West Indies level ODI series with Pakistan as Roston Chase stars

TAROUBA: The West Indies beat Pakistan by five wickets on Sunday as Roston Chase and Justin Greaves led the charge with the bat to level the ODI series between the sides.

Chase had 49 runs, and Greaves was not out for 26 with a thrilling selection of fours and sixes in a game shortened by rain delays in Tarouba.

Earlier, West Indies’ poor start was steadied by Sherfane Rutherford’s 33-ball 45 to put the home side back in the driving seat.

Chase sealed the deal by steering a delivery from Hasan Ali through cover for four, and he punched the air in celebration.

“I’m happy with the win. We had to come in and level the series, so I’m very pleased,” Chase, who was named man of the match, said.

Earlier, Hasan Nawaz’s brisk knock took Pakistan to a fighting total against the West Indies in the rain-affected second ODI.

Put into bat, Pakistan scored 171-7 in 37 overs, thanks to Hasan Nawaz’s 36 off 30 balls with the help of three sixes.

The Pakistan-West Indies match was eventually reduced to 35 overs, with the hosts requiring 181 runs to win according to the Duckworth-Lewis (DLS) method.

The Green Shirts’ openers started cautiously as the scorecard read 37-0 in eight overs.

However, Jayden Seales ‘ double-wicket maiden over pegged the visitors back. Saim Ayub (23 off 31 balls) was the first to go, caught at well-placed third slip, followed by a three-ball duck from ace batter Babar Azam.

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As a result, Pakistan were 37-2 at the end of the ninth over. Following the loss of the two key batters, Abdullah Shafique and Mohammad Rizwan partnered in a bid to rescue Pakistan.

However, the pair could only manage to add 27 more runs as Shafique perished in the 17th over.  The right-handed batter made 26 from 40 balls with the aid of three fours.

The West Indies maintained their disciplined bowling and did not allow Pakistan to score freely, which resulted in the wicket of skipper Mohammad Rizwan. His sluggish knock off 16 runs from 38 balls included only two boundaries.

Consequently, Pakistan were in further dire straits with 88-4 in 22 overs. Hussain Talat played well for 31 off 32 deliveries, but was eventually caught behind off Roston Chase’s bowling.

However, it was Hasan Nawaz again who accelerated Pakistan’s scoring with some clean hitting towards the back end of the innings.\

For the West Indies, Jayden Seales scalped three wickets in his seven overs.

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