- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR1.6 that is a massive breakthrough, Ayub swings his bat frantically outside off, Holder bowls on a length and pushes it further away from off, he saw the width and wanted to cash in, gets an edge which is gobbled by Andrew with ease. Prized scalp given he is in-form and has plenty of CPL experience, very familiar with the conditions 9/13.3 takes the uppish route, this is a spectacular grab from Rutherford, Holder is on cloud 9! Slices it in the air while trying to play and upper cut, taken at deep cover-point, three fielders were converging but Rutherford initially after running too fast slowed down, settled under and hung onto it terrifically while tumbling down, was a shortish ball on an irksome off-stump line and he was eying cover region 16/29.1 Magnificent catch! He wanted to tee off and continue the onslaught but has mistimed it while stepping out of the crease and finds the man at wide long on region. Flighted and pushed further across off, tries to muscle it downtown but does not get the elevation and middle, huge breakthrough goes without saying 53/44.4 watches the ball like a hawk, length on middle, slaughtered down the ground and the ball went high up into the night sky and Pakistan continue to implode as Holder catches it in his big bucket hands somewhere around cow corner. Haris departs after a brief stay on the crease and looks crestfallen while walking back into the hut. Ball spun back extravagantly but he had been batting in one gear and did not want to slow down a wee bit, could have probably given himself a little bit more time and taken into account the amount of spin and Hosein's accuracy. It was a terrific catch as the ball was always swirling away, he backtracked and caught it so well 21/316.2 prolonged appeal for an lbw, inverses his stance for a slog sweep, missed it and did not pick the line, three reds on the big screen and he has to go, big wicket and a very timely one once again, West Indies have managed to halt the run flow whenever Pakistan got some momentum 117/615.4 around and full on leg, he was trying to shuffle across and gets stuck in a tangle deep into the crease and ends up chipping it back to Holder who takes a nifty catch and follows it with a cool dance move, his third wicket, been the go-to wicket-taking option and he steps up again just when Hasan was aiming to get a few more big overs 113/518.5 rises from a length and is floating outside off, takes the bait and goes big downtown, was shoulder-height delivery, took the aerial route and found Shamar Joseph to perfection at long-on, Holder making shedding wickets easy, can he get a fifer? 130/816.3 lobbed up on a length and it turns in a touch from outside off, he steps forward and gets behind the line to casually punch it back to Motie and he takes a simple catch, on a hattrick! It's been a procession as Pakistan continue to nosedive and are running out of batters 117/719.3 sharp pace as usual, over the wicket, tad short on attacking off-stump line, saw him sashaying across his stumps and dragged his length back, kept it wide, he plays a nothing stand tall shot and the keeper runs back to take a gem of a catch, wickets continue to tumble, been a chaotic innings 132/9Extras8 (lb 4, w 4)TOTAL133/9 (20 Overs, RR: 6.65)Fall of wickets: 1-9 (Saim Ayub, 1.6 ov), 2-16 (Sahibzada Farhan, 3.3 ov), 3-21 (Mohammad Haris, 4.4 ov), 4-53 (Fakhar Zaman, 9.1 ov), 5-113 (Hasan Nawaz, 15.4 ov), 6-117 (Salman Agha, 16.2 ov), 7-117 (Faheem Ashraf, 16.3 ov), 8-130 (Mohammad Nawaz, 18.5 ov), 9-132 (Hasan Ali, 19.3 ov)
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR1.1 vociferous appeal for an lbw and given! over the wicket, length and straightens a touch towards middle, he misses the line and gets rapped on the front pad, has sent it for further examination. Nothing on the ultra-edge. Pitching outside off, impact in line and hitting leg stump so he has to go 7/13.5 back of a length and outside off, backs away to tonk it over square leg and makes a mess of it, leading edge pops up and taken by Sheen at short third inside the ring, Nawaz discipline, accuracy and tight lines brings another wicket and Pakistan are in the contest, got the early wickets they were after 26/210.2 darts this on a length at middle and the ball just sticks in the surface, doesn't spin much, gets the inside half of the bat and he can awkwardly heave it back to Nawaz who latches onto it in a jiffy, flicking his hands out to the right and bumping into the non-striker but not losing the grip 53/47.3 looped on fuller length and it spins away from middle and leg, he goes back and gets trapped lbw, straightforward decision for the umpire who did not hesitate to raise the finger. West Indies take the review. Just a touch late in getting behind the line, nothing on the bat as the ball passes it, pitching in line, impact in line and hitting the top of middle so the original decision is upheld. Saim produces magic with his canny off spin 41/313.5 how often that happens whenever asking rate climbs, fuller on middle, he wanders leg side to create room, gets the toe end of the bat and is pouched by a running Nawaz at long-on, regulation catch and West Indies sink further as they try to break the shackles, Ayub gets his second 70/516.1 over the wicket, fuller in length and just outside off with a hint of spin, misses it and Haris leaps onto it life a cheetah hunts its prey, he was airborne and smashed the stumps and the batter is short of his crease, stellar piece of glovework 96/616.5 thick bottom edge and a sharp take from Haris, umpire raises his finger and Carty has to take the long walk back to the pavilion. Flipper deviates away from fifth stump line and he has a hack at it, excellent catch and remarkable set of skills on show by Sufiyan, his game is suited to this format 98/719.2 bowls full and gun-barrel straight, ball thunders into the front pad and looks very adjacent, plumbest of the lbws, unable to flick and umpire raises the dreaded finger much to the dismay of Shepherd who hits his bat on his pad and is gutted not to finish the game. Now Shamar needs to bring Holder on strike 127/8Extras11 (b 1, lb 2, nb 2, w 6)TOTAL135/8 (20 Overs, RR: 6.75)Did not bat: AJ HoseinFall of wickets: 1-7 (Alick Athanaze, 1.1 ov), 2-26 (Jewel Andrew, 3.5 ov), 3-41 (Sherfane Rutherford, 7.3 ov), 4-53 (Shai Hope, 10.2 ov), 5-70 (Roston Chase, 13.5 ov), 6-96 (Gudakesh Motie, 16.1 ov), 7-98 (Keacy Carty, 16.5 ov), 8-127 (Romario Shepherd, 19.2 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB Shaheen Shah Afridi 4 0 31 1 7.75 9 3 1 1 0 Mohammad Nawaz(3) 4 0 14 3 3.5 15 1 0 0 0 Hasan Ali 4 0 48 0 12 9 2 4 3 1 Sufiyan Muqeem 4 0 19 1 4.75 14 2 0 1 1 Saim Ayub 4 0 20 2 5 9 0 0 1 0
Match Details
Toss
Pakistan , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Series result
3-match series level 1-1
Match number
Season
Hours of play (local time)
20.00 start, First Session 20.00-21.30, Interval 21.30-21.50, Second Session 21.50-23.20
Match days
2 August 2025 - night match (20-over match)
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Match Notes
- Powerplay: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 24 runs, 3 wickets)
- Pakistan: 50 runs in 8.6 overs (54 balls), Extras 0
- Drinks: Pakistan - 53/4 in 9.1 overs (Agha Salman 19)
- Pakistan: 100 runs in 14.5 overs (89 balls), Extras 4
- 5th Wicket: 50 runs in 34 balls (Agha Salman 14, Hasan Nawaz 33, Ex 4)
- Over 16.2: Review by West Indies (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - GO Brathwaite, Batter - Agha Salman (Upheld)
- Innings Break: Pakistan - 133/9 in 20.0 overs (Shaheen Shah Afridi 2, Sufiyan Muqeem 1)
- Powerplay: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 34 runs, 2 wickets)
- Over 1.1: Review by West Indies (Batting), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - DK Butler, Batter - A Athanaze (Struck down)
- Over 7.3: Review by West Indies (Batting), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - DK Butler, Batter - SE Rutherford (Struck down)
- West Indies: 50 runs in 9.4 overs (58 balls), Extras 1
- Drinks: West Indies - 52/3 in 10.0 overs (SD Hope 21, RL Chase 7)
- Over 16.2: Review by Pakistan (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - GO Brathwaite, Batter - JO Holder (Struck down)
- West Indies: 100 runs in 17.3 overs (106 balls), Extras 6
Match Coverage
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