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Azam, spinners leave West Indies shortchanged

ESPNcricinfo staff
West Indies struck with their first ball after electing to field when Shannon Gabriel had Azhar Ali caught behind  Getty Images
Sharjeel Khan offset the early loss and dominated in a second-wicket stand of 82 with Babar Azam  Getty Images
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Sharjeel fell for a 43-ball 54 after an attempted slog went awry as he was held at short third man  Getty Images
Sunil Narine sent back Shoaib Malik with a carrom ball to leave Pakistan wobbling at 93 for 3 in the 18th over  AFP
Sarfaraz Ahmed and Azam then rebuilt with a 99-run fourth-wicket stand  AFP
Jason Holder broke the stand, but Azam switched to top gear and blazed away to his maiden international century..  Getty Images
... until Kieron Pollard snaffled a stunner at wide long-on to send him back for 120  Getty Images
A floodlight failure then paused play for over an hour. When it resumed, Pakistan lost wickets and stuttered to 284 for 9  AFP
Mohammad Amir hurt West Indies' chase of a revised 287 with the wicket of Johnson Charles in the eighth over  Getty Images
Debutant Kraigg Brathwaite hung around nervously until he nicked Hasan Ali to the keeper to leave West Indies on 41 for 2  AFP
With the asking rate escalating, West Indies fell into the trap of looking to attack the spinners  Getty Images
That West Indies' highest-partnership was 35 for the fourth wicket between Denesh Ramdin and Marlon Samuels highlighted their struggle  Getty Images
While spinners crippled West Indies, Wahab Riaz rattled the lower order in a hostile spell of fast bowling  Getty Images
Nawaz finished with figures of 4 for 42 as Pakistan dismissed West Indies for 175 in 38.4 overs and ran away to a 111-run win  Getty Images
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