Malik ton as Pakistan down West Indies to take series: HumSub.TV
Malik ton as Pakistan down West Indies to take series: HumSub.TV: Shoaib Malik scored an unbeaten century as Pakistan beat West Indies by six wickets to clinch victory in their one day international series in Guyana on Tuesday.
Malik sealed the win — and his ton — in spectacular fashion, smashing a six off West Indies captain Jason Holder to wrap up victory with nearly seven overs to spare. Malik’s 101, which included two sixes and ten fours, was matched by an assured 81 from Mohammad Hafeez as Pakistan finished on 236 for four in reply to the home side’s 233 for nine. “I can’t thank Hafeez enough for the way he played because he took all the pressure off me,” said Malik after collecting both the “Man of the Match” and “Man of the Series” awards. “West Indies fought hard and credit to them but this really gives us encouragement going into the Champions Trophy.”
Hafeez completely dominated their partnership, his innings coming off 86 balls with two sixes and eight hours before a miscued sweep off Ashley Nurse found Veerasammy Permaul on the backward square-leg boundary. Permaul, the left-arm spinner brought into the match at the expense of fast bowler Alzarri Joseph on a turning track, proved expensive while leg-spinner Devendra Bishoo also lacked potency in helpful conditions. “I felt we had a decent enough total but we just couldn’t put enough pressure on Malik and Hafeez after the early breakthroughs,” said Holder. “I’ve got no regrets about the decision to bat first because I think we recovered well and should have made a better effort of defending that total.”
West Indies were indebted to Shai Hope (71) and Jason Mohammed (59) after their top-order once again crumbled. Mohammed’s excellent run of form in this Caribbean season continued with a fluent 59 off 64 balls with two sixes and five fours, his fourth half-century in six ODI innings. The pair put on 101 for the fourth wicket and lifted the home side from early discomfort to a degree of competitiveness. However they lost vital wickets in the quest for quick runs over the final overs of the innings, managing just 29 over the last five in which Ahmed resorted to his faster bowlers to good effect.
Junaid Khan, who had accounted for Evin Lewis at the start of the innings, returned to separate the pair of Hope and Mohammed, having the latter caught at the wicket.
Hope fell to Shadab Khan via a catch at long-on, although the leg-spinner endured the most expensive effort of his young international career, conceding 57 runs off eight overs.
Not surprisingly on a worn, turgid track used for the third consecutive match, finger spinners Imad Wasim and Hafeez were difficult for the West Indies to get away, Wasim conceding only 24 runs from his full allotment of ten overs for the wicket of Kieran Powell, who was deceived and stumped.
Scoreboard
WEST INDIES:
E Lewis c Hafeez b Junaid Khan 16
C Walton b Ali 19
K Powell st Ahmed b Wasim 23
S Hope c Malik b Shadab Khan 71
J Mohammed c Ahmed b Junaid 59
J Carter b Shadab Khan 11
J Holder c Shadab b Amir 12
A Nurse not out 10
V Permaul c Hafeez b Aamir 8
D Bishoo run out 0
EXTRAS: (lb-1, w-3) 4
TOTAL: (9 wkts, 50 overs) 233
FOW: 1-31, 2-40, 3-68, 4-169, 5-192, 6-211, 7-219, 8-231, 9-233.
BOWLING: M. Aamir 9-0-41-2, J. Khan 10-0-60-2, H. Ali 6-1-29-1, M. Hafeez 7-0-21-0, I. Wasim 10-1-24-1, S. Khan 8-0-57-2.
PAKISTAN:
Kamran Akmal c Powell b Gabriel 0
Ahmed Shehzad c wkpr Hope b Holder 3
Babar Azam b Gabriel 16
M Hafeez c Permaul b Nurse 81
Shoaib Malik not out 101
Sarfraz Ahmed not out 24
EXTRAS: (b-3, lb-4, w-3, nb-1) 11
TOTAL: (4 wkts, 43.1 overs) 236
FOW: 1-0, 2-16, 3-36, 4-149.
BOWLING: S. Gabriel 10-0-60-2, J. Holder 8.1-1-37-1, D. Bishoo 10-1-42-0, V. Permaul 4-0-31-0, A. Nurse 10-0-49-1, J. Mohammed 1-0-10-0.
TOSS: West Indies
UMPIRES: J Wilson (TRI), Simon Fry (AUS)
MATCH REFEREE: Jeff Crowe (NZL)
Malik ton as Pakistan down West Indies to take series: HumSub.TV
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