Pakistan thrashed after top-order collapse
A top order batting implosion by Pakistan has seen them slump to a
record defeat at the hands of the West Indies.
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Andre Russell hit 42 from just 13 balls. Russell took three
wickets for 33 runs to earn the man of the match award. |
Set 311 to win at Christchurch's Hagley Oval in their Cricket World
Cup match, they could only reach 160 in 39 overs after Jerome Taylor led
the rout in front of a crowd of nearly 15,000.
At the end of the fourth over, Pakistan were four wickets down with
just one run on the board, the worst start in ODI history.
No other side has had so few runs to show for the loss of four
wickets. Canada previously held the record at 4-4 against Zimbabwe in
2006.
Pakistan are now winless from two matches in Pool B.
The 150-run win eclipsed the West Indies' previous biggest margin
over Pakistan of 133, set in Sydney in 1992.
Pakistan had named an extra batsman, Nashir Jamshed, to strengthen
their batting but he injured his hand when dropping a catch - one of
four during the West Indies innings.
His pain was minor compared with what Pakistan fans had to endure as
their side began the chase.
In the first over Taylor had Jamshed caught at mid-wicket trying to
pull and Younis Khan out off an edge to the keeper. In Taylor's second
over he had Haris Sohail caught at point. All went for nought.
In the fourth over Jason Holder had Ahmed Shezad caught in the gully
for 1 and at 4-1 the game was over as a contest. When Andre Russell
replaced Taylor he had Pakistan skipper Misbah-ul-Haq caught at slip for
seven, and they were 5-25.
A sixth-wicket partnership of 80 runs between Umar Akmal (59) and
Shohaib Maqsood (50) was ended when Darren Sammy got Maqsood to chip one
to Sulieman Benn at mid off.
Akmal was the seventh wicket to fall when he picked out Dwayne Smith
at midwicket, then Wahab Riaz (3), Shahid Afridi (28) and Sohail Khan
(1) went in quick succession. Taylor finished with figures of 3-15,
Russell 3-33 and Benn 2-39. Holder and Sammy took one wicket each.
Earlier in the day, Pakistan won the toss and asked the West Indies to
bat.
The Caribbean side's innings was founded on 50s to Denesh Ramdin and
Lendl Simmons. Darren Bravo retired hurt on 49 and Russell needed just
13 balls to crack 42 not out at the death. Pakistan helped the West
Indies' effort by dropping multiple catches and their quicks dropped too
short.
Haris Sohail finished with figures of 2-62 and Irfan was the most
economical with figures of 1-44. (CA)
SCOREBOARD
West Indies innings
Dwayne Smith c Sohail b S Khan 23
Chris Gayle c Riaz b Irfan 04
Darren Bravo retired hurt 49
Marlon Samuels c sub (Shah) b Sohail 38
Denesh Ramdin c sub (Shah) b Sohail 51
Lendl Simmons run out (S Khan/Akmal) 50
Darren Sammy c Afridi b Riaz 30
Andre Russell not out 42
Extras (b 2, lb 6, w 14, nb 1) 23
TOTAL (6 wickets; 50 overs) 310
Fall of wickets: 1-17 (Gayle, 4.6 ov), 2-28 (Smith, 7.5 ov)
3-103 (Samuels, 24.1 ov), 3-152
(Bravo, retired not out), 4-194 (Ramdin, 39.5 ov)
5-259 (Sammy, 47.1 ov), 6-310 (Simmons, 49.6 ov)
Bowling: 10-0-44-1,
S Khan 10-1-73-1
Afridi 10-0-48-0
Sohail 9-0-62-2
Riaz 10-0-67-1
Maqsood 1-0-8-0
Pakistan innings
Nasir Jamshed c Russell b Taylor 00
Ahmed Shehzad c Simmons b Holder 01
Younis Khan c Ramdin b Taylor 00
Haris Sohail c sub (Carter) b Taylor 00
Misbah-ul-Haq c Gayle b Russell 07
Sohaib Maqsood c Benn b Sammy 50
Umar Akmal c Smith b Russell 59
Shahid Afridi c Holder b Benn 28
Wahab Riaz c Ramdin b Russell 03
Sohail Khan c Ramdin b Benn 01
Mohammad Irfan not out 02
Extras (lb 3, w 5, nb 1) 09
TOTAL (all out; 39 overs) 160
Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Jamshed, 0.2 ov), 2-1 (Y Khan, 0.6 ov)
3-1 (Sohail, 2.6 ov), 4-1 (Shehzad 3.1 ov)
5-25 (Haq, 10.3 ov), 6-105 (Maqsood, 25.3 ov)
7-139 (Akmal, 31.4 ov), 8-155 (Riaz, 35.3 ov)
9-157 (Afridi, 36.2 ov), 10-160 (S Khan, 38.6 ov)
Bowling: Taylor 7-1-15-3
Holder 7-2-23-1
Russell 8-2-33-3
Sammy 8-0-47-1
Benn 9-0-39-2 |
