Tarouba [Trinidad and Tobago], August 11 (ANI): An all-round efficiency from Roston Chase helped West Indies safe a five-wicket win over Pakistan within the second ODI at Tarouba on Monday.
With this win, Windies have levelled the three-match sequence at 1-1. The match was curtailed on account of rain.
WI opted to discipline first for a 37-over-per-side match. Pakistan misplaced wickets at common intervals and at one level had been diminished to 88/4 in 21.1 overs.
It was contributions from Hussain Talat (31 in 32 balls, with 4 boundaries) and Hasan Nawaz (36* in 30 balls, with three sixes) which took Pakistan to 171/7 in 37 overs.
Jayden Seales (3/23 in seven overs) was WI’s prime wicket-taker within the match, whereas Jediah Blades, Shamar Joseph, Gudakesh Motie and Chase acquired a wicket every.
After it began raining once more, the revised enjoying circumstances and goal for the hosts had been 184 runs in 35 overs.
Nevertheless, WI had been diminished to 48/3, with Hasan Ali (2/35) and Abrar Ahmed (1/23) doing the preliminary harm to the Windies. It was a 54-run stand for the fourth wicket between skipper Shai Hope (32 in 35 balls, with two fours and a six) and Sherfane Rutherford (45 in 33 balls, with 4 boundaries and three sixes) that introduced the run-chase again on monitor for WI. Mohammed Nawaz (2/17) struck in fast succession to take away the duo, bringing the hosts to a difficult 107/5 in 21.2 overs.
Roston Chase (49* in 47 balls, with 4 boundaries and two sixes) and Justin Greaves (26* in 31 balls, with a six) shaped a helpful 77-run partnership to take the hosts to a five-wicket win with 10 balls in hand.
Chase was given the ‘Participant of the Match’ for his all-round effort. (ANI)
