Pakistan Win The Series By 3-1 Against The Host West Indies
April 3, 2017 | SportsGuff Team 390 Reads
In the final of the 4th T20 match on Sunday between Pakistan and West Indies played at Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad, the tourist Pakistan win the series by 3-1.
Pakistan who had won the toss inivited the host West Indies to bat first. West Indies made 52/1 in their 8 overs and in the 15.2 overs they lost 7 wickets at the score of 83 runs on the board. The opener Chadwick Walton top scored 40 runs in 31 balls with 2 fours and 4 sixes. Apart from Walton, Carlos Brathwaite the skipper notout innings of 37 runs at the end in 24 balls helped the host to set a respectable total of 124 runs with the loss of 8 wickets in 20 overs. Evin Lewis (7), Marlon Samuels (22), Jason Mohammad (1), Lendl Simmons (1), Kieron Pollard (3), Jason Holder (0), Sunil Narine (9) and Samuel Badree (1) were the scores for the West Indies batting line up.
For Pakistan, it was the economic spells from Hasan Ali and Shadab Khan who restricted Pakistan at low total. Hasan Ali and Shadab Khan took 2 wickets each and Imad Wasim, Rumman Raees and Wahab Riaz shared 1 wicket each.
In reply, the opener Ahmed Shehzad scored 53 in 45 balls which helped Pakistan to reach 127-3 in 19 overs. Another Pakistani opener Kamran Akmal fell to Samuels for 20 but Shehzad pressed on in partnership with Babar Azam (38) to take his team to the brink of victory. With the target down to 15, both were dismissed in quick succession by Kesrick Williams, who bowled Shehzad with the last ball of one over and had Azam caught by substitute Rovman Powell with the first ball of his next. Sarfraz Ahmed survived the hat-trick ball and Shoaib Malik was dropped before the pair saw Pakistan across the line with an over to spare.
Toss: Pakistan won the toss and decided to field first.
Series: Pakistan won the series by 3-1
Man of the Match: Hasan Ali
Player of the Series: Shadab Khan
