Cricket: Shillingford spins WI to big win

Shillingford took six for 49 as Zimbabwe routed for 107 in their second innings just before lunch.

BRIDGETOWN: Shane Shillingford destroyed an inept Zimbabwe batting line-up to set the West Indies on the way to a comprehensive nine-wicket win inside three days in the first Test on Thursday. Picking up from where he left off the previous evening when he took two wickets in two overs, the tall off-spinner added four more victims to finish with innings figures of six for 49 as the visitors were routed for 107 in their second innings just before lunch. “We did exactly what we wanted to do,” said the West Indies captain Darren Sammy, who smashed his team’s top score of 73 in the first innings. “We won our fifth Test in a row, everybody played their part really well.”

Published in The Express Tribune, March 16^th, 2013.