Fast bowlers rip through WI
Thursday, 24 September 2009
This match as a contest ended well before Pakistan could come out to bat. Floyd Reifer had spoken of the importance of this tournament for fans in the Caribbean, and vowed at the toss that his team would play "the best cricket possible", reports Cricinfo.
What followed was anything but, as a combination of accurate fast bowling and not-so-clever batting decided the direction of this match.
Shahid Afridi, captaining Pakistan for the first time in one-dayers, had said after losing the toss that he would have fielded first on a surface he reckoned had a bit in it for his bowlers. He was spot on, and Pakistan's trio of fast bowlers exploited whatever juice there was, bending their backs to leave West Indies in deep trouble. There were no magic deliveries or exaggerated reverse swing, just good old line and length but that proved sufficient for a woefully inept batting line-up.
25 overs West Indies 85 for 8 (Sammy 25, Aamer 3-24, Gul 3-15) v Pakistan
What followed was anything but, as a combination of accurate fast bowling and not-so-clever batting decided the direction of this match.
Shahid Afridi, captaining Pakistan for the first time in one-dayers, had said after losing the toss that he would have fielded first on a surface he reckoned had a bit in it for his bowlers. He was spot on, and Pakistan's trio of fast bowlers exploited whatever juice there was, bending their backs to leave West Indies in deep trouble. There were no magic deliveries or exaggerated reverse swing, just good old line and length but that proved sufficient for a woefully inept batting line-up.
25 overs West Indies 85 for 8 (Sammy 25, Aamer 3-24, Gul 3-15) v Pakistan