Pakistan vs West Indies: batting collapse mars first innings

TAROUBA: Pakistan’s hopes of setting a challenging target against the West Indies quickly faded as early wickets crippled their batting in the second One-Day International. Led by Mohammad Rizwan, the Greens struggled to recover after losing half their side within the opening overs, with West Indies skipper Shai Hope’s bowlers dominating from the start. B

By the 27th over, Pakistan were reeling at 114 for six. Saim Ayub managed 23 runs, while Babar Azam fell for a duck. Abdullah Shafique scored 26, Hussain Talat 31, Salman Ali Agha 9, and Rizwan 16, as the visitors’ batting line-up faltered under relentless pressure. Earlier, Captain Rizwan’s team were sent into batting after the rival team’s captain Shai Hope won the toss and elected to field first at Brian Lara Cricket Academy in Tarouba today (Sunday).

PAK vs WI opening clash of ODI series

In the first match between Pakistan and West Indies ODI-series, men in green won with five wickets to spare at the Brian Lara Cricket Academy in Tarouba.

Chasing 281, Pakistan reached their target with seven balls to spare. The green shirts overcame early setbacks with an unbeaten lower-order partnership.

Afridi’s record high ODI wickets

As fast bowlers Shaheen Shah Afridi and Naseem Shah went superb, they limited the rival team to a minimum target of 281 runs for the Greens’ batters who easily chased it.

During the match, both the seasoned bowlers Afridi and Shah took 4 and 3 wickets each respectively, with the former crushing 131 batters within just 65 matches.

Afridi’s 131 wickets from just 65 games on ground ranked him the world’s highest ODI wicket-taker. Earlier, this record was with the Afghanistan’s magical spinner Rashid Khan who had gained 128 wickets from 65 clashes.