1st ODI : Pakistan vs West Indies

Need 300

WI 302/6 (49.1)

West Indies have a score on the board. Riding on Shai Hope's 12th ODI hundred. His stand with Brooks set the platform as they played the ball on its merit. No unnecessary risks were taken and the scoreboard was kept ticking. Even against the spinners, they milked them and then Hope opened out once he got past his 70. He soon reached his ton and even though Pakistan kept picking wickets, West Indies managed to cross 300. A few lusty blows from Shepherd in the end boosted the total. The pitch is slow and there's turn for the spinners, albeit slow turn. Should be a good chase

WI 305/8 (50)

I have never played in these conditions before [on the heat and humidity], I will take that. Some balls kept low. We have enough on the board. Wish I could've got a bit more hundreds but the plan is to try to get more runs for the team and give us a target for the bowlers. I did not know about that [on him being the third-fastest to 4000 ODI runs]. Nawaz and Shadab got a bit of turn and I was surprised that Nawaz got it to turn off his first ball. Make sure you keep it straight and as I said before, we have a decent total on the board. Hope we come out victorious tonight.