In the 2nd ODI between Pakistan and West indies, Pakistan won the toss and elected to ball first, this was understandable because in the first ODI Pakistan snatched a simple 8 wicket victory by bowling first. West Indian batting display as expected was poor once again, they pasted just 220 on the board at the end of the 50th over but that too had some supporting runs from the tail enders. The highest scorer from West Indian side was Simmons he gathered good 51 runs. Bravo got to double figures but was unable to build a long inning, he scored 17. Perhaps the highest partnership that the West Indian team had in that match was of 36 runs which again tell the story.
Pakistani bowlers bowled very well. Each of the bowler that bowled took wickets except of unlucky Junaid Khan who bowled well but did not get a wicket.
Afridi, Wahab, Hafeez and Saeed got 2 Wickets each while the new talent Hamaad was able to get a single wicket.
Unlike West Indies Pakistan started very confidently when they came to bat, Hafeez hit a six and a four of two consecutive bowls of West Indies best bowler Roach. The man who had been facing a lot of criticism for last 5 months went on to score 102 runs and showed his talent, and for this Ahmed Shahzad was declared “man of the match”. Other’s supported him, Hafeez scored good 32 and the old Misbah scored 41 to confirm his place in the coming matches. With all these contribution Pakistan secured a 7 wicket victory over West Indies in 48 overs.
But above all still Pakistan did not give any chance to Usman salaudin. 
No comments:
Post a Comment