West Indies vs Pakistan 2nd ODI 2011 at Gros Islet Live Stream

Monday April 25, 2011 | 1:10 AM words: 228

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Match scheduled to begin at 20:00 local time (14:30 GMT)

West Indies' joy after their win in the opening Twenty20 of Pakistan's tour was short-lived as they crashed to an eight-wicket drubbing in the opening one-day international at Gros Islet. After the buzz and energy of their performance in the Twenty20, the hosts looked badly behind the pace for much of the game on Saturday and a fatal misreading of the pitch backfired when the seamers were carted for 162 runs in 29.3 wicketless overs, allowing Pakistan's batsmen to canter to victory on a spin-friendly wicket.

Monday's game, played at the same venue, will give West Indies a chance to rectify some of their mistakes. The question of team balance is a delicate one for them, however, and the inclusion of both captain Darren Sammy and Dwayne Bravo when it might be argued that only one of the two similar allrounders should slot in at No. 7 in a balanced XI throws the team's ballast off centre. West Indies looked a batsman light on Saturday, but it's likely that legspinner Anthony Martin will be brought in for the second ODI - probably at the expense of allrounder Andre Russell - meaning that there will be even less batting firepower, heaping more pressure on a top order shorn of its most experienced members.


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