***Official*** Pakistan in West Indies 2017

Fixtures

Sun Mar 26 (20 ovs) 12:30 local (16:30 GMT | 00:30 HKT 1d)
1st T20I - West Indies v Pakistan
Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados

Thu Mar 30 (20 ovs) 12:30 local (16:30 GMT | 00:30 HKT 1d)
2nd T20I - West Indies v Pakistan
Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad

Sat Apr 1 (20 ovs) 12:30 local (16:30 GMT | 00:30 HKT 1d)
3rd T20I - West Indies v Pakistan
Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad

Sun Apr 2 (20 ovs) 12:30 local (16:30 GMT | 00:30 HKT 1d)
4th T20I - West Indies v Pakistan
Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad

Fri Apr 7 (50 ovs) 09:30 local (13:30 GMT | 21:30 HKT)
1st ODI - West Indies v Pakistan
Providence Stadium, Guyana

Sun Apr 9 (50 ovs) 09:30 local (13:30 GMT | 21:30 HKT)
2nd ODI - West Indies v Pakistan
Providence Stadium, Guyana

Tue Apr 11 (50 ovs) 09:30 local (13:30 GMT | 21:30 HKT)
3rd ODI - West Indies v Pakistan
Providence Stadium, Guyana

Sat Apr 15 - Mon Apr 17
TBC v Pakistan
Trelawny Stadium, Jamaica

Sat Apr 22 - Wed Apr 26 10:00 local (15:00 GMT | 23:00 HKT)
1st Test - West Indies v Pakistan
Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica

Sun Apr 30 - Thu May 4 10:00 local (14:00 GMT | 22:00 HKT)
2nd Test - West Indies v Pakistan
Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados

Wed May 10 - Sun May 14 10:00 local (14:00 GMT | 22:00 HKT)
3rd Test - West Indies v Pakistan
Windsor Park, Roseau, Dominica

Pakistan's T20 squad

Ahmed Shehzad, Kamran Akmal, Mohammad Hafeez, Babar Azam, Shoaib Malik, Fakhar Zaman, Sarfraz Ahmed (capt & wk), Imad Wasim, Shadab Khan, Mohammad Nawaz, Wahab Riaz, Sohail Tanvir, Rumman Raees, Hasan Ali, Usman Khan



Pakistan's ODI squad

Ahmed Shehzad, Kamran Akmal, Mohammad Hafeez, Babar Azam, Shoaib Malik, Fakhar Zaman, Asif Zakir, Sarfraz Ahmed (capt & wk), Imad Wasim, Shadab Khan, Hasan Ali, Wahab Riaz, Mohammad Amir, Fahim Ashraf, Junaid Khan, Mohammad Asghar


Test squad to be announced

http://www.espncricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/1085557.html

Sad that this is not a 4 test match series as per the FTP but oh well 3 matches are better than none

Kamran Akmal coming back to the squad based on PSL?

And truckloads of runs in the domestic season before it, plus Sharjeel getting suspended and the decision to drop Azhar

Best chance for Pakistan to finally beat the WI in the Caribbean. I'm predicting Pakistan to win either 2-1 or 2-0.

Veerasammy Permaul into the T20 lineup might just be a gamble. He is a first-class player. Just took a 7-wicket haul against Trinidad yesterday.

Slifer said:

Best chance for Pakistan to finally beat the WI in the Caribbean. I'm predicting Pakistan to win either 2-1 or 2-0.

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I'm predicting a 4-0, 2-1, 1-1 series for Windies.

Welcome back Kamran Akmal.

Thought he'd already dropped a catch.

Might as well put this on in the background, since my Sunday evenings are so riveting and eventful.

vcs said:

Thought he'd already dropped a catch.

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Haha....that might take some time as he isn't donning the gloves.

Sohail Tanvir? Interesting. I haven't missed that action.

U mad(?) Wasim is quite handy in any batting order

ffs Windies, this is your bread and butter

This is really a crap batting display by West Indies, 7 singles off a noobie

It’s a terrible wicket for a 20/20 game and I know the Windies have two top spinners themselves but their batsman are terrible against spin and they can’t rotate the strike, so unless it’s a road, they are not going to score many. Attendance looks poor as well. Shame they couldn’t get some games hosted in Florida, the match against India was fun.

Does Holder always bat that low?

Compton said:

Does Holder always bat that low?

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Always seems to bat at least two positions too low. But Narine that high up the order is a terrible call.

Good lost by west indies. Now their eyes can be opened.

Another dismal performance and another difficult wicket resulting in a poor match. They really need to sort these wickets out. There is an FC match going on at the same time on the covered wicket next to the one used for this match. That one is an excellent batting surface which allowed batsman to hit through the line. Kraigg Braithwaite scored 140 at a strike rate of 60 plus and Shai Hope got 215 not out. So why was this one so poor?

I did think Pakistan's bowlers were superb though. So much variety and skill was on display. They also hardly pitched a ball up which is key against our bug hitters. I'm really looking forward to watching that young leggie again as that was superb.

One more moan though. Marlon Samuels lbw decision. Any umpire capable of giving that out should not get international matches. That was flawed cricket logic. An in-dipper struck him on middle and leg with the batsman having come almost 1 metre down the pitch. Umpires make mistakes but it's the wtf ones like that which I can't stand.