TAYLOR PLEASED WITH PERFORMANCE

Date: 4th December, 2007

 

TAYLOR PLEASED WITH PERFORMANCE

 

 

Harare, Zimbabwe – West Indies fast bowler Jerome Taylor says he “totally enjoyed” his awesome bowling performance in the 3rd One-Day International against Zimbabwe on Tuesday at the Harare Sports Club.

 

The 23-year-old, who is know to teammates as Bobby, bowled with great hostility to take three wickets for 18 runs from 9.5 overs as the West Indies dismissed the home team for 139 off 37.5 overs. The Windies then sailed to 142 for 4 from 27.5 overs to win by 6 wickets and take a 2-1 lead in the five-match series.

 

The performance earned Taylor the Man-of-the-Match award.

 

“I felt quite good out there in the middle today and I’m really pleased with my performance. At the start things didn’t really go my way but I came back and everything felt balanced and I reaped the rewards,” Taylor said.

 

“It was my day in many ways. I went out there, assessed the pitch and looked at what (Daren) Powell was doing from that end. I sent down a few quick balls and totally enjoyed the day.”

 

After the bowlers did the job in the morning the batsmen went to work and the win was set-up by Runako Morton with 38 from 44 balls.

 

Then, Dwayne Bravo, in his first international match as captain, was in brilliant form hitting 45 not out from 24 balls – with six fours and three sixes in the area from square-cover to long-off. He added an unbeaten 60 for the fifth wicket with Shivnarine Chanderpaul who was unbeaten on 27. He now has 166 runs in three innings, having been dismissed just once.

 

The series now moves to the Queen’s Sports Club in Bulawayo. The fourth match will be on Friday and the fifth and final match on Sunday.

 

 

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Philip Spooner

Media Officer

West Indies Cricket Team