ICC Champions Trophy Pakistan vs West Indies Highlights

Scoreline: (Toss-WI) West Indies 133 all out Nikita Miller 51, Darren Sammy 25 | Aamer and Gul 3 each Pakistan get there after stutter: Umar Akmal 41 no | Gavin Tonge 10-3-25-4. Two of the best young talents around on show today.

Before the game had even started many would have been shaking their heads hearing WI captain Reifer give SA yesterday losing chasing (on a totally different pitch) as one of his reasons for batting first. Then when the Aamer-initiated collapse happened, the shaking would have probably turned to a boisterous I-told-you-so. But eventually, considering the day the bowlers had with the bat and ball, much salvaging of respect for the West Indies.

Umar Akmal in the 3rd ODI and 4th ODI vs Sri Lanka had got a large tube of superglue and stuck himself neat on the Pakistan middle order. On both occasions, he’d displayed a multi-paced knock – not too different today. His first 22 balls yielded just 3 runs without looking in any discomfort, later slipping into free-flowing mode once Afridi joined him in the middle (as acknowledged by Umar post-match). Afridi had a sketchy day with the ball – his best moments today were however reserved for the post-match interviews – “He understands this, thank you”.