Pakistan won by 63 runs
PLAYER OF THE MATCH : Haider Ali
Batter
Bowler
A strong performance from Pakistan to kick off the series. The first two games are back-to-back and West Indies need a win tomorrow to stay alive. Join us then. Goodbye!
Babar Azam: The way we batted. The way Rizwan batted, and Haider, and the way we continued the momentum. The finish from Nawaz was outstanding. Spinners were getting good help. They put pressure on them. Will go back and see what combination we'll have for tomorrow.
Nicholas Pooran: We gave away 20 runs in the field. Few boundaries were of edges so felt undone there. Felt we could've chased 200. Everyone knows we have a young bunch, comes down to execution. It's about learning as fast as possible.
Haider Ali, Player of the Match: Would rate this innings 10/10. Rizwan supported me to build my innings. Got a good score in the end. The way Rizwan played, it inspired confidence. Pitch was a little difficult, was helping spinners. I'm willing to play wherever the team wants.
21:51 Local Time, 16:51 GMT, 22:21 IST: Pakistan now have 18 wins in T20Is in 2021, the most by any team in a year, beating their own record. They've completely outplayed West Indies tonight. A big score with the bat, thanks to brilliant knocks from Rizwan and Haider and also a late flourish from Nawaz that saw them take 45 off their final three overs to finish with 200 on the board. As it proved, it was way too much on a pitch that was offering quite a bit of turn. Shadab bowled beautifully for his 3/17, while Wasim ripped out a few poles with his yorkers. A very uninspiring effort from the visitors who came in with a lot of changes from the World Cup, but have a long way to go. Presentations should be here soon.
END OF OVER 19
3 Runs
WI: 137 - 10
0 W 0 1 1 Wd W
Oshane Thomas
1 (3)
Akeal Hosein
1 (1)
Mohammad Wasim Jr
4-0-40-4
Mohammad Wasim Jr to Thomas, out Bowled!! Right through his defence, seals the win for Pakistan in style. Skiddy length ball from round the wicket, slants in and goes through the huge gap between bat and pad. Crashes into the stumps. Thomas b Mohammad Wasim Jr 1(3)
Mohammad Wasim Jr to Thomas, THATS OUT!! Bowled!!
Mohammad Wasim Jr to Thomas, wide, down the leg-side, Thomas misses his flick
Mohammad Wasim Jr to Akeal Hosein, 1 run, tries a yorker on leg stump, overpitches and is flicked through square leg
There's a delay because while marking his guard with the bail, Hosein has broken it. A part of it is stuck inside the pitch. Well there's something you've never seen
Mohammad Wasim Jr to Thomas, 1 run, low full toss slung away from off stump, Thomas knocks it in front of cover. Hosein isn't exactly charging across for the single and a direct hit would've had him
Mohammad Wasim Jr to Thomas, no run, goes for another yorker, it's just short, Thomas jams it down the pitch
Oshane Thomas, left handed bat, comes to the crease
Mohammad Wasim Jr to Shepherd, out Bowled!! Third wicket for Wasim tonight and they've all been off superb yorkers. Shepherd goes hard at it, gets a bit of the toe-end and drags it onto leg stump. Shepherd b Mohammad Wasim Jr 21(16) [4s-2 6s-1]
Mohammad Wasim Jr to Shepherd, THATS OUT!! Bowled!!
Mohammad Wasim Jr to Shepherd, no run, flat-batted to long-off
Mohammad Wasim Jr [3.0-0-37-2] is back into the attack
Akeal Hosein, left handed bat, comes to the crease
END OF OVER 18
16 Runs
WI: 134 - 8
4 1 1 4 6 W
Odean Smith
24 (16)
Romario Shepherd
21 (14)
Shaheen Afridi
4-0-35-1
Shaheen Afridi to Odean Smith, out Bowled!! Swing and a miss, Afridi takes out middle stump! A cutter that pitches outside leg, Smith clears the front leg and wants to swipe leg-side, but the ball grips enough to beat the edge. Odean Smith b Shaheen Afridi 24(16) [4s-2 6s-2]
Shaheen Afridi to Odean Smith, THATS OUT!! Bowled!!