On Friday (31st May), during the match 2 of the 2019 ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup, Windies outclassed Pakistan at Trent Bridge (Nottingham).
Windies captain Jason Holder decided to field first after winning the toss. Windies pace bowlers dominated in the first innings of the match as Pakistan was all out for just 105 runs (21.4 overs). In reply, Windies comfortably chased that target in 13.4 overs after losing three wickets. The Caribbean team won this match by seven wickets with 218 balls remaining.
Brief Scores: Pakistan – 105 in 21.4 overs (Fakhar Zaman 22, Babar Azam 22; Oshane Thomas 4/27)
Windies – 108/3 in 13.4 overs (Chris Gayle 50, Nicholas Pooran 34*; Mohammad Amir 3/26)
Result – Windies won by seven wickets
Here are some of the statistical highlights of the match:
(Teams’ stats)
Pakistan
i) Pakistan scored just 105 runs in 21.4 overs.
- It is the second lowest completed total for Pakistan in Cricket World Cup history. Their lowest completed total in CWC history is 74 (40.2 overs) against England at Adelaide on 1st March 1992.
- It is the fourth lowest completed ODI total for Pakistan against Windies.
- It is the fifth lowest completed CWC total for any team against Windies.
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ii) Pakistan hasn’t won in last 12 ODIs (including their latest match). Out of these, Pakistan suffered defeats in 11 matches and also had one no result.
- It is Pakistan’s worst record of most consecutive ODIs without victory.
Windies
i) Windies pacers bagged all the ten wickets during Pakistan’s innings.
- It is the eighth time in Cricket World Cup history when Windies pacers took all the ten wickets of an innings. Before this match, last time Windies pacers achieved this feat during 2007 ICC Cricket World Cup (against Pakistan at Kingston on 13th March 2007).
ii) Windies won this match by seven wickets with 218 balls remaining.
- It is the second largest ODI victory (by balls remaining) for Windies against Pakistan. Their record against Pakistan is winning by seven wickets with 225 balls remaining at Cape Town on 25th February 1993.
- It is the fourth largest victory (by balls remaining) for Windies in their Cricket World Cup history.
(Players’ stats)
Chris Gayle
i) At the age of 39 years and 252 days, Chris Gayle played this match. The left-handed opening batsman scored 50 runs off 34 balls.
- Chris Gayle becomes the second oldest Windies cricketer to play a Cricket World Cup match. Lance Gibbs is the record holder as he last represented the Caribbean side in the Cricket World Cup at the age of 40 years and 251 days.
- Chris Gayle is the oldest Windies cricketer to score 50+ runs in a CWC match. The previous record holder was Rohan Kanhai who scored 55 runs against Australia at Lord’s on 21st June 1975 at the age of 39 years and 177 days.
- Chris Gayle is the second oldest left-handed batsman to score 50+ runs in a Cricket World Cup match. The record holder is the former Netherlands batsman Flavian Aponso who slammed a CWC half-century at the age of 43 years and 121 days (against Pakistan at Lahore on 26th February 1996).
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ii) Chris Gayle has hit 40 sixes in Cricket World Cup history.
- Surpassing the former South African batsman AB de Villiers (37 sixes), Chris Gayle is now the most six-hitter in CWC history.
Oshane Thomas
i) Windies pacer Oshane Thomas had the bowling figures of 5.4-0-27-4.
- It is the best bowling figures by a Windies bowler against Pakistan in Cricket World Cup history. The previous record was 10-1-40-4 by Courtney Walsh at Lahore on 16th October 1987.
Mohammad Amir
i) Pakistan left-arm pacer Mohammad Amir had the bowling figures of 6-0-26-3.
- It is the best bowling figures by a left-arm Pakistan bowler against Windies in the Cricket World Cup history. The previous record was 10-0-30-3 by the left-arm pacer Saleem Jaffar at Lahore on 16th October 1987.