Misbah-ul-Haq pleased after winning the 4th ODI against West Indies – Cricket News
Pakistan’s captain, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760 in the fourth fixture of the five-match One Day International (ODI) series at St. Lucia and claims that his team will
gain momentum from this position.
Having won the toss, the Green Shirts decided to bowl first, which did not turn out to be a particularly good decision as the home team managed to post a handsome total of 261 runs for the loss of seven wickets in their allotted
49 overs, thanks to a stunning century by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Marlon-Nathaniel-Samuels-c74804.
Misbah’s men were struggling to gain momentum in their innings, having scored 68 runs in 17 overs before rain intervened. They were given a revised total after the rain, needing 189 runs in 31 overs. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 batted positively
afterwards and chased down the score with six wickets and an over to spare, with Misbah and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mohammad-Hafeez-c76898 scoring valiant half-centuries.
While expressing his views in the post-match presentation ceremony, the Pakistan captain revealed keep their nerves was the key behind a successful chase. The middle-order batsman, who scored his third half-century of the series,
also praised the performance of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mohammad-Junaid-Khan-c77037, who bowled economically in the match.
"Very pleased. We were looking to exploit the pitch but the rain came early. It was like a normal T20 game, Hafeez and I wanted to play normal cricketing shots. It was the case of not panicking,” said Misbah. “Junaid bowled very
sensibly, good yorkers. We needed 8 an over and I had to adjust. The team will gain from the momentum today."
On the other side of the coin, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DJ-Bravo-c1379, the West Indies captain, appreciated Pakistan’s batting display but feels that rain curtailed the progress of his side.
“Our main bowlers had already bowled five overs (before the rain break) and I could have done a lot better, it was always us against a very good batting line-up,” the all-rounder expressed.
The last match of the ODI series is going to be played on Wednesday at the same venue, with the home team looking to square the battle 2-2 and the visitors keen to secure a series win against the Caribbean men.
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