Pakistan tour of the Caribbean, March 26-May 14

[dan08]

Sometimes you wonder if Pakistan are fixing or if they are just that bad. Maybe both.

nah they should be one of the cleanest teams around these days.
they just are bad at cricket now.
personally think cricket is at a crisis point in Pakistan and it really needs something to rejuvenate it but sadly not sure what considering Test is hardly watched or cared about and with the current players pakistan got they will never get close to winning an ICC trophy and top of that you can hardly think they will beat india in any bilateral series either.
suppose the only hope is india vs pakistan play again and that starts getting cricket into the mainstream in pakistan again.

Should be. Doesn't help when their ODI opener Sharjeel and T20 opener Khalid Latif got suspended for fixing last month.

[dan08]

Pakistan will go back to falling apart when Misbah goes at the end of the tour.

[hopeforthebest]

Well done WI and all without there so called star players. Ashley Nurse should be MOM after his performance.

Oh dear, their, their.

[Arthur Crabtree]

Brutal finish from WI. Well done to them. Shame Jason didn't get his ton.

[Dr Cricket]

West Indies scored 150 off the last 15 overs!

crazy stuff and they did it so easily as well.
pakistan captaincy was awful god knows why they bowled malik and hafeez for so long was quite obvious that shadab khan or imad wasim should have bowled earlier.
hafeez and malik were economical but they were not going to take wickets.
pakistan were very complacent in the batting and bowling today.

[dan08]

284 dot balls between the two sides.

[dan08]

West Indies scored 150 off the last 15 overs!

crazy stuff and they did it so easily as well.
pakistan captaincy was awful god knows why they bowled malik and hafeez for so long was quite obvious that shadab khan or imad wasim should have bowled earlier.
hafeez and malik were economical but they were not going to take wickets.
pakistan were very complacent in the batting and bowling today.

Sarfraz did leave Shadab and Wasim way too late but there wasn't really that much he could do with his pace bowlers. Amir, Hasan and Wahab just have no control.

[hopeforthebest]

West Indies scored 150 off the last 15 overs!

crazy stuff and they did it so easily as well.
pakistan captaincy was awful god knows why they bowled malik and hafeez for so long was quite obvious that shadab khan or imad wasim should have bowled earlier.
hafeez and malik were economical but they were not going to take wickets.
pakistan were very complacent in the batting and bowling today.

The economical bowling of Malik and Hafeez helped get the required run rate above 10 an over with 15 overs remaining. That should have helped wicket taking rather than the contrary. To condemn bowlers for being economical in limited over cricket is rather Odd.

[Dr Cricket]

If the spinners were being economical chances the other two would be as well.
while the two part time spinner were bowling it seems liked Pakistan thought wi lost and they will not be going for the runs.
Personally not sure 2 part time spinners should be bowling most of the overs between 15-30.

Might have been economical but it really felt like watching a test match where hafeez and Malik were hardly bowling great stuff and the batsman kept on blocking it.
Wasn't the greatest period of cricket, still a mystery how wi won without even trying for 35 overs, a lot of the credit should go to Mohammad

[dan08]

Younis follows Misbah into retirement. A very underrated batsman, as good as any other 'great' when on form.

[Arthur Crabtree]

One of the great players, perhaps lacking the champions that other batters get. Survived a long time in the Pakistan dressing room. Probably has some good stories. Going out at the right time though. One of the last links with the old, pre Emirates days.

[The Professor]

284 dot balls between the two sides.

Split, almost exactly, down the middle - Pakistan with 141, West Indies got 143. Shocking we got the high scores we did.

[mikesiva]

The Angel Gabriel strikes! Shehzad out for five....

Alzarri gets rid of Kamran for 21....

[andy]

rebuilding 106-2 in the 23rd

[hopeforthebest]

These Pakistan commentators and pundits really want Hafeez out of this team and don't hide this even in print. During the first ODI they were saying if he doesn't get a hundred at least a S/R of 95 he should be dropped. They should notice that both openers struggled to score today so maybe the pitch is tough.