On Friday, West Indies clinched a victory against Pakistan in the first ODI of the series at Providence Stadium, Guyana. The West Indies decided to bowl first after winning the toss. Batting first, Pakistan made 308/5 in 50 overs.

Later, West Indies successfully chased down that target in 49 overs after losing 6 wickets. West Indies won this first ODI by 4 wickets and takes a 1-0 lead in the 3-match ODI series.

Brief Scores: Pakistan – 308/5 in 50 overs (Mohammad Hafeez 88, Ahmed Shehzad 67, Ashley Nurse 4/62)

West Indies – 309/6 in 49 overs (Jason Mohammed 91*, Kieran Powell 61, Shadab Khan 2/52)

Result – West Indies won by 4 wickets

Here are some of the statistical highlights of the match:

Pakistan batsman Mohammad Hafeez scored 88 runs in this match. It is the third highest individual ODI score in the 1^st innings by a Pakistan batsman against West Indies in West Indies. The top two in this list are 121 by Mohammad Hafeez (at Bridgetown on 2^nd May 2011) and 100* by Javed Miandad (at Georgetown on 30^th March 1988).

At the end of the match, Pakistan batsman Mohammad Hafeez has scored total 475 runs in ODI on the Caribbean soil. Surpassing Misbah-ul-Haq (444 ODI runs scored on the Caribbean soil), Hafeez became the second most ODI runs scorer for Pakistan on the Caribbean soil. However, former Pakistan cricketer Inzamam-ul-Haq is the most ODI runs scorer for Pakistan on the Caribbean soil as he had scored 664 ODI runs at there.

Pakistan scored 308/5 in 50 overs. Here are some important stats of this innings:

i) It is the joint second highest ODI total for Pakistan against West Indies. Before this ODI, Pakistan had also made the same total (308/6 in 50 overs) against West Indies at Abu Dhabi on 5^th October 2016. However, Pakistan’s highest ODI total against West Indies is 337/5 (50 overs) at Sharjah on 2^nd October 2016.

ii) It is the second highest ODI total for Pakistan on the Caribbean soil. Pakistan’s highest ODI total on the Caribbean soil is 349 (49.5 overs) against Zimbabwe at Kingston on 21^st March 2007.

West Indies’ right arm off-spinner Ashley Nurse bowled quite well in the match as his bowling figure was 10-0-62-4. It is the second best ODI bowling figure by a West Indies spinner against Pakistan on the Caribbean soil. The record holder is another right arm off-spinner Sunil Narine with a 4/26 bowling figure (10-1-26-4) at Providence on 16^th July 2013.

Chasing the big target, West Indies batsman Jason Mohammed played superb knock as he scored an unbeaten 91 runs. It is the second highest individual score by any batsman in the 2^nd innings of an ODI match at Providence Stadium (Guyana). The record is 105 runs knock by former England cricketer Andrew Strauss (against West Indies on 22^nd March 2009).

West Indies successfully chased down the 309 runs target. It is the first time for West Indies in their ODI history when they successfully chased 300 or more runs target. West Indies’ previous highest ODI chase was 298 runs (300/3 in 45 overs) against South Africa at Centurion on 1^st February 2004.