1st ODI: Rizwan, Nawaz shine as Pakistan beat West Indies
What's the story
Pakistan have taken a 1-0 lead in the three-match ODI series against West Indies after winning the first match by five wickets. The game was played at Brian Lara Stadium, Trinidad. Debutant Hasan Nawaz played a key role in the victory, scoring an unbeaten 63 runs off just 54 balls. The likes of Mohammad Rizwan, Hussain Talat, and Babar Azam also played vital knocks as Pakistan accomplished the 281-run target. Here are the key stats.
1st innings
WI post a decent total
Batting first, WI lost Brandon King early on (4/1) before Evin Lewis (60) and Keacy Carty (30) stitched a 77-run partnership. A mini collapse further reduced them to 136/4. Skipper Shai Hope (55) and Roston Chase (53) then scored half-centuries and rescued the team. Gudakesh Motie's 18-ball 31 lower down the order powered the hosts to 280/10 in 49 overs. Shaheen Afridi and Naseem Shah shared seven wickets between them.
Chase
Summary of the run chase
Pakistan's batting order faced early setbacks with Saim Ayub (5) and Abdullah Shafique (29) falling cheaply. However, Rizwan (53) and Babar (47) steadied the ship with a promising partnership of 55 runs for the third wicket before the team was further reduced to 180/5. Despite these challenges, Nawaz (63*) and Talat's (41*) stellar performance ensured Pakistan's victory in this closely contested match. The duo added 104* runs for the sixth wicket to take their team home in 48.5 overs.
Babar
200th List A appearance for Babar
Babar Azam, playing his 200th List A game, scored a crucial 64-ball 47 to power the run chase (5 fours, 1 six). This knock took his ODI tally to 6,282 runs at an average of 55.10. Against the Windies, Babar has racked up 764runs from 11 innings at an average of 76.40. He has belted five centuries and a fifty against the team.
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Sensational comeback for Talat
The game marked Talat's second ODI appearance following his debut back in January 2019. The dasher made a solid comeback, scoring an unbeaten 41 off 37 balls with the help of four fours and a six. He could manage only two runs on debut.
Lewis
Lewis smashes his 12th fifty in ODIs
Lewis' 60 came off 62 balls with the help of 5 fours and 3 sixes. Playing his 68th match (65 innings), Lewis has raced to 2,235 runs at 37.25. This was his 12th fifty in ODIs. He also owns 5 tons. As per ESPNcricinfo, in 5 matches against Pakistan, Lewis has scored 158 runs at 31.60. This was his maiden fifty against Pakistan.
Hope
Hope hammers his 29th fifty in ODIs
Hope's knock of 55 from 77 balls had 4 fours. He has raced to 5,727 runs from 140 matches (135 innings). He averages 49.37 with his strike rate being 78.63. This was Hope's 29th fifty (100s: 17). Versus Pakistan, he has 328 runs from 8 matches at 41. Hope slammed his 2nd fifty versus Pakistan (100s: 1).
Nawaz
Hasan Nawaz joins elite list
Hasan Nawaz came in at No. 6 and played an unbeaten innings of 63 runs off just 54 balls (three sixes and five fours). Though a total of 14 Pakistan players have recorded 50-plus scores in their maiden ODI appearance, only three have managed to do so while batting at six or lower. Nawaz has hence joined Ramiz Raja (75 vs New Zealand, 1985) and Mohammad Nawaz (53 vs Ireland, 2016).
Shaheen
Shaheen goes past Rashid
Shaheen finished with four wickets for 51 runs across eight overs. With this spell, the left-arm pacer broke Rashid Khan's world record for the most wickets by a bowler in his first 65 ODIs, according to howstat.com. The achievement took Shaheen's ODI wicket tally to 131, surpassing Rashid's previous record of 128. The pacer's average across 65 ODIs is a sensational 24.01 as his economy is 5.65. Shaheen now owns seven wickets across three ODIs against WI at 17.57.
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Eighth four-fer in ODIs
The one in Trinidad was Shaheen's eighth four-wicket haul in ODIs as his tally also includes three fifers. Notably, the pacer was playing his maiden ODI in West Indies.
Milestone
Shaheen completes 350 international wickets
Not only did Shaheen break Rashid's record, but he also completed 350 wickets in international cricket. He became the 11th Pakistani bowler to achieve this feat. Having played 177 games, the pacer has raced to 351 scalps at 24.77 (5W: 7). While he boasts 116 Test wickets at 27.88, 104 of his scalps have come in T20Is at 22.25.
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Three-fer for Naseem
Naseem Shah also played a crucial role in cleaning up the WI tail, finishing with 3/55 from eight overs. The right-arm pacer has raced to 53 wickets across 29 ODIs at 24.35. The pacer was playing his maiden game versus WI.
Chase
Chase completes 1,000 ODI runs
Chase, who brought up his sixth ODI fifty, was dismissed for 53 runs off 54 balls, a knock decorated with four fours and a six. The 33-year-old has raced to 1,006 runs across 61 ODIs at an average of 26.47. His strike rate reads 76.97, as his best score reads 94. This was his maiden outing against Pakistan in the format.
Rizwan
Second ODI fifty vs WI for Rizwan
Rizwan smoked four fours en route to his 69-ball 53. With this knock, he has raced to 2,697 runs across 92 ODI matches at an average of 41.49. This was his 16th fifty as his tally also includes four tons. Across seven ODIs against WI, he now has 159 runs at 26.50 (50s: 2). As a captain, he has completed 609 runs across 18 ODIs at 46.84 (50s: 3, 100: 1).