West Indies’ Sunil Narine (centre) successfully appeals for a LBW against Pakistan’s Sohail Tanvir during the second of four-T20I-match between West Indies and Pakistan at the Queen’s Park Oval in Port of Spain, Trinidad, on March 30, 2017
West Indies had Pakistan on the ropes but let their advantage slip before losing the second Brighto Paints presents Q Mobile Cup T20 International at Queen’s Park Oval, Port of Spain, yesterday.
West Indies’ problems against 18-year-old Shadab Khan continued in Port of Spain. The Pakistan leg-spinner grabbed four wickets for 14 runs from four overs yesterday as the two-time World T20 champions, chasing Pakistan’s 132 all out, were restricted to 129 for eight off their 20 overs.
Khan took three wickets for seven runs in the first match of the series in Barbados last Sunday, which Pakistan won by six wickets.
“We started beautifully, bowling and in the field but I think we let it slip in the last five overs or so,” Windies skipper Carlos Brathwaite said after the match.
“They were costly runs in the end. We dropped a catch that went for six, we misfielded a few balls and we didn’t do it in the back end with the bat. We have a team plan, but it’s up to the guys to express themselves,” he added.