Zimbabwe's familiar batting frailties were exposed by Taylor

West Indies recorded a six-wicket win over Zimbabwe in Harare to open up a 2-1 lead in the one-day series.

The tourists won the toss and tore into Zimbabwe's batsmen with some relentless seam bowling.

Jerome Taylor (3-18) and Daren Powell (3-32) were the pick of the bowlers as the hosts were skittled out for 139.

West Indies reached their target in just 27.5 overs and for the loss of four wickets, Dwayne Bravo top-scoring with a knock of 45 not out.

There was a doubt over whether the match would start following overnight thunderstorms and persistent rain in the morning.

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But when play go underway Zimbabwe's familiar failings with the bat came back to haunt them - wicketkeeper Tatanda Taibu their highest scorer on 32.

At one point West Indies reduced the hosts to 96-7 and it would have been worse were their total not beefed up by 27 extras.

The weather conditions improved markedly during West Indies' innings and, despite losing Devon Smith and debutant opener Brenton Parchment to Elton Chigumbura, they cruised past 139 with 133 balls to spare.

Off-spinner Prosper Utseya took the wickets of Runako Morton and Marlon Samuels but by that time Morton had set up the win with some thunderous hitting.

Stand-in captain Bravo, accompanied by Shivnarine Chanderpau, smashed the winning runs as West Indies continued to exact revenge for their defeat in the opening game of the five-match series.

The fourth ODI takes place in Bulawayo on Friday.