West Indies got the perfect start to open their ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 at the Trent Bridge, Nottingham.
West Indies beat Pakistan by 7 wickets in the 2nd match of ICC Cricket World Cup 2019.
West Indies captain Jason Holder took 3-42, Oshane Thomas took 4-27, and Andre Russell a brilliant 2-4 in 3 overs as only 2 Pakistan batsmen passed 20.
Chris Gayle smashed 50 runs from 34 balls with 3- sixes to give West Indies’ chase a quick start and, despite 3 wickets for Mohammad Amir, the win was sealed with 36.1 overs remaining when Nicholas Pooran smashed a huge 6.
The bowling performance of the West Indies only strengthens the view that the Windies could be serious contenders to win their first ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 since 1979, while it is a miserable start for Pakistan who won the Champions Trophy in England just 2 years ago.
Man of the Match
Oshane Thomas, who picked up a 4 wicket haul was the man of the match. He started his show with the ball by sending back in-form Babar Azam with 22 runs. Oshane then picked Mohammad Hafeez with 16, Shadab Khan with1, and Wahab Riaz with 18. to finish with figures of 4 for 27.
Scorecard
West Indies
| Batsman | Dismissal | Runs | Balls | Fours | Sixes | Fall of Wicket | |
| Chris Gayle | b Amir c Shadab | 50 | 34 | 6 | 3 | 36/1 Hope | |
| Shai Hope | b Amir c Hafeez | 11 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 46/2 Bravo | |
| Darren Bravo | b Amir c Babar | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 77/3 Gayle | |
| Nicholas Pooran | not out | 34 | 19 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Shimron Hetmyer | not out | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total | 108/3 | 13.4 | Overs | ||||
| Bowler | Overs | Maiden | Runs | Wickets | |||
| Mohammad Amir | 6 | 0 | 26 | 3 | |||
| Hassan Ali | 4 | 0 | 39 | 0 | |||
| Wahab Riaz | 3.4 | 1 | 40 | 0 |
Pakistan
| Batsman | Dismissal | Runs | Balls | Fours | Sixes | Fall of Wicket | |
| Imam-ul-Haq | b Cottrell c Hope | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 17/1 Imam | |
| Fakhar Zaman | b Russell | 22 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 35/2 Fakhar | |
| Babar Azam | b Thomas c Hope | 22 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 45/3 Sohail | |
| Haris Sohail | b Russell c Hope | 8 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 62/4 Babar | |
| Sarfaraz Ahmed | b Holder c Hope | 8 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 75/5 Sarfaraz | |
| Mohammad Hafeez | b Thomas c Cottrell | 16 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 77/6 Imad | |
| Imad Wasim | b Holder c Gayle | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 78/7 Shadab | |
| Shadab Khan | lbw b Thomas | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 81/8 Hasan | |
| Hasan Ali | b Holder c Cottrell | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 83/9 Hafeez | |
| Wahab Riaz | b Thomas | 18 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 105/10 Riaz | |
| Mohammad Amir | not out | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total | 105/10 | 21.4 | Overs | ||||
| Bowler | Overs | Maiden | Runs | Wickets | |||
| Sheldon Cottrell | 4 | 0 | 18 | 1 | |||
| Jason Holder | 5 | 0 | 42 | 3 | |||
| Andre Russell | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | |||
| Carlos Brathwaite | 4 | 0 | 14 | 0 | |||
| Oshane Thomas | 5.4 | 0 | 27 | 4 |
