slower and fuller on middle, he looks to clear long-off but can only hit it as far as the mid-off fielder. He had some work to do: ran in and dived full length forward to complete an excellent catch. Talat continues to impress. Pakistan have wrapped the series 2-0
Pakistan vs West Indies, 2nd T20I at Karachi, Apr 02 2018 - Ball by Ball Commentary
RESULT
2nd T20I, Karachi, April 02, 2018, West Indies tour of Pakistan
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11.00pm If yesterday was a nightmare, today has been much the same story for West Indies. Is it jet lag? Is it lack of time to acclimatise? Is it lack of planning? They'd do well to find some answers. At no stage did they even threaten to chase this target down. Sure, not having your T20 super stars is one thing, but being embarrassed in this manner has to raise the standard of cricket West Indies have plummeted to.
This is Pakistan's seventh successive T20I series win. Pakistan have consolidated their No. 1 ranking in T20 cricket. Sarfraz hasn't lost a series yet as captain.
Time for the presentation
Sarfraz Ahmed, Pakistan captain: "The guys understand their roles well," he says. "I'm trying to learn as much as possible as captain, especially getting angry on the field (laughs). It feels good when youngsters come into the side. I want to give them confidence. Whoever has come in recently have delivered. We have focused a lot on fitness in recent times. We've made this very clear: you will be available to play if fit."
Babar Azam is the Player of the match for his 97 not out. "I didn't get the hundred because of my own fault," he laughs. "The team's plan for me was to bat out the 20 overs. Fakhar Zaman doesn't allow pressure to escalate, that helps play my normal game."
Jason Mohammed, the West Indies captain: "Disappointing performance," he deadpans. "We tried to set aggressive fields to try and get early wickets. It's difficult at times. Hopefully we can go home with a victory."
19.2
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Talat to Smith, OUT
Odean Smith c Mohammad Nawaz b Hussain Talat 6 (5b 1x4 0x6) SR: 120
19.1
1
Talat to Badree, 1 run
slower and fuller on middle and leg, eased to deep midwicket
end of over 197 runs • 1 wicket
WI: 122/9CRR: 6.42 • RRR: 84.00
Odean Smith6 (4b 1x4)
Samuel Badree1 (1b)
Hasan Ali 4-0-33-1
Mohammad Amir 4-0-22-3
18.6
4
Hasan Ali to Smith, FOUR runs
width and he's slapped this length ball wide of mid-off. Super timing
18.5
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Hasan Ali to Smith, no run
slash and a miss.Wanted to go over cover
18.4
2
Hasan Ali to Smith, 2 runs
gets a thick inside edge down towards long-on. Wanted to hit it a lot straighter.
18.3
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Hasan Ali to Smith, no run
shows the full face of the bat to keep out this full delivery
18.2
1
Hasan Ali to Badree, 1 run
right on top of the bounce as he dabs this into the off side
18.1
W
Hasan Ali to Williams, OUT
middle stump takes a walk. This is a super delivery, typical Hasan Ali. The late reverse swing back in leaves Williams little time to dig this one out.
Kesrick Williams b Hasan Ali 1 (2b 0x4 0x6) SR: 50
end of over 188 runs • 3 wickets
WI: 115/8CRR: 6.38 • RRR: 45.50
Kesrick Williams1 (1b)
Odean Smith0 (0b)
Mohammad Amir 4-0-22-3
Hasan Ali 3-0-26-0
17.6
1
Amir to Williams, 1 run
squeezes this full delivery to mid-off.
17.5
1W
Amir to Emrit, 1 run, OUT
steered towards square third man, superb timing but what's the point? They've committed hara kiri. Emrit turned around for the second and got to the other end, except that Kesrick didn't move an inch. So Sarfraz collected the ball and then ran all the way down to the bowler's end and whipped the bails off.
Rayad Emrit run out (Faheem Ashraf/†Sarfaraz Ahmed) 1 (1b 0x4 0x6) SR: 100
17.4
W
Amir to Paul, OUT
looks to go over cover but ends up reaching out to go over cover to this slower delivery, can only manage to slice this to third man where Ashraf takes an excellent catch. Momentum was with him coming forward but he managed to hold on.
Keemo Paul c Faheem Ashraf b Mohammad Amir 17 (10b 3x4 0x6) SR: 170
17.3
4
Amir to Paul, FOUR runs
backs away and wallops this length ball through mid-off. Super timing
17.2
2
Amir to Paul, 2 runs
looks to go big on the leg side but ends up hoicking this off the bottom, on the bounce to the man running in from deep midwicket
17.1
W
Amir to Powell, OUT
deceived by the slower length ball which he looks to hoick but ends up slicing it to point. Too easy
Rovman Powell c Babar Azam b Mohammad Amir 3 (4b 0x4 0x6) SR: 75
end of over 1712 runs
WI: 107/5CRR: 6.29 • RRR: 33.00
Rovman Powell3 (3b)
Keemo Paul11 (7b 2x4)
Hasan Ali 3-0-26-0
Mohammad Amir 3-0-14-1
16.6
1
Hasan Ali to Powell, 1 run
squeezes this full delivery on middle and leg
16.5
1
Hasan Ali to Paul, 1 run
full toss that he slips down leg, swung through, Amir gets a hand on it at short fine leg
16.4
1
Hasan Ali to Powell, 1 run
full on middle and leg, eased down to long-on
16.3
1
Hasan Ali to Paul, 1 run
full toss outside off, on the bounce to point for a quick single
16.2
4
Hasan Ali to Paul, FOUR runs
makes room and slaps this length ball past the diving mid-off fielder. Raises the 100
16.1
4
Hasan Ali to Paul, FOUR runs
lined himself up for the pull, picked the bones out of it when the ball arrived. Sped away to the deep square leg fence
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