Pakistan thrash West Indies in Sharjah
Babar Azam hit his maiden century while spinner Mohammad Nawaz
grabbed four wickets as Pakistan thrashed the West Indies by 111 runs on
the Duckworth-Lewis method in the first day-night international on
Friday.
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Pakistan players celebrate a dismissal |
Azam's rapid-fire 139-ball 120 helped Pakistan post a challenging
284-9 in a match reduced to 49 overs a side due to a 70-minute
floodlight failure at Sharjah Stadium in the UAE.
West Indies -- set 287 to win -- never got close and folded at 175 in
38.4 overs.
The victory gives Pakistan a 1-0 lead in the three-match series,
building on their 3-0 whitewash in the Twenty20 series.
Like in the Twenty20 matches, the West Indian batsmen had little clue
against Pakistan's spin bowling, with only Marlon Samuels (46) and
Johnson Charles (20) offering any resistance.
Nawaz steamed through the batting with figures of 4-42 in his ten
overs, easily his best bowling figures in his sixth one-day
international.
Nawaz had Darren Bravo (12), Denesh Ramdin (eight), Kieron Pollard
(nine) and Carlos Brathwaite (15) out in an incisive spell of spin
bowling to rock the West Indies.
Samuels hit two sixes and a four in his 59-ball fight but was finally
bowled by fast bowler Wahab Riaz in the 34th over. Sunil Narine (23) and
Sulieman Benn (16 not out) added 31 for the ninth wicket but it was too
little, too late and medium pacer Hasan Ali ended the innings with
figures of 3-14.
The victory lifted Pakistan to second in overall one-day
international wins with 455 in 864 matches, behind Australia. "I knew
what is my part and so I batted with responsibility," said the
21-year-old Azam. "Once I got set my plan was to bat through but I was
caught at the boundary." - sports24
SCOREBOARD
Pakistan
Azhar Ali c Ramdin b Gabriel 00
Sharjeel Khan c Narine b Benn 54
Babar Azam c Pollard b Brathwaite 120
Shoaib Malik c Benn b Narine 06
Sarfraz Ahmed c Ramdin b Holder 35
Mohammad Rizwan run out 11
Imad Wasim b Brathwaite 24
Mohammad Nawaz c Holder b rathwaite 19
Wahab Riaz run out 00
Mohammad Amir not out 03
Hasan Ali not out 02
Extras: (b1, lb3, nb1, w5) 10
Total: (for nine wkts; 49 overs) 284
Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Ali), 2-82 (Sharjeel), 3-93 (Malik)
4-192 (Ahmed), 5-211 (Rizwan), 6-239 (Azam)
7-269 (Wasim), 8-269 (Riaz), 9-281 (Nawaz)
Bowling: Gabriel 8-0-53-1 (1nb, 2w)
Holder 7-0-35-1
Brathwaite 10-0-54-3
Benn 10-0-46-1
Narine 10-0-58-1 (1w)
Pollard 4-0-34-0 (2w)
Note: Pakistan innings was halted after floodlight failure, reducing the match to 49 overs-a-side. Under Duckworth-Lewis method West Indies set 287 in 49 overs
West Indies
J. Charles c Ahmed b Amir 20
K. Brathwaite x Ahmed b Hasan 14
D. Bravo b Nawaz 12
M. Samuels b Riaz 46
D. Ramdin c Ali b Nawaz 08
K. Pollard c Sharjeel b Nawaz 09
J. Holder b Wasim 01
C. Brathwaite b Nawaz 15
S. Narine c Wasim b Hasan 23
S. Benn not out 16
S. Gabriel b Hasan 02
Extras: (lb6, nb1, w2) 09
Total: (all out; 38.4 overs) 175
Fall of wickets: 1-27 (Charles), 2-41 (K. Brathwaite)
3-54 (Bravo), 4-89 (Ramdin), 5-99 (Pollard)
6-103 (Holder), 7-125 (C. Brathwaite)
8-135 (Samuels), 9-166 (Narine)
Bowling: Wasim 8-0-36-1
Amir 5-1-21-1
Hasan 5.4-0-14-3
Riaz 6-0-27-1 (1w)
Malik 4-0-29-0 (2w)
Nawaz 10-0-42-4
Result: Pakistan win by 111 runs on D/L method
Toss: West Indies
Umpires: Ruchira Palliyaguruge (SRI) and Ahsan Raza (PAK)
Tv umpire: Sundaram Ravi (IND) |
