Hooper hits century; Zimbabwe fights back

BULAWAYO, JULY 21. Zimbabwe, facing a massive first innings deficit of 404, was 112 for no loss in its second innings at close of play on the third day of the first Test against the West Indies here on Saturday. D. Ebrahim and Alistair Campbell were batting on 51 and 58 respectively.

Earlier, the visitors piled on 559 for six declared with skipper Carl Hooper scoring 149 (211b, 18 x 4, 1 x 6). Resuming at 393 for three, Ramnaresh Sarwan and Hooper carried the score to 420 when the former was dismissed for 58.

Hooper and Marlon Samuels then added 100 runs for the fifth wicket before Samuels went for 42. For Zimbabwe, Streak, Strang and Price shared the spoils equally.

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