A seven-wicket haul for Gudakesh Motie helped West Indies skittle Zimbabwe out for 115 in the second session on Day 1 of the second Test in Bulawayo. Motie finished with 7 for 37 to bag his first seven-for in first-class cricket. West Indies, in reply, lost Kraigg Brathwaite early in the innings and were 13/1 at Tea.
Zimbabwe opted to bat and were without Gary Ballance who was out of the second Test due to a migraine and was replaced by Milton Shumba.
Brad Evans and Richard Ngarava also missed out, with Donald Tiripano and Tanaka Chivanga getting a game.
West Indies brought in Shannon Gabriel in place of Kemar Roach.
Opener Innocent Kaia scored 38 in his 52-ball stay at the crease before he was dismissed by Jason Holder, who took 2-18.
After winning the toss and opting to bat, Two wickets apiece for Jason Holder and Gudakesh Motie left Zimbabwe in a lot of trouble as they were reduced to 70/5 at Lunch on Day 1 of the second Test in Bulawayo.
In just over an hour and 15.5 overs the West Indies post lunch, Motie wreaked havoc starting with the dismissal of Craig Irvine for 22.
He was the only other batter to make double figures before Donald Tiripano pushed back briefly with an unbeaten 23.
Chivanga was involved in a 26-run stand for the final wicket with Tiripano before being bowled by Motie, who became the first West Indian to bag a seven-wicket haul against Zimbabwe.
Motie is into the record books…
☑️ Best all time figures WI v ZIM (previous Shane Shillingford 6-49)
☑️ 3rd best all time by West Indies spinner away (Devendra Bishoo 8-49; Alf Valentine 8-104)
☑️ 2nd best all time at this venue (Paul Strang 8-109) #MenInMaroon #ZIMvWI pic.twitter.com/vBa6hD9crx
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Alzarri Joseph who started the ball rolling when he bowled opener Tanunurwa Makoni for a 24-ball duck with only 16 runs on the board, finished with figures of 1-29.
Brathwaite and Tagenarine Chanderpaul began in a sedate fashion as they looked to blunt the Zimbabwe bowling attack like they did in the first Test.
The West Indies captain, however, was dismissed for 7 off 27 as he was trapped in front by Masakadza, who dismissed Brathwaite for the third time in as many innings.
Chanderpaul struck successive boundaries off Chivanga and was unbeaten on 14 at Tea.
Brief scores: Zimbabwe 115 (Innocent Kaia 38; Gudakesh Motie 7-37, Jason Holder 2-18) lead West Indies 21/1 (Tagenarine Chanderpaul 14*; Wellington Masakadza 1-2) by 94 runs.