Collapso series continues for Windies

Adams’s dismissal, caught and bowled by a diving Mluleki Nkala (3-12) in the 32nd over, brought number 11 batsman Cameron Cuffy to the crease but he was caught in the slips second ball off Nkala for a duck to settle the issue.

Zimbabwe captain Heath Streak, who top-scored with 45 and added 34 for the 10th wicket with Brian Murphy (seven not out), took an impressive four for eight off eight overs including two wickets in two balls. He was named man of the match.

Lara was out once more for a duck on what has been an unhappy tour of Australia. He shuffled across his stumps to be leg before to left-arm swing bowler Bryan Strang (3-15). McLean with some lusty hitting helped carry West Indies away from the humiliation of 31-8 and an ignominious entry in the record books with 19 in one over. That included four successive fours as he took to the bowling of medium-pacer Guy Whittall (0-42 off seven overs). Streak had been all set for his hat-trick when he bowled to spinner Mahendra Nagamootoo in the 13th over after removing Ricardo Powell and Laurie Williams in successive balls. But Nagamootoo managed a single to fine leg to deny Streak.

SCOREBOARD

ZIMBABWE: Campbell c Jacobs b Cuffy 4, G Whittall c Campbell b Cuffy 11, S Carlisle c Powell b Williams 29, A Flower c Jacobs b Cuffy 3, G Flower c Jacobs b Cuffy 7, G Rennie c Powell b Williams 14, D Viljoen c Jacobs b McLean 2, H Streak c sub (Joseph) b Samuels 45, M Nkala c Lara b Williams 0, B Strang c Jacobs b Samuels 1, B Murphy not out 7, Penalty runs (ball hit helmet on ground) 5 Extras (B-0 lb-5 W-4 nb-1) 10. Total (all out, 472 overs) 138
Fall of wickets:1-9 2-30 3-45 4-62 5-62 6-66 7-88 8-88 9-104

Bowling: McLean 9-1-28-1 (W-2), Cuffy 10-1-24-4 (W-2), Williams 10-1-24-3, Samuels 82-0-28-2 (nb-1), Nagamootoo 8-0-19-0, Adams 2-0-5-0

WEST INDIES: W Hinds c Campbell b Streak 8, R Jacobs lbw Streak 6, S Campbell c Campbell b Strang 0, B Lara lbw Strang 0, M Samuels c Carlisle b Strang 1, J Adams c&b Nkala 22, R Powell lbw b Streak 0, L Williams c Carlisle b Streak 0, M Nagamootoo c Viljoen b Nkala 3, N Mclean not out 40, C Cuffy c Campbell b Nkala 0. Extras (B-0 lb-7 W-3 nb-1) 11. Total (all out, 315 overs) 91
Fall of wickets: 1-16 2-22 3-22 4-22 5-24 6-25 7-25 8-31 9-91

Bowling: Streak 8-4-8-4 (W-1), Strang 8-4-15-3 (nb-1, W-1), Nkala 55-1-12-3, Whittall 7-0-42-0 (W-1), Murphy 3-1-7-0