West Indies versus Zimbabwe first Test begin with good bowling performance by the host nation as the Host are no strangers to the misery of the batting collapse, but on the first day of the first Test at Queens Sports Club it was West Indies' batting that had failed. After a steady start to their innings, the scale and speed of their collapse surprised even the hosts who are responsible for such shocking performance. Once upon a time when West Indies were 170 odd runs for the loss of just three wickets no one was not expecting them to be bowled out 49 runs later not even the host bowling line-up.
Captain Graeme Cremer was Zimbabwe's leading wicket-taker with 4 wickets for 64 runs, and along with Williams, he did most of the damage after tea. It was Sikandar Raza's off-spin that started West Indies' slide. He had a settled Roston Chase caught at short leg, and from then on Zimbabwe's tails were up. It suits us if it starts to turn," Raza agreed. "We were hoping it would turn, so credit to the groundsmen for doing a fantastic job in pulling off what we asked for. Any lead now would be a good lead! We've got the three spinners plus the control of Kyle Jarvis and Bobby Mpofu. That gives us confidence that we can win this Test match, especially after rolling them over for 219. They batted for 83 overs and the game never got away from us."
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