The start of the West Indies in the main fight is great. Chris Gayle made his century in his first match in the World Cup qualifiers. And Shimron Hotmayer got his first ODI hundred of the match.
Jason Holder's team won the UAE by 60 runs after a massive 357 runs for 4 wickets in the match.
West Indies won the toss and elected to bat on Tuesday in Harare's Old Harriers. Gayle was warned at the beginning of the day. The first 18 balls scored 11 runs. Gayle's tumor started in Mohali's first innings with two sixes and a four in the eighth over.
Opening opener with Evin Lewis (31 from 49 balls) created an opening partnership of 88 runs. After the second wicket with Shimron Hotmayer, with a 66-ball 103, the big pair added. Gayle lifted the way to a pair of partnerships
Left-handed batsman Fifty touched the 47th over. The next fifty took 32 balls. This is Gayle's 23rd ODI hundred. Rohan Mustafa, three sixes, and a knock-off hat-trick stretched after centuries! Before being dismissed as the second batsman, Gayle played 11 sixes in 91 balls and 11 fours in 7 fours.
Then he took the centenary Hotmeiero. He hit 14 fours and four sixes in 93 balls and hit 127 balls. And the holders got 35 runs off 27 balls and the West Indies got 3 wickets.
After winning the big target, the UAE lost 3 for 69 runs. After that, Ramij Shahzad and Shaiman Anwar took the fourth wicket partnership of 144 runs. Although Ramiz scored a century, Emirates could not reach the goal till the end. Amirat innings in the 50th over by 7 wickets in 277 runs.
Shahzad was unbeaten on 107 off 9 balls with 4 fours and 4 sixes. Shameman's 46 runs came from the bat. Besides, Adnan Mufti 45 and Siraj Suri 38 runs. Captain Holder took 5 wickets for 53 runs