Pakistan and West Indies play each other on Saturday and the teams are already viewing their second match as crucial to morale and potentially to their survival.
Both suffered first game defeats and both are embroiled in off-field controversy, with their Pool B clash in Christchurch likely to be decided by the team best able to overcome disharmony in the
By ONLINE
February 20, 2015
Pakistan and West Indies play each other on Saturday and the teams are already viewing their second match as crucial to morale and potentially to their survival.
Both suffered first game defeats and both are embroiled in off-field controversy, with their Pool B clash in Christchurch likely to be decided by the team best able to overcome disharmony in the ranks.
PAKISTAN
The team lost its opening match against India by 76 runs despite a five wicket outing by Sohail Khan. The Pakistani batting was disappointing in the opener with only skipper Misbah playing a notable knock of 76 runs.
Squad: Nasir Jamshed, Ahmed Shehzad, Younus Khan, Misbah, Haris Sohail, Umar Akmal, Sohaib Maqsood, Sarfaraz Ahmed, Shahid Afridi, Mohammad Irfan, Sohail Khan, Wahab Riaz, Ehsan Adil, Rahat Ali, Yasir Shah
WEST INDIES
The two time World Cup champions lost their opening match to minnows Ireland in the first upset of the tournament. A century by Lendl Simmons took the West Indies beyond 300 but the total was chased down by Ireland with ease. Jerome Taylor was the pick of the bowlers with three wickets.
Squad: Jason Holder, Marlon Samuels, Sulieman Benn, Darren Bravo, Jonathan Carter, Sheldon Cottrell, Chris Gayle, Nikita Miller, Denesh Ramdin, Kemar Roach, Andre Russell, Darren Sammy, Lendl Simmons, Dwayne Smith, Jerome Taylor.
5 MATCH FACTS
1. Since their win at the 2007 World Cup, West Indies have won four and lost 11 of their 16 one-day internationals against Pakistan, with one tie.
2. Chris Gayle needs 60 runs to become the 11th player to score 1,000 runs in ODIs between these teams.
3. West Indies have lost their last four World Cup matches. They have never lost five in a row.
4. Pakistan captain Misbah-ul-Haq has the joint-highest average (76) in ODIs between these teams, reaching 50 in nine of his 15 innings.
5. Shahid Afridi needs one wicket to go clear of Shaun Pollock as the outright fifth highest ODI wicket-taker. Both have 393 wickets.
