ROSSEAU, Dominica (CMC) —

Veteran left-hander Shivnarine Chanderpaul fashioned his 28th Test century and climbed to eighth on the all-time list of run-scorers, while Chris Gayle posted his 15th Test hundred, as West Indies took a vice grip on the second Test against Zimbabwe here yesterday.

At the close of the second day at Windsor Park, West Indies had reached an imposing 382 for eight, a lead of 206 runs heading intotoday’s third day.

The 38-year-old Chanderpaul made 108, an innings that propelled him past Sri Lanka’s Mahela Jayawardene on the all-time list with 10,830 runs in his 149th Test.

He faced 284 balls and struck 13 fours, to record his second century at the venue and his first against the African side.

Gayle, meanwhile, struck 101 from 145 balls with 12 fours and one six, to record his second century against Zimbabwe.

Not to be left out, Denesh Ramdin helped himself to his tenth half-century in Tests, an attractive 86 that helped West Indies assert control of the game in the post-lunch session.

Off-spinner Prosper Utseya, who came in for a hiding from Gayle in the first session, finished with three for 60 while seamer Kyle Jarvis (2-82) and leg-spinner Graeme Cremer (2-82) picked up two wickets apiece.

Resuming the day on 114 for two, the Windies had the worst possible start when Marlon Samuels was bowled off the first ball of the day for his overnight 26.

Seamer Tendai Chatara angled in a full-length delivery which swung away late and spectacularly plucked out the right-hander’s off-stump.

Gayle and Chanderpaul then steadied the innings with a 67-run, fourth-wicket stand that pushed the Windies in sight of the 200-run mark.

The left-handed Gayle, resuming on 61, emerged from a cautious start to rip into the Zimbabwe bowling with a series of telling blows.