West Indies hit back after Price lifts hosts

Zimbabwe 507-9 dec & 94-4 West Indies 335

The West Indies gave themselves a chance, albeit a slim one, of claiming an unlikely victory in the first Test against Zimbabwe after a spirited display with the bat and ball on the fourth day in Harare.

By stumps on Friday, the Windies had the hosts struggling at 94 for four in their second innings, although Zimbabwe do have a lead of 266 and six wickets remaining.

The West Indies resumed on 241 for six, still 67 runs shy of avoiding the follow-on as they chased Zimbabwe's massive 507 for nine declared.

Shivnarine Chanderpaul and Vasbert Drakes set about the chase and added a further 49 runs before Chanderpaul was trapped lbw by a plum delivery by Heath Streak, ending his innings on 36.

And when Ray Price accounted for Drakes (31) with just four more runs added, forcing him to drive straight to Streak at mid-off, it looked as though the tourists may have been forced into following on, with the score on 294 for eight.

But tail-enders Corey Collymore and Jerome Taylor took the score to 309 before Price claimed his fifth scalp of the innings when the latter edged to Craig Wishart at slip after adding nine, just prior to lunch.

The tourists' first innings was wrapped up when Price struck again to get rid of Fidel Edwards (18) leaving Collymore unbeaten on 11 and the Windies all out on 335.

That wicket also gave Price his best-ever Test bowling figures of six for 73, beating his previous best of six for 121 during the second Test against Australia in Sydney last month.