Hafeez gets another player of the match award, Pakistan win

Pakistan is off to a winning start in the full match of the series as a previous game at Barbados was washed out. They won the game by 7 runs, thanks to the superb bowling of Muhammad Hafeez and other bowlers to restrict West Indies from chasing a par score.

Earlier Pakistan made 157 in their allotted twenty overs, in reply West Indies could manage to score 150 for 4 in their 20 overs. Nicholas Pooran was the lone warrior of Windies innings he remained unbeaten at 62 (33 balls, 4 fours, and 6 sixes) wasn’t enough to cross the line, Hafeez finished his spell with extraordinary figures of 4.1.6.1.

In the first innings, Babar Azam and Muhammad Rizwan scored 51 off 40 balls and 46 off 36 respectively. Jason Holder picked 4 wickets while Bravo finished his spell with 2 for 24.

Match Summary

West Indies 150/4 (20 overs)

Pakistan 157/8 (20 overs)

Result – Pakistan won by 7 runs

Fall of wickets

Pakisan: Fall of wickets: 1-46 (Sharjeel Khan – 4.4 ov), 2-113 (Mohammad Rizwan – 14.2 ov), 3-134 (Babar Azam – 16.1 ov), 4-145 (Mohammad Hafeez – 17.5 ov), 5-145 (Fakhar Zaman – 17.6 ov), 6-150 (Hasan Ali – 18.4 ov), 7-150 (Sohaib Maqsood – 18.5 ov), 8-157 (Shadab Khan – 19.6 ov)

West Indies: Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Andre Fletcher – 0.2 ov), 2-31 (Chris Gayle – 5.6 ov), 3-70 (Shimron Hetmyer – 11.5 ov), 4-140 (Kieron Pollard – 19.2 ov)

Playing XIs:

West Indies – Andre Fletcher, Evin Lewis, Chris Gayle, Shimron Hetmyer, Nicholas Pooran (wk), Kieron Pollard (c), Andre Russell, Jason Holder, Dwayne Bravo, Hayden Walsh, Akeal Hosein

Pakistan  Sharjeel Khan, Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Babar Azam (c), Mohammad Hafeez, Fakhar Zaman, Azam Khan, Shadab Khan, Hasan Ali, Mohammad Wasim Jr, Shaheen Afridi, Usman Qadir