Pakistan blown away by Windies at World Cup

Oshane Thomas celebrates after bowling Wahab Riaz at Trent Bridge on Friday. Photo: Jason Cairnduff/Action Images via Reuters

Oshane Thomas celebrates after bowling Wahab Riaz at Trent Bridge on Friday. Photo: Jason Cairnduff/Action Images via Reuters

Published May 31, 2019

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NOTTINGHAM – West Indies crushed Pakistan

by seven wickets in a one-sided World Cup match at Trent Bridge

on Friday, with the two-time champions showing they are a resurgent force in

the one-day game.

Fast bowler Oshane Thomas took four wickets as Pakistan were

bundled out for their second-lowest World Cup total of 105 in just 21.4 overs

on the second day of the competition in England and Wales.

West Indies cruised to

victory in just 13.4 overs, Chris Gayle top-scoring with 50. He reached his

half-century off 33 balls with three sixes and six fours, before he was

dismissed off the next ball he faced.

During his innings Gayle, who calls himself the ‘Universe

Boss’, broke the record for the most sixes hit in World Cup history.

He now has 40 maximums, three more than retired South

African batsman AB de Villiers.

Nicolas Pooran smashed paceman Wahab Riaz for a huge six

over the square-leg boundary to give the 1975 and 1979 world champions an ideal

start to their campaign.

“It was a good game. I think the bowlers were outstanding

today,” said Holder.

“We kept our foot on the accelerator. We’ve eased off in the

past, but it was good to see the killer instinct today.

“We wanted to be aggressive. It’s the nature of our cricket

with bat, ball and in the field.

“We’ve definitely come to win this World Cup, but I just

want us to enjoy our cricket, play fearless cricket and make the fans back home

proud.”

%%%twitter https://twitter.com/windiescricket?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@windiescricketa seven-wicket triumph over Pakistan in their opening match of #CWC19.

The #MenInMaroon are looking good 👌 pic.twitter.com/tXzFOHm8mW

— ICC (@ICC)

The only positive for Pakistan was three wickets for

paceman Mohammad Amir on his World Cup debut after he missed the 2011 and 2015

tournaments due to a spot-fixing ban of 2010.

Amir had Shai Hope (11), Darren Bravo (0) and Gayle caught

in an incisive six-over spell, but the batsmen had not put enough runs on the

board to give the bowlers a chance.

Pakistan’s

sloppy and vulnerable batting was cruelly exposed by some short-pitched bowling

by the West Indies pacemen on a Trent

Bridge pitch famous for

big totals.

%%%twitter https://twitter.com/hashtag/CWC?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#CWCdebut!! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 🌴🏏Well done Oshane! 🔥🔥

Special thanks to Samuel Roberts for this 😎 caricature of Oshane Thomas! #MenInMaroon #ItsOurGame pic.twitter.com/AywJinDyAs

— Windies Cricket (@windiescricket)

Opener Fakhar Zaman and Babar Azam were the joint

top-scorers with 22 each in an abysmal display of batting.

The only other batsmen to reach double figures were Riaz,

who scored 18, and Mohammad Hafeez (16).

Holder took three wickets and Andre Russell chipped in with

two.

Pakistan’s

lowest World Cup score was 74, made against England

at Adelaide on

the way to their only World Cup title in 1992.

Pakistan

captain Sarfaraz Ahmed said: “Very disappointed at the batting. I was very

confident before the match, batting was a key point, but we didn’t apply it to

the short ball.

“Credit to the West Indian bowlers, they bowled really well.

“We have to take time if the bowlers are bowling like that.

We lose so many wickets, and that’s why we lost the match.”

%%%twitter https://twitter.com/hashtag/CWC19?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#CWC19opener against Pakistan, paceman Oshane Thomas is adjudged Player of the Match. #WIvPAK #MenInMaroon pic.twitter.com/dmyUY7zQ5o

— Cricket World Cup (@cricketworldcup)

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