West Indies crush Zim

 A bludgeoning innings from Kieron Pollard and career-best figures from Samuel Badree spearheaded West Indies’ 41-run win over Zimbabwe in the second and final T20 international here.

Responding to the hosts’ total of 158 for seven, the visitors were restricted to 117 for six on Sunday, with only veteran Hamilton Mas-akadza offering any sort of resistance with an unbeaten 53 off 51 deliveries with six fours.

However, the damage was already done with Badree making amends for his comparatively ordinary effort in the first match the previous day, dismissing the top three in the Zimbabwean order to finish with three for 17.

With their second consecutive comprehensive win -- after Saturday’s eight-wicket triumph -- the world champions took the series 2-0 following a 3-0 whitewash of the Zimbabweans in the one-day matches in Grenada.

Both sides now turn their attention to the Test matches, the first of two beginning March 12 in Barbados.

Score board

WEST INDIES

Simmons c Ervine b M’Sgwe    41
Charles b Chatara    10
Dw Bravo c Taylor b M’Shgwe    24
Barnwell b Utseya    7
Pollard (not out)    45
Sammy c S’anda b M’ombodzi    19
Russell c Ervine b M’mbodzi    0
Ramdin b Mpofu    0
Narine (not out)    1
Extras (LB-2, W-8, NB-1)    11
Total (for 7 wkts, 20 overs)    158
Fall of wickets: 1-19, 2-61, 3-79, 4-92, 5-148, 6-149, 7-155
Bowling: Mpofu 4-0-28-1, Chatara 4-0-46-1, Utseya 4-0-22-1,  M’Shangwe 4-0-33-2, Mutombodzi 4-0-28-2.
ZIMBABWE
Chibhabha b Badree1    3
Sibanda c Bravo b Badree    5
Masakadza (not out)    53
Taylor c Sammy b Badree    4
Ervine c & b Bravo    15
Waller (run out)    7
Mutombodzi c & b Bravo    1
Utseya (not out)    11
Extras (LB-4, W-4)    8
Total (for 6 wkts, 20 overs)    117
Fall of wickets: 1-17, 2-25, 3-33, 4-68, 5-91, 6-94
Bowling: Gabriel 3-0-12-0, Badree 4-0-17-3, Sammy 2-0-13-0, Narine 4-0-22-0, DJ Bravo 3-0-15-2, Russell 2-0-21-0, Pollard 1-0-5-0, Barnwell 1-0-8-0.