West Indies vs Pakistan, 1st T20I at Dubai, , Sep 23 2016 - Match Result

RESULT
1st T20I (N), Dubai (DICS), September 23, 2016, West Indies tour of United Arab Emirates
(14.2/20 ov, T:116) 116/1

Pakistan won by 9 wickets (with 34 balls remaining)

Player Of The Match
5/14
imad-wasim
Match centre 
Scores: Sanjay Murari | Comms: Shashank Kishore
Scorecard summary
West Indies 115/10(19.5 overs)
55 (54)
5/14 (4)
2/26 (3.5)
Pakistan 116/1(14.2 overs)
55* (37)
1/27 (4)
34* (32)
0/21 (3)

Hope you enjoyed our coverage, folks. Little turnaround time before we're back for the second T20I on Sunday. Conditions will largely be the same. Will West Indies have different plans? Join us to find out. Until then, this is Shashank Kishore saying goodbye from the commentary desk. Cheers!

Presentation:
Sarfraz Ahmed: The players have responded really well. We've focused a lot on fielding and positive body language. We're using Imad Wasim as a strike bowler and he's done well so far. The other spinners have supported him well. We want to play attacking cricket, the mindset is always to take wickets.

Carlos Brathwaite: I don't think we had a good enough start. This wasn't one of our better performances, but we won't stop our guys from playing positive cricket at the top of the order. We'll have a talk about handling spin, their plans won't change much. We've to start better to allow Pollard, Bravo and myself to come in with five overs left.

Imad Wasim is the Player of the Match for his five-wicket haul. "I don't try to experiment. I just keep trying to bowl wicket-to-wicket." Clearly he's a man of few words.

10.55pm It started off as a no-contest. Then Bravo and Taylor gave West Indies a fighting chance. Badree knocked Sharjeel over to add to the interest, but then it turned into one-way traffic. Babar Azam turned the heat on West Indies with a sparkling exhibition of stroke play, while Khalid Latif, subdued initially, found his feet to polish off the chase. As far as chases go, it can't get more clinical than this. West Indies will have less than 24 hours to regroup ahead of the second T20I. But the man of the moment is clearly Imad Wasim who became the first Pakistan spinner to take a five-wicket haul in T20Is. He's been flanked by his team-mates, and why not? Join us shortly for the presentation.

Faisal: "Imad Wasim is not first Pakistani to take 5 wicket haul in T20, Before him Umar Gul took 5 wickets against NZ." I am sure Umar Gul was a fast bowler.

14.2
4
Brathwaite to Babar Azam, FOUR runs

short, wide outside off and he's slapped that in front of square. The cover fielder had no chance, for that's how hard it was hit. Back-to-back T20I wins for Pakistan, and Azam has hit the winning boundaries in both of them. This has been a roughshod for Sarfraz's men

14.1
4
Brathwaite to Babar Azam, FOUR runs

slashes one into the third man region where Bravo misfields to palm the ball into the boundary. Maiden T20I fifty for the impressive Babar Azam

end of over 1411 runs
PAK: 108/1CRR: 7.71 RRR: 1.33
Khalid Latif34 (32b 4x4 1x6)
Babar Azam47 (35b 4x4 2x6)
Sunil Narine 3-0-21-0
Dwayne Bravo 2-0-16-0
13.6
Narine to Khalid Latif, no run

bunts that off the back foot to cover

13.5
6
Narine to Khalid Latif, SIX runs

he's hit that into Sharjah, believe me! Gets to the pitch of the ball and smacks it across the line over wide long-on. Terrific hit

13.4
Narine to Khalid Latif, no run

gets forward and blocks

13.3
4
Narine to Khalid Latif, FOUR runs

how late has he played that? Literally off the keeper's gloves. Just enough width for him to use the depth of the crease and then open the bat face late to steer it behind point. Badree dived over the ball to give away easy runs

13.2
1
Narine to Babar Azam, 1 run

makes a bit of room and cuts the short ball to deep point

13.1
Narine to Babar Azam, no run

looks to hit it too hard, didn't have the room to drive, rolls off the inner half of the bat back to the bowler

Narine is back

end of over 1311 runs
PAK: 97/1CRR: 7.46 RRR: 2.71
Babar Azam46 (33b 4x4 2x6)
Khalid Latif24 (28b 3x4)
Dwayne Bravo 2-0-16-0
Kieron Pollard 2-0-14-0
12.6
1
Dwayne Bravo to Babar Azam, 1 run

cross-court forehand from Azam. Slaps that from outside off towards deep midwicket. Both feet were in the air or nearly, when he made contact

12.5
1
Dwayne Bravo to Khalid Latif, 1 run

authoritative pull, straight to Lewis at deep midwicket

12.4
Dwayne Bravo to Khalid Latif, no run

surprised by a quicker bouncer that thuds into his gloves as he shapes to pull, lands short of the bowler on his followthrough

12.3
4
Dwayne Bravo to Khalid Latif, FOUR runs

that should make him feel much, much better. This was in his half, a very full ball that didn't have much pace on it. Mid-off was inside the ring too, and so it was safe for him to hit him down the ground with a straight bat, one bounce into the ropes.

12.2
1
Dwayne Bravo to Babar Azam, 1 run

too full on the pads, tucked to short fine for an easy single

12.1
4
Dwayne Bravo to Babar Azam, FOUR runs

there's no dip on the full toss this time, Azam was waiting for it and then muscled it over midwicket. Too easy

end of over 126 runs
PAK: 86/1CRR: 7.16 RRR: 3.75
Babar Azam40 (30b 3x4 2x6)
Khalid Latif19 (25b 2x4)
Kieron Pollard 2-0-14-0
Sunil Narine 2-0-10-0
11.6
1
Pollard to Babar Azam, 1 run

thumped off the back foot into the gap at sweeper cover, excellent work there. Was two for most parts but the throw was strong

11.5
1
Pollard to Khalid Latif, 1 run

had to wait an eternity for that delivery to reach him, swiveled too early but somehow managed to get some bat on the pull, Narine stops it at short fine

11.4
1
Pollard to Babar Azam, 1 run

delivers this from way behind the stumps, too full on off, driven hard to sweeper cover

11.3
1
Pollard to Khalid Latif, 1 run

slower delivery on off from wide of the crease, pulled across the line towards deep midwicket

11.2
Pollard to Khalid Latif, no run

hops across and punches one back to the bowler

11.2
1w
Pollard to Khalid Latif, 1 wide

sliding down leg, bounces in front of Fletcher as he somehow manages to stop that

Best performances - batters
Spike Graph
Wagon Zone
Babar Azam
55 runs (37)
6 fours2 sixes
Productive shot
flick
13 runs
2 fours0 six
Control
89%
DJ Bravo
55 runs (54)
4 fours2 sixes
Productive shot
cover drive
16 runs
0 four2 sixes
Control
74%
Best performances - bowlers
Imad Wasim
O
4
M
0
R
14
W
5
ECO
3.5
FTYFGSGS
OFFLEG
RHB
1W
2W
1W
LEGOFF
LHB
1W
Sohail Tanvir
O
3.5
M
0
R
26
W
2
ECO
6.78
FTYFGSGS
OFFLEG
RHB
1W
1W
Match details
Dubai International Cricket Stadium
TossPakistan, elected to field first
Series
Season2016/17
Player Of The Match
Series resultPakistan led the 3-match series 1-0
Match numberT20I no. 568
Hours of play (local time)20.00 start, First Session 20.00-21.25, Interval 21.25-21.45, Second Session 21.45- 23.10
Match days23 September 2016 - night (20-over match)
T20I debut
Umpires
TV Umpire
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee