne c Chakabva b Jarvis 9
Sarwan (not out) 7
Extras (B-2, LB-2, W-3, NB-1) 8
Total (for 4 wkts, 50 overs) 337
Fall of wickets: 1-168, 2-248, 3-266, 4-302.
Bowling: Jarvis 10-1-65-1, Utseya 10-0-60-0, Mpofu 10-0-83-2, Chibhabha 3-0-19-0, Mushangwe 10-2-56-1, Masakadza 5-0-35-0, Waller 2-0-15-0.
Zimbabwe
Sibanda lbw b Roach 12
Chibhabha c Powell b Narine 6
Masakadza c Roach b Narine 4
Taylor c Deonarine b Best 8
Ervine c Charles b Russell 41
Waller c sub b Dwayne 51
Chakabva c Roach b Narine 4
Utseya (not out) 18
Jarvis b Russell 1
Mushangwe b Dwayne 14
Mpofu (not out) 0
Extras (B-4, LB-5, W-10, NB-3) 22
Total (for 9 wkts, 50 overs) 181
Fall of wickets: 1-18, 2-22, 3-31, 4-34, 5-92, 6-115, 7-156, 8-161, 9-181.
Bowling: Roach 8-1-15-1, Best 10-1-38-1, Narine 10-4-28-3, Deonarine 7-1-37-0, Dwayne 8-0-30-2, Russell 7-0-24-2.
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