What a match it turned out to be! The 2nd match was happened between the World Cup qualified team West Indies and the ICC Champions Trophy defending champions Pakistanis. The 2nd ICC WC match was happened at Nottingham on May 31, 2019 by 10:30am the local time. The toss won by the West Indian Captain Jason Holder and looking after the weather condition and pitch he wisely made his decision to bowl 1st.
That was not a collapse happened at Nottingham it was actually a serious pace attack by the Windies big men. Yes! the Pakistan batsmen were shocked by the new, strong West Indies bowling attack with some deadly bouncers made the batsmen to loose their wickets. The top orders Fakhar Zaman and Babar Azam were the only 2 batsmen who crossed above 20 runs rest, almost the other players left from the middle by one digit. The West Indies pace men vigorously supported their Captain Holder. As the 22 year old Oshane Thomas took his 1st World Cup 4 wicket haul. Not only Oshane Thomas it was the Captain Jason Holder who picked 3 which includes the Pakistani Skipper Safraz Ahmed along with the muscle man Andre Russell’s 2 pivotal wickets with a maiden over full filled the West Indies bowling department.
The Pakistanis were 9 down for 83 runs but, the last 22 runs came from the hands of tailender Wahab Riaz who made a handy knock 18 off 11 that includes 2 sixes. Thus it ended the Pakistan team to reach a hundred plus total of 105 runs by loosing of all their 10 wickets.
When the West Indies came to chase it was the big man the “Universe Boss” Christopher Henry Gayle who stole the innings and turned the match as one-sided by scoring a 33 balls 50 runs which includes 3 sixes and 6 boundaries. Expected top order batsman Shai Hope who is in the no.5 position of the ICC ODI batsmen ranking fail to get a perfect start in the tournament but, his catch in the 1st innings diving towards the 1st slip to dismiss Babar Azam was one among an outstanding catch a wicket-keeper could take. That is the 2nd noticeable sensational catch took in the tournament next to Ben Stokes fabulous effort in the deep mid-wicket in the 1st match against the South Africans. Immediately Gayle’s 52nd Half-century he was dismissed by the Pakistani famous pace man Mohammad Amir. Then came the experienced Darren Bravo who went without scoring. This, made the Pakistan team especially Mohammad Amir to gain back in the game but the World Cup fresher Nicholas Pooran proved their thinking was wrong as he slapped the ball contributing 34 off just 19 deliveries which includes 2 sixes and 4 fours accompanied by Shimron Hetmyer’s unbeaten 7 runs. Except Mohammad Amir’s quality spell no other Pakistsani bowlers supported him to defend the low total. Thus the West Indies won their 1st match in the tournament with 7 wickets and 218 balls remaining.
Man of Match (MOM) : The West Indian pace man Oshane Thomas received his 1st World Cup Man of the Match award for his 4 wicket haul.
Records : Christopher Henry Gayle has crossed Ab de Villiers 47 sixes which was the maximum no of sixes in the history of World Cup. Now the big man with his 3 sixes in the 2nd match of the tournament reached 50 sixes. Gayle by this became the 1st ever batsman to achieve 50 sixes in 50 over World Cup of all time.
After 46 years the Pakistan team had lost 11 consecutive matches.
That was not a collapse happened at Nottingham it was actually a serious pace attack by the Windies big men. Yes! the Pakistan batsmen were shocked by the new, strong West Indies bowling attack with some deadly bouncers made the batsmen to loose their wickets. The top orders Fakhar Zaman and Babar Azam were the only 2 batsmen who crossed above 20 runs rest, almost the other players left from the middle by one digit. The West Indies pace men vigorously supported their Captain Holder. As the 22 year old Oshane Thomas took his 1st World Cup 4 wicket haul. Not only Oshane Thomas it was the Captain Jason Holder who picked 3 which includes the Pakistani Skipper Safraz Ahmed along with the muscle man Andre Russell’s 2 pivotal wickets with a maiden over full filled the West Indies bowling department.
The Pakistanis were 9 down for 83 runs but, the last 22 runs came from the hands of tailender Wahab Riaz who made a handy knock 18 off 11 that includes 2 sixes. Thus it ended the Pakistan team to reach a hundred plus total of 105 runs by loosing of all their 10 wickets.
When the West Indies came to chase it was the big man the “Universe Boss” Christopher Henry Gayle who stole the innings and turned the match as one-sided by scoring a 33 balls 50 runs which includes 3 sixes and 6 boundaries. Expected top order batsman Shai Hope who is in the no.5 position of the ICC ODI batsmen ranking fail to get a perfect start in the tournament but, his catch in the 1st innings diving towards the 1st slip to dismiss Babar Azam was one among an outstanding catch a wicket-keeper could take. That is the 2nd noticeable sensational catch took in the tournament next to Ben Stokes fabulous effort in the deep mid-wicket in the 1st match against the South Africans. Immediately Gayle’s 52nd Half-century he was dismissed by the Pakistani famous pace man Mohammad Amir. Then came the experienced Darren Bravo who went without scoring. This, made the Pakistan team especially Mohammad Amir to gain back in the game but the World Cup fresher Nicholas Pooran proved their thinking was wrong as he slapped the ball contributing 34 off just 19 deliveries which includes 2 sixes and 4 fours accompanied by Shimron Hetmyer’s unbeaten 7 runs. Except Mohammad Amir’s quality spell no other Pakistsani bowlers supported him to defend the low total. Thus the West Indies won their 1st match in the tournament with 7 wickets and 218 balls remaining.
Man of Match (MOM) : The West Indian pace man Oshane Thomas received his 1st World Cup Man of the Match award for his 4 wicket haul.
Records : Christopher Henry Gayle has crossed Ab de Villiers 47 sixes which was the maximum no of sixes in the history of World Cup. Now the big man with his 3 sixes in the 2nd match of the tournament reached 50 sixes. Gayle by this became the 1st ever batsman to achieve 50 sixes in 50 over World Cup of all time.
After 46 years the Pakistan team had lost 11 consecutive matches.