West Indies restricts Pakistan at 132 runs in second match of T20 International series
The West Indies restricted Pakistan at 132 runs in the second of a four-match T20 International series at the Queen's Park Oval in Trinidad on Thursday.
West Indies captain Carlos Brathwaite won the toss and put Pakistan in to bat.
The West Indies have retained the same eleven that suffered a six-wicket defeat - their fourth consecutive T20 loss to the Pakistanis - in the opening match in Bridgetown.
They are seeking a series-levelling victory ahead of the final two matches at the same venue at the weekend.
Pakistan introduced newcomer Fakhar Zaman following the outstanding debut performance in Barbados of leg-spinner Shadab Khan, who took the Man of the Match award with figures of three for seven.
The 26-year-old left-handed batsman and occasional left-arm spinner is getting his first taste of senior international action at the expense of Mohammad Hafeez.
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Pakistan 132 (20/20 over)
West Indies 113/6 (17.5/20 over)
West Indies require another 20 runs with 4 wickets and 13 balls remaining
West Indies RR 6.33
Last 5 ovs 32/1 RR 6.40
Required RR 9.23
Pakistan RR 6.60
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Pakistan 132 (20/20 over)
West Indies 129/8 (20/20 over)
Pakistan won by 3 runs
West Indies RR 6.45
Last 5 ovs 39/2 RR 7.80
Pakistan RR 6.60
A day of collisions at the Queen's Park Oval
NIKHIL KALRO AND DEIVARAYAN MUTHU
Ahmed Shehzad was involved in a nasty collision with Chadwick Walton © Jewel Samad/AFP/Getty Images
Shadab uses Newton's first law
Evin Lewis pushed a length ball towards Imad at mid-on, and although he set off from the back foot, it seemed the single didn't involve much trouble. Wasim picked up cleanly and under-armed a direct hit at the bowler's end. But more work was done by Shadab Khan from mid-off, who somehow managed to get in Lewis' way. Lewis veered away to avoid a collision, but so did Shadab. Both players eventually rammed into each other. Lewis lost control of his bat and didn't get either of his feet back in the crease when Imad's throw made contact with the stumps.
The nastiest collision
The Queen's Park Oval witnessed three collisions in a bizarre sequence of events in the second innings. Nine balls after the collision between Shadab and Lewis, Chadwick Walton rammed into Tanvir. In the same over, Shehzad collided with Walton and had to be stretchered off the field in an ambulance. Samuels had dabbed the ball in front of point, from where Shehzad ran in to attack the ball, but lost his balance. His neck crashed into the knees of Walton. Seven overs later, however, Shehzad returned to the field.
Captain Carlos shows the way
On a day when West Indies' fielding was close to its worst, Carlos Brathwaite was at his best. He seemed peeved watching his team-mates shell catches, miss run-out chances and embarrassingly fall over the ball. Evin Lewis, Jason Holder, Rovman Powell were all guilty. The West Indies captain decided to take things in his hands to show his boys how it's done. When Imad Wasim carved Kesrick Williams in the air in the 17th over, Brathwaite tore back from mid-off, then dived full length to his right to pluck the ball with both hands. That he maintained his stability despite landing on his knees made the catch even special.
Captain Sarfraz mentors Shadab to success
Shadab Khan stormed through Walton's gate with a fizzing googly. But his next googly - short on the leg stump - did not go down well with his captain Sarfraz Ahmed. After Marlon Samuels nailed that errant googly to the square-leg boundary, Sarfraz yelled:
"Nahin yaar, mana kar raha hun main" [no, I'm telling you not to]. Shadab soon sent down a regulation legbreak to beat Kieron Pollard in the air and have him stumped.
Nikhil Kalro and Deivarayan Muthu
