West Indies sends Pakistan packing

Sidelights – ICC World T20 | Pakistan Vs West Indies

It was a virtual quarter final, but West Indies was too good for Pakistan, not all the way but from the 16^thover of the West Indies innings. In next five overs the pair of Dwayne Bravo and captain Darren Sammy scored 82 runs and hit a knockout punch from which Pakistan never recovered and surrendered by scoring just 82 runs.

ICC World T20 | Group 2 | Match 32 | Pakistan Vs West Indies

Venue: Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur

Toss: West Indies and elected to bat first

Playing XIs:

West Indies: Dwayne Smith, Chris Gayle, Lendle Simmons, Marlon Samuels, Dwayne Bravo, Denesh Ramdin, Darren Sammy, Andrew Russell, Sunil Narine, Samuel Badree, Kishmar Santoki

Pakistan: Ahmed Shehzad, Kamran Akmal, Mohammad Hafeez, Umar Akmal, Shoaib Malik, Shoaib Maqsood, Shahid Afridi, Sohail Tanvir, Umar Gul, Saeed Ajmal, Zulfiqar Babar

Mini Score Card:

West Indies 166/6 (20) – Dwayne Bravo 46 (26) | Shahid Afridi 1/23 (4)

Pakistan 82 – all out (17.5) – Mohammad Hafeez 19 (32) | Samuel Badree 3/10 (4)

Result: West Indies won by 84 runs

Points: West Indies 2 (6), Pakistan 0 (4)

Man of the match: Dwayne Bravo (West Indies)

Umpires: Ian Gould and Richard Kettleborough (Both England) | Marais Erasmus (3^rd – South Africa) | Kumar Dharmasena (Reserve – Sri Lanka)

Match Referee: Ranjan Madugalle (Sri Lanka)

How they played the game

Powerplay: West Indies 39 runs, 2 Wickets | Pakistan 13 runs, 4 runs

First 50 runs: West Indies 47 balls | Pakistan 75 balls

50-100 runs: West Indies 52 balls | Pakistan 82 – all out (17.4)

100-150 runs: West Indies 15 balls

Best Partnership

West Indies 6^th Wicket – 71 runs off 32 balls | Contributors: Dwayne Bravo 39 (17) and Darren Sammy 28 (15)

Pakistan 7^th Wicket – 32 runs off 23 balls | Contributors: Shahid Afridi 18 (11) and Sohail Tanvir 14 (12)

Fours

West Indies 13 (Darren Sammy -5, Dwayne Smith, Lendle Simmons and Dwayne Bravo – 2, Chris Gayle and Marlon Samuels – 1)

Pakistan 2 (Sohaib Maqsood and Sohail Tanvir – 1)

SIXERS

West Indies 9 (Dwayne Bravo – 4, Lendle Simmons and Darren Sammy – 2, Marlon Samuels – 1)

Pakistan 4 (Shahid Afridi – 2, Sohaib Maqsood and Sohail Tanvir – 1)

Important facts about the match

• Pakistan conceded 82 runs in their last 5 overs, which is the most number of runs conceded by a full member of ICC ever in a T20I.

In the pic: Dwayne Bravo hits one of his four sixes

Picture Courtesy: ESPN Cricinfo