END OF OVER:50 | 14 Runs | WI: 229/9 (1 run required, RR: 4.58)
- Jason Holder19 (9b)
- Kemar Roach6 (5b)
- Wahab Riaz10-1-63-1
- Junaid Khan10-1-54-3
Presentation time:
Misbah: "The way Holder played he took the game away. In the last over we bowled too many full deliveries. I thought 229 was a fightable total, but in the end we missed a couple of tricks. There were a lot of dot balls (in our innings), I thought we were 30 runs short."
Bravo: "I'm also disappointed, this was a game we were supposed to win. It should never have reached that situation, leaving it to the lower order, given the number of batsmen we have. At this level, the number of dot balls in our innings was unacceptable. We need to come up with a plan to cut down on that, back to the drawing board. All in all I was happy with our bowling, we kept them to 229, we had to expect that knock from Akmal. Sunil and Jason had no choice but to go for their shots."
Misbah and Lendl Simmons will share the Man of the Match award.
Misbah: "The ball was gripping, not coming onto the bat."
Simmons: "Thought it was a good batting wicket. Didn't get many big scores in the last two games. We wanted to rotate the strike. Good performance from Sunil and Jason."
That's it from us here. I suppose many of you are still in shock. Those in Pakistan and this corner of the world may not sleep for a while! It's 3AM as I write. Thanks for your company. We'll see you again for the 4th ODI on Sunday. Cheers!
End of match: Jailbreak for West Indies! Pakistan are shell shocked to say the least because this was their game to lose before the last over commenced. With 15 to defend, you will always back yourself. If there's one person you shouldn't be standing next to right now, it's Whatmore. He was fuming after Wahab conceded that six. West Indies feel like they have won this. Pakistan are dejected. You have to feel for them.
Quite a few have commented on that short run during the Pakistan innings.
Uzair: "That one run short called incorrectly by the umpire is the difference here."
Cheema: "Now who is going to correct that mistake by the umpire who called it a short run when it wasn't when Akmal and Riaz were batting in the first inning."
Mazher Arshad has this eerie stat: "This is Pakistan's second tied match in the last two months. Margin to defend in last over was same in both -15!"
Rameez Raja says he would have given the last over to Hafeez instead of Wahab.
Dav Whatmore was fuming, plenty of fielders gather around Wahab
9 to get off 2
WI FAN: "Would be a miracle if Holder or Roach pulled a Dhoni!"
Wahab has 15 to defend
END OF OVER:49 | 9 Runs | WI: 215/9 (15 runs required from 6 balls, RR: 4.38, RRR: 15.00)
- Kemar Roach5 (4b)
- Jason Holder6 (4b)
- Junaid Khan10-1-54-3
- Saeed Ajmal10-1-36-3
Mohsin Zunzunia: "Wow! Never seem Pakistan field so great collectively!"
Errol Erskine: "Pollard has enough ducks this season to start his own duck farm"