DHAKA: Gayle’s record breaking double ton and Samuels’s hundred helped West Indies set the highest ever World Cup score in the 15th match of ICC World Cup against Zimbabwe in Canberra Tuesday.

West Indies lost two wickets to score 372 runs basing on another World Record of partnership of 372 runs in their stipulated 50-over.

Chris Gayle scored a mammoth 215-run, highest individual score in the World Cup, off 147 ball with the help of sixteen 6’s ten 4’s before getting out in the final ball of West Indies innings while Marlon Samuels amassed 133-run off 157-ball.

This was Gayle’s 22nd One Day International (ODI) hundred while eighth for Marlon Samuels. Both the batsmen shared 372-run stand, which is the highest score in any wicket in ODI matches.

T Panyangara and H Masakadza took one wicket each.

Earlier West Indies won the toss and elected to bat first. The match kicked off at Manuka Oval at 9:30am Bangladesh time.

This is a must-win match for both teams to go up on the point table.

After being defeated by Ireland, West Indies won over Pakistan on their second match. Zimbabwe beat the United Arabs Emirates but lost to South Africa.

Squads

West Indies

Dwayne Smith, Chris Gayle, Jonathan Carter, Marlon Samuels, Denesh Ramdin (wk), Lendl Simmons, Darren Sammy, Andre Russell, Jason Holder (capt), Jerome Taylor, Nikita Miller

Zimbabwe:

Sikandar Raza, Regis Chakabva, Hamilton Masakadza, Brendan Taylor (wk), Sean Williams, Craig Ervine, Stuart Matsikenyeri, Elton Chigumbura (capt), Tinashe Panyangara, Tendai Chatara, Tafadzwa Kamungozi

BDST: 1348 HRS, FEB 24, 2015

** Gayle, Samuels lifting Windies