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Zimbabwe elect to bat in second ODI

PROVIDENCE, Guyana - Zimbabwe won the toss and decided to bat in the second one-day international against West Indies on Saturday at the Guyana National Stadium.

Zimbabwe have made one change with Christopher Mpofu coming in to replace Shingirai Masakadza.

West Indies have two changes to their line-up, dropping Dwayne Smith and Denesh Ramdin, and bringing in Darren Sammy and Dave Bernard Jr.

Zimbabwe lead the five-match series 1-0, after a two-run victory in the opening match two days ago at the same venue.

The visitors have never beaten West Indies in a bilateral ODI series.

Teams:

West Indies: Chris Gayle (captain), Adrian Barath, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Andre Fletcher (wkpr), Narsingh Deonarine, Kieron Pollard, Dave Bernard Jr, Darren Sammy, Nikita Miller, Sulieman Benn, Kemar Roach

Zimbabwe: Prosper Utseya (captain), Hamilton Masakadza, Vusimuzi Sibanda, Tatenda Taibu (wkpr), Stuart Matsikenyeri, Brendan Taylor, Greg Lamb, Elton Chigumbura, Graeme Cremer, Christopher Mpofu, Ray Price

Umpires: Clive Duncan (WIS), Simon Taufel (AUS)

TV Umpire: Norman Malcolm (WIS)

Match Referee: Roshan Mahanama (SRI)

Reserve Umpire: Dhieranidranauth Somwaru (WIS)

AFP