2nd Test: Shillingford leads rout of hapless Zimbabwe

Sammy praises spinner as West Indies clinch two-match series.


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Impressive: 19 is the number of wickets taken by Shillingford, shattering the West Indies record for the most wickets in a two-test series, 16, which was set by Courtney Walsh in New Zealand in 1995. PHOTO: REUTERS/FILE

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West Indies captain Darren Sammy praised an overall team effort but singled out spinner Shane Shillingford's performance as the hosts registered a crushing innings and 65-run victory over Zimbabwe in the second Test.


Shillingford claimed his second 10-wicket haul at Windsor Park in less than a year as the West Indies clinched the two-match series 2-0.

Facing a huge deficit of 206 runs after Sammy declared his team's first-innings at the overnight position of 381 for eight, the tourists were brushed aside for 141 in their second turn at the crease in less than 43 overs.

Shillingford claimed five for 34 to finish with match figures of 10 for 93 as the home side wrapped up the game on the afternoon of the third day.

He was the unanimous choice as both man of the match and man of the series following on his figures of nine for 107 in the first Test in Barbados.

"Shane's performance here has been tremendous but throughout the games different people have been called upon and they executed properly," said Sammy.

West Indies also won the three One-Day Internationals as well as the two Twenty20 matches against a hapless and outclassed Zimbabwe.

"It's been massively disappointing and we've been taught a lesson. It hurts," said Zimbabwe captain Brendan Taylor.

"A lot of us need to go home and have a good think, we need to improve."

Although most of the glory went to Shillingford, it was Marlon Samuels who put the seal on the West Indies' sixth consecutive Test match victory with the wickets of Kyle Jarvis and Tendai Chatara off consecutive deliveries.

The part-time slow bowler also enjoyed his best match and series figures, his analysis of three for 35 in the final innings giving him six wickets in the match and 10 over the two Tests.

Published in The Express Tribune, March 24th, 2013. 

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