Pakistan’s Nawaz takes three West Indies wickets in 14-run T20 win

Pakistan proceed West Indies’ woes aft Australian trouncing with 14-run triumph successful archetypal T20 of series.

Mohammad Nawaz took 3 wickets successful an implicit to propel Pakistan to a 14-run triumph implicit the West Indies successful the series-opening Twenty20 cricket planetary successful Florida.

Pakistan was sent successful to bat and posted 178 for six, led by Saim Ayub’s 57 from 38 deliveries.

Debate astir that being supra oregon beneath a par people astatine this venue was partially answered erstwhile West Indies openers Johnson Charles and 18-year-old Jewel Andrew, making his T20 planetary debut, scored astatine conscionable implicit six an implicit to the halfway constituent successful reply.

After conceding 20 runs successful his archetypal 3 overs, left-arm spinner Nawaz dramatically shifted the contest.

He started the 12th implicit with a breakthrough to disregard Andrew for 35 and extremity a 72-run opening stand, and helium added the wickets of Charles (35) and Gudakesh Motie (0) connected the 4th and 5th balls arsenic the West Indies slumped to 75-3.

Skipper Shai Hope (2) scooped a afloat transportation from Ayub into the heavy successful the adjacent implicit arsenic West Indies mislaid 4 wickets for 5 runs.

Pakistan’s Shaheen Shah Afridi attempts to instrumentality a drawback of West Indies’ Johnson Charles connected the bound borderline during the archetypal Twenty20 [Lynne Sladky/AP]

Ayub, who was voted subordinate of the lucifer for his half-century and bowling instrumentality of 2-20, said the transportation was challenging to play on, truthful it was important to gathering partnerships and not panic.

Some lofty tail-end hitting from Jason Holder, who struck 4 sixes successful his unbeaten, 12-ball 30, and Shamar Joseph, who deed 21 from 12, helped West Indies to 164-7 and made the last borderline much respectable.

That lopsided contention ended immoderate accidental of the West Indies starting the bid against Pakistan connected a amended footing aft broad Test and T20 bid losses to Australia. The Australians wrapped up a historical 8-0 expanse successful the Caribbean earlier successful the week.

Pakistan skipper Salman Ali Agha said his squad “started beardown and finished adjacent better”.

A full of person than 200 was successful scope for Pakistan aboriginal erstwhile Ayub and Fakhar Zaman (28) shared an 81-run second-wicket basal to get the people up to 107 successful the 12th over.

But Holder trapped Ayub lbw for 57, ending a 38-ball innings that contained 5 boundaries and 2 sixes to get the captious breakthrough. Recalled accelerated bowler Shamar Joseph kept the unit connected Pakistan’s batting lineup and returned 3-30 from his 4 overs.

The 2nd and 3rd T20s volition beryllium held successful Lauderhill connected Saturday and Sunday earlier an ODI bid successful the Caribbean.

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