Mohd. Nawaz's Three-Wicket Over Secures Pakistan's T20 Win Against West Indies
Mohammad Nawaz's three-wicket over led Pakistan to a 14-run win over West Indies in the opening T20 in Florida. Saim Ayub scored 57, earning player of the match.
Mohammad Nawaz's impressive three-wicket haul in an over led Pakistan to a 14-run victory over West Indies in the opening match of the Twenty20 series in Florida on Thursday.
Sent in to bat first, Pakistan posted a total of 178 for six, bolstered by Saim Ayub's brisk 57 from 38 balls.
Reflecting on the match, Pakistan captain Salman Ali Agha said, 'It was a great game, we assessed the conditions well, batted and finished well, we started well with the ball, the middle overs were outstanding and the spinners were superb.
'We didn't take a wicket in the first 10 overs, but we controlled the game. The 11th over, we got three wickets and that was the turning point. Once the ball got older, it was tough to bat against spin and I was waiting for the moment.
'The pitch was the same for both teams – you could score against the new ball, but once the ball went old, it started to grip and turn for the spinners, making batting very difficult."
Questions about whether Pakistan's score was above or below par at this venue were partially answered when West Indies openers Johnson Charles and 18-year-old rookie Jewel Andrew managed a run rate of just over six an over until the halfway point in their chase.
After conceding 20 runs in his first three overs, left-arm spinner Nawaz dramatically changed the course of the match. In the 12th over, he dismissed Andrew for 35, ending a 72-run opening stand, and then claimed the wickets of Charles (35) and Gudakesh Motie (0) on the fourth and fifth deliveries, reducing the West Indies to 75-3.
Skipper Shai Hope (2) then scooped a full delivery from Ayub into the deep in the next over, leading to West Indies losing four wickets for just five runs. Ayub was named player of the match for his half-century and bowling figures of 2-20.
Some powerful late hitting from Jason Holder, who smashed four sixes in his unbeaten 30 off 12 balls, and Shamar Joseph, who contributed 21 from 12, helped West Indies reach 164-7, making the final margin more respectable.
This one-sided contest quashed any hopes of the West Indies beginning the series against Pakistan on a positive note, following their recent comprehensive defeats in both Test and T20 series against Australia, who had completed a historic 8-0 sweep in the Caribbean earlier in the week.
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