Pakistan proceed West Indies’ woes after Australian trouncing with 14-run win in first T20 of collection.
Mohammad Nawaz took three wickets in an over to propel Pakistan to a 14-run win over the West Indies within the series-opening Twenty20 cricket worldwide in Florida.
Pakistan was despatched in to bat and posted 178 for six, led by Saim Ayub’s 57 from 38 deliveries.
Debate about that being above or beneath a par goal at this venue was partially answered when West Indies openers Johnson Charles and 18-year-old Jewel Andrew, making his T20 worldwide debut, scored at simply over six an over to the midway level in reply.
After conceding 20 runs in his first three overs, left-arm spinner Nawaz dramatically shifted the competition.
He began the twelfth over with a breakthrough to dismiss Andrew for 35 and finish a 72-run opening stand, and he added the wickets of Charles (35) and Gudakesh Motie (0) on the fourth and fifth balls because the West Indies slumped to 75-3.
Skipper Shai Hope (2) scooped a full supply from Ayub into the deep within the subsequent over as West Indies misplaced 4 wickets for 5 runs.
Pakistan’s Shaheen Shah Afridi makes an attempt to take a catch of West Indies’ Johnson Charles on the boundary edge throughout the first Twenty20 (Lynne Sladky/AP)
Ayub, who was voted participant of the match for his half-century and bowling return of 2-20, stated the pitch was difficult to play on, so it was essential to constructing partnerships and never panic.
Some lofty tail-end hitting from Jason Holder, who struck 4 sixes in his unbeaten, 12-ball 30, and Shamar Joseph, who hit 21 from 12, helped West Indies to 164-7 and made the ultimate margin extra respectable.
That lopsided contest ended any probability of the West Indies beginning the collection towards Pakistan on a greater footing after complete Check and T20 collection losses to Australia. The Australians wrapped up a historic 8-0 sweep within the Caribbean earlier within the week.
Pakistan captain Salman Ali Agha stated his staff “began robust and completed even higher”.
A complete of nearer than 200 was in vary for Pakistan early when Ayub and Fakhar Zaman (28) shared an 81-run second-wicket stand to get the rating as much as 107 within the twelfth over.
However Holder trapped Ayub lbw for 57, ending a 38-ball innings that contained 5 boundaries and two sixes to get the very important breakthrough. Recalled quick bowler Shamar Joseph saved the strain on Pakistan’s batting lineup and returned 3-30 from his 4 overs.
The second and third T20s can be held in Lauderhill on Saturday and Sunday earlier than an ODI collection within the Caribbean.
