13/12Result
1st T20I (N), West Indies tour of Pakistan at Karachi, Dec 13 2021
Pakistan won by 63 runs
Player of the Match
Haider Ali
Haider AliPakistan
13/12Result
1st T20I (N), West Indies tour of Pakistan at Karachi, Dec 13 2021
Pakistan won by 63 runs
Player of the Match
Haider Ali
Haider AliPakistan

END OF OVER:
20 | 11 Runs 1 Wkt | PAK: 200/6 | RR: 10.00

  • Mohammad Nawaz30 (10b)
  • Shadab Khan0 (0b)
  • Dominic Drakes4-0-43-1
  • Romario Shepherd4-0-43-2

We will be back in a bit for the chase, stay tuned.

Haider Ali: Rizi bhai helps a lot when you go in. He tells how the pitch is behaving and how to play here. I have learnt that I don't have to throw my wicket. I think our bowlers are good and hopefully we will defend this total.

7.58pm Almost two hours after the first ball was bowled, Pakistan's innings comes to an end. Mohammad Rizwan and Haider Ali struck stroke-filled half-centuries to propel Pakistan to a daunting total. The West Indies bowlers were a bit unlucky as many boundaries came off the edges but at the same time, they were wayward in the line and the Pakistan batters duly punished them.

19.6
1
Drakes to Mohammad Nawaz, 1 run, Pakistan finish with 200. A slower bouncer around off, swivels it towards deep-backward square leg

Nawaz pulls out while the bowler was still in his run-up. Something off with the sightscreen it seems

Ahsan Butt: "If Nawaz continues to bat like this in T20s, I wouldn't mind if he replaces Imad for good!"

19.5
6
Drakes to Mohammad Nawaz, SIX, another slower one but this is too full and, therefore, right in the slot. Nawaz bends the back knee and smashes it over long-off
19.4
2
Drakes to Mohammad Nawaz, 2 runs, fuller outside off, Nawaz too aims for the straight boundary, but mistimes it to the right of long-off
19.3
W
Drakes to Haider Ali, OUT, fuller around off, took the pace off. Haider Ali looks to send it out of the stadium but gets more height on this than distance. Smith settles under it at long-on

Haider Ali c Smith b Drakes 68 (83m 39b 6x4 4x6) SR: 174.35

19.2
1
Drakes to Mohammad Nawaz, 1 run, a slower short one outside off, pulled towards deep-backward square leg
19.1
1
Drakes to Haider Ali, 1 run, fuller and wider. Steered towards sweeper cover

Can Pakistan get to 200?

END OF OVER:
19 | 21 Runs | PAK: 189/5 | RR: 9.94

  • Mohammad Nawaz20 (6b)
  • Haider Ali67 (37b)
  • Romario Shepherd4-0-43-2
  • Odean Smith4-0-56-1
18.6
6
Shepherd to Mohammad Nawaz, SIX, a slower one, length outside off. Nawaz stands tall and smashes it over long-off, clears the fielder with ease
18.5
4
Shepherd to Mohammad Nawaz, FOUR, a low full toss, again wide outside off. Nawaz reaches out and smashes it over the cover region, bisecting the two men in the deep
18.5
1w
Shepherd to Mohammad Nawaz, 1 wide, full again but way too wide. Left alone
18.4
4
Shepherd to Mohammad Nawaz, FOUR, another wide yorker, Nawaz slices at it, gets a thick outside edge that flies towards Odean Smith at fly slip/ finer short third man. He puts in the jump but all he can do is parry it towards the boundary

Dude: "This is Haider Ali's new high score now, his previous was 66*"

18.3
1lb
Shepherd to Haider Ali, 1 leg bye, an excellent slower one. Short on middle and leg. Haider was way too early into the pull shot and gets hit on the chest. They run a leg bye as the ball drops near the short-leg region
18.2
1
Shepherd to Mohammad Nawaz, 1 run, a length ball outside off, slashes at it and gets it over the short third man. The man in the deep cuts it off

A flying slip plugging that gap now

18.1
4
Shepherd to Mohammad Nawaz, FOUR, fuller outside off, Nawaz does the clever thing, just opens the face of the bat to send it between the keeper and short third man

END OF OVER:
18 | 13 Runs 1 Wkt | PAK: 168/5 | RR: 9.33

  • Haider Ali67 (36b)
  • Mohammad Nawaz1 (1b)
  • Odean Smith4-0-56-1
  • Oshane Thomas4-0-38-1
17.6
6
Smith to Haider Ali, SIX, length ball angling away, carves it over cover-point and it carries all the way. Some timing on that. The fourth six of the innings for Haider Ali
17.5
1
Smith to Mohammad Nawaz, 1 run, length ball outside off, steered towards third man

Nawaz

17.4
W
Smith to Iftikhar Ahmed, OUT, this time Hope pouches it. Finally, something goes Smith's way. A length ball outside off, Iftikhar was looking to steer it past short third but only managed an outside edge

Iftikhar Ahmed c †Hope b Smith 7 (11m 5b 1x4 0x6) SR: 140.00

17.3
1
Smith to Haider Ali, 1 run, dropped! Fuller, angling across. Throws his bat at it, gets an outside edge that flies to the right of the keeper but Hope fails to latch on to it
17.2
1
Smith to Iftikhar Ahmed, 1 run, a short one into the pitch. Came off slower as Iftikhar toe-ended the pull towards cover-point
17.1
4
Smith to Iftikhar Ahmed, FOUR, fuller down the leg side and Iftikhar flicks it behind square leg for another boundary

Odean Smith to bowl his last over. Around the wicket

END OF OVER:
17 | 11 Runs 1 Wkt | PAK: 155/4 | RR: 9.11

  • Haider Ali60 (34b)
  • Iftikhar Ahmed2 (2b)
  • Oshane Thomas4-0-38-1
  • Romario Shepherd3-0-23-2

Arslan Tahir Sy: "what about over rate. are we on time ? " --- No, we are way behind

16.6
4
O Thomas to Haider Ali, FOUR, a length ball outside off, steered past short third man for four, on the fielder's right who put in the dive but couldn't get a hand to it
16.5
1
O Thomas to Iftikhar Ahmed, 1 run, a slower short ball outside off, forehands it towards mid-off where Pooran takes the (non-)catch to his right. He attempts a run-out at the bowler's end but misses the stumps. A direct hit would have been out

Free hit

16.5
2nb
O Thomas to Haider Ali, (no ball) 1 run, another yorker, on the leg stump this time but he has overstepped. Haider digs it out towards long-on
16.4
1
O Thomas to Iftikhar Ahmed, 1 run, a yorker but on the pads, clips it towards fine leg

Iftikhar is the new batter

16.3
W
O Thomas to Asif Ali, OUT, short of length outside off, Asif Ali goes for the pull again but had to really fetch it and as a result, there's no real power behind it. Rovman Powell holds onto it at deep midwicket after a bit of a wobble

Asif Ali c Powell b O Thomas 1 (8m 4b 0x4 0x6) SR: 25.00

Fawaz: "@anubhav:imagine Babar and Kohli playing together against Shaheen and bumrah "

16.2
1
O Thomas to Haider Ali, 1 run, full, outside off, hits it along the ground towards long-off

Syed Imran : "What a class Rizwan you are! Scoring with a strike rate of 150 without a six. excellent!"

West Indies 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st7SD HopeBA King
2nd26SD HopeN Pooran
3rd7DC ThomasSD Hope
4th19SSJ BrooksSD Hope
5th1SSJ BrooksR Powell
6th19R PowellDC Drakes
7th9R ShepherdR Powell
8th46R ShepherdOF Smith
9th0AJ HoseinR Shepherd
10th3AJ HoseinO Thomas