At Lauderhill, we had a great setup for a thriller. West Indies began their chase of a par score of 190 against Pakistan feeling pretty good. Athanaze and Rutherford scripted a symphony till 110, but the orchestra suddenly lost its conductor and crashed into chaos.But in the dusk here at Lauderhill, it was Pakistan who sauntered away with a 13-run victory and left any Caribbean parties wondering about “what might have been.
Middle-order Collapse Killed the Momentum
West Indies were left lamenting their failure to make the most of a good start. After the opening pair put 110 runs on the board, the middle and lower orders failed to capitalize on key moments. The wickets of Athanaze, who had been scoring quickly at a strike rate of 150, changed the momentum in favor of Pakistan with a well-timed delivery from Saim Ayub.
West Indies simply signature middle-order wobble that left them gasping for breath in the final overs, as they couldn’t find the killer instinct to finish off their chase above 180. It got worse for Shai Hope when he was one ball away and into the dressing room for a quick cameo, and then followed by skipper Jason Holder with a duck. Wickets went down in clusters, which strangled the innings.
Pakistan’s Game-Changing Bowling Spell
Pakistan bowlers delivered significant blows at crucial moments. Haris Rauf’s unrelenting and accurate death-bowling dismantled the entire West Indies batting order, taking key wickets, including Captain Jewel Andrew for a first-ball duck, while maintaining the overall tail-end pressure. Mohammad Nawaz’s crafty variation choked the runs when we needed it most, including the wicket of Hope at the moment the West Indies were starting to look comfortable.
Saim Ayub turned the match into his personal highlight reel, lighting up the scoreboard and haunting Athanaze like a left-handed phantom. The pressure of Ayub’s exceptional line and length and Rauf’s raw freestyle carnage made the West Indies run-chase impossible.
Fielding Lapses and Failure to Adapt
The West Indies fielders and the management of their game showed weakness in a pressure cooker. They gave their own set of extras, including 11 wides and a leg bye, adding some important runs to Pakistan’s total that made a difference in how competitive they could be. Against a team like Pakistan, every extra run counts and changes momentum. But, worse, the West Indies looked incapable of adapting fundamentally to the pace and the bounce of Lauderhill.
Roston Chase’s retirement was a signal that the team was having some issues getting going and finishing well. What made it worse was that there was no finishing power after the top order left the team vulnerable to Pakistan’s strike in the death overs, failing to rotate the strike and accelerate when it was required.
Ultimately, what looked like an ideal chase fell apart due to important middle-order collapses, a merciless bowling spell from Pakistan, and disciplinary lapses in the field. The West Indies batted at a great speed, but they could not sustain the pace and constantly fell 13 runs short. The final match in the series demonstrated how fine the margins are at this level; Pakistan’s execution was far more clinical than the Caribbean’s diffident moments of brilliance.
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