2015 ICC Cricket World Cup Match 15 Pool B West Indies Vs Zimbabwe @Canberra Tuesday Feb 24,2015

   

West Indies won the toss and chose to bat first

Squads

West Indies

 J Holder (c), C Gayle, D Smith, M Samuels, J Carter, D Ramdin, L Simmons, D Sammy, A Russell, J Taylor, N Miller

Zimbabwe

 E Chigumbura (c), Sikandar Raza, R Chakabva, H Masakadza, B Taylor, S Williams, C Ervine, S Matsikenyeri, T Panyangara, T Chatara, T Kamungozi.

Christ Gayle's Double Ton(215 Runs)and Marlon Samuels 133* sets up WI Victory

 
 

Scorecard
West Indies scored 372/2 in 50 Overs
Chasing a rain-revised target of 363 off 48 overs, Zimbabwe could score only 289/10 in 44.3 Overs
Match Result - West Indies won by 73 runs (D/L method)since rain
MOM - Chris Gayle for his 215 Runs and 2/35 in 6 Overs

Chris Gayle(215) and Marlon Samuels(133*) put on 372 Runs for the 2nd wicket which betters -

WC Record stand of 318 Runs between Sourav Ganguly and Rahul Dravid Vs Sri Lanka in Taunton in 1999
ODI Record stand of 331 Runs between Sachin Tendulkar & Rahul Dravid Vs NZ in Hyderabad in 1999

Chris Gayle scored the 1st double ton in WC scoring 215 Runs in 147 Balls with 4x10 and 6x16 bettering the previous top-score -

Gary Kirsten(SA) 188* Runs Vs UAE in Rawalpindi in 1996
Sourav Ganguly(India) 183 Runs Vs SL in Taunton in 1999
Viv Richards(WI) 181 Runs Vs SL in Karachi in 1987
Kapil Dev (India)175* Vs Zimbabwe in Turnbridge Wells in 1983
Virender Sehwag(India)175 Runs Vs Bangladesh in Dhaka in 2011

Chris Gayle by scoring 215 Runs becomes the 4th cricketer in ODI History to have scored a Double Ton
Chris Gayle’s knock was only the fifth double century in all ODIs and the first by a non-Indian

Sachin Tendulkar(India)200 Runs (147 Balls with 4x25 & 6x3)Vs SA in Gwalior on 24/02/2010

Virender Sehwag(India)219 Runs(149 Balls with 4x25 & 6x7)Vs WI in Indore on 08/02/2011

Rohit Sharma(India)209 Runs(158 Balls with 4x12 & 6x16) Vs Australia in Bangalore on 02/112013

Rohit Sharma(India)264 Runs (173 Balls with 4x33 & 6x9)Vs SL in Kolkata on 13/11/2014

 

Chris Gayle's Double Ton took only 138 balls and betters -

Virender Sehwag's double ton in 140 Balls
Sachin Tendulkar's double ton in 147 Balls
Rohit Sharma's double ton in 151 Balls -
Rohit Sharma's double ton in 156 Balls

Chris Gayle becomes the only cricketer to have scored -
in T20 - 117 Runs Vs SA in 2007
in ODI - 215 Runs Vs Zimbabwe in 2015
in Tests - 333 Runs Vs SL in 2010

Chris Gayle's Batting Statisticsin his score of 215 Runs
59 Balls -0 Runs
45 Balls - 1 Run
17 Balls - 2 Runs
10 Balls - 4 Runs
16 Balls - 6 Runs

1st 50 Runs  - 51 Balls
2nd 50 Runs - 54 Balls
3rd 50 Runs  - 21  Balls
4th 50 Runs  - 12 Balls
15 Runs        - 09 Balls

Chris Gayle also eclipsed his previous highest One-day International knock of 153 not out against Zimbabwe in 2003

Chris Gayle’s double-century came off just 138 balls and this innings was his first three-figure score since he made 109 against Sri Lanka at his Sabina Park home ground in Kingston in June 2013.

Chris Gayle's 215 Runs is his 22 nd Ton in 226 ODI"s

Marlon Samuel scored 133* Runs in 156 Balls with 4x11 and 6x3