Gayle blasts 'terrible display'

West Indies captain Chris Gayle slammed his side's 'terrible batting' after they slumped to a two-run defeat in the first ODI against Zimbabwe.

The tourists successfully defended their total of 254 for five in Guyana despite West Indies reaching 126 for one inside 30 overs, including a half-century from the skipper.

But they lost their last six wickets for 59 runs as Zimbabwe backed up their dramatic success in the Twenty20 International earlier in the week.

"Well done to Zimbabwe, they did well," Gayle told Sky Sports. "They wanted it more than us, you could see from the way they went about their batting.

"We got off to a good start, but it was a terrible display of batting at the end.

"If we don't learn, we're going to (continue to) get beaten. If we carry on like this Zimbabwe will beat us 5-0. It was a terrible display.

"We need to dig ourselves quickly out of this hole. There's a lot of things to put on the table and discuss."

Opposite number Prosper Utseya insisted he was always confident his batsman had done enough.

"I said after we won the toss it was the average score, so we just believed we could get 250 and with the way we're bowling at the moment it would be enough," he said.

"I'm very proud of the guys. It was a good team effort.

"They're still a good side. For us to beat them we need to remain focused and retain discipline."

The next match of the five-game series is on Saturday, also in Guyana.