Twitter Reactions: Pakistan seal the series with another convincing win
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The Pakistan vs West Indies 2nd ODI was once again all about the hosts. Having won the toss Azhar Ali was certain they wanted to bat first. In the previous game, the West Indians had failed to stand up again from the pressure they were put under by the Pakistani bowlers.
It was a similar story this time as well. Batting first Babar Azam & Co. ensured they put a mountain of a target – 337, ahead of the visitors and they were never quite in contention to win it.
Azhar failed once again and scored just nine runs more than he did in the last game and it was Babar who did the bulk of the scoring for them once again. Sharjeel Khan played for a bit but was dismissed for 24 off 27. The centurion from the previous game found an able partner in senior-pro Shoaib Malik who first focused on sticking around and then took the attack on back to the opponents.
They didn’t let any of the West Indian bowlers settle in and constantly attacked them to dictate their terms. Babar once again scored a ton, his second in consecutive games and his international career. Malik was unlucky to get out for 90 which he scored off 84 balls with the help of 3 boundaries and 6 sixes.
The former kept going well after his hundred and walked back only after scoring 123 runs. Wicketkeeper-batsman Sarfaraz Ahmed also joined the party and hit some delicious shots to the boundary. He played a quick-fire knock of 60 from 47 balls during which he dispatched seven deliveries to the ropes.
West Indies in their response tried to hold on and kept delaying the charge. Dwayne Bravo scored a fifty and so did Marlon Samuels but they took a lot of time for it which wasn’t at their convenience in a chase like this. Denesh Ramdin and Kieron Pollard also had start but got out at the time they should have shifted gears.
In the end, it appeared like they held the onslaught for a little too late and the opportunity never really arrived. Pakistan dropped a lot of catches and against a more competitive team would have cost them the game, but Windies just weren’t there and in the end lost the game by 59 runs.
Here is how Twitter reacted right through the game:
Pakistan's first ODI series win in UAE in almost 3 years. Since adopting UAE as its home WI is just the second team Pak have beaten in ODIs.
— Mazher Arshad (@MazherArshad) October 2, 2016
Most 6s in ODIs for Pakistan
Shahid Afridi 349
Inzamam 143
Abdul Razzaq 124
Wasim Akram 121
Saeed Anwar 97
Shoaib Malik 90#Cricket #PAKvsWI— Saj Sadiq (@Saj_PakPassion) October 2, 2016
Consecutive ODI 100s for Babar Azam. The last Pakistani to do that was Mohammad Hafeez in 2013 #Cricket #PAKvsWI pic.twitter.com/XmWQbgOXXS
— Saj Sadiq (@Saj_PakPassion) October 2, 2016
West Indies completely outplayed in the match as Pakistan wraps up the series 2-0, with one match to go. #PAKvsWI pic.twitter.com/9PIwHar9tW
— CricTracker (@Cricketracker) October 2, 2016
Pakistanis scoring more than 1 century in a 3 match bilateral ODI series:
2 Saleem Elahi v Zim,
2 Nasir Jamshed v Ind,
2 Babar Azam v WI.— Shahzad Tirmizi Syed (@shahzadtirmizi) October 2, 2016
Babar Azam so far in this series against West Indies:
55*
19
27*
120
123#Cricket #PAKvsWI— Saj Sadiq (@Saj_PakPassion) October 2, 2016
Shoaib Malik smacked three consecutive sixes. One landed outside the stadium and the other damaged the stadium board. #PAKvsWI pic.twitter.com/2DODPXSOU5
— CricTracker (@Cricketracker) October 2, 2016
Before today, Pakistan has won 49 and lost 4 ODIs, when scored 300 or more runs batting first. #PAKvsWI #CricketStats
— Shahzad Tirmizi Syed (@shahzadtirmizi) October 2, 2016
Babar Azam has 769 runs in 17 ODI innings. The quickest to 1000 runs in ODIs are Viv Richards, KP, Trott & de Kock in 21 innings #Cricket
— Saj Sadiq (@Saj_PakPassion) October 2, 2016
If Babar Azam scores 221 more runs in his next 3 ODIs he will be the fastest Batsman to score 1000 runs in ODIs….
#PAKvWI— Talha Khalid Khan (@mtkhan011) October 2, 2016
West Indies maintained their record of losing ODI match of 300+ target in ODI.#PAKvWI
— M. Muneer Khattak (@MuneerKtk) October 2, 2016
https://twitter.com/holdingwilley/status/782657375425540096
19 times teams scored 300+ (batting first) in ODIs in UAE, every time the other team failed to chase it. #PAKvWI
— Israr Ahmed Hashmi (@IamIsrarHashmi) October 2, 2016
Pak last 7 matches:
Won by 4 wkts
Won by 9 wkts
Won by 9 wkts
Won by 16 runs
Won by 8 wkts
Won by 111 runs
Won by 59 runs— Saj Sadiq (@Saj_PakPassion) October 2, 2016
PAK's last 7 limited overs match
W, W, W, W, W, W, W#PAKvWI— Jasveer Singh Kharra (@imjsk27) October 2, 2016
7 wins in a row for Pakistan. The last time they achieved that was in 2011 #Cricket #PakvsWI
— Saj Sadiq (@Saj_PakPassion) October 2, 2016
Just realized how bad Pakistan has been in ODIs (UAE)
Lost
4-0 v Eng
1-2 & 3-0 v Aus
3-2 v NZ
3-2 & 1-4 v SAOnly won 2 series v SL#PakvWI https://t.co/1NZtZdMQTh
— Muhammad Waseem (@m_waseem_86) October 2, 2016
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