Babar Azam
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Pakistan captain Babar Azam scored a century within the first One-day Worldwide (ODI) of the three-match sequence in opposition to West Indies on June 8 (Wednesday) at Multan Cricket Stadium, additionally making it three centuries within the final three ODI outings . Along with his newest ton, Babar grew to become the primary batter within the historical past of the format to attain three consecutive lots of twice.

Babar’s 103 in opposition to West Indies got here on the again of 114 and 105* in opposition to Australia in Lahore, which introduced a sequence win of 2-1 over the Aussies. The Pakistani skipper earlier achieved the feat of scoring three tons in three ODI matches, again in 2016 in opposition to the West Indies within the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The 27-year-old has additionally scored over fifty runs in every of his final 5 innings, 4 of them being over 100 runs.

Pakistan chased down 306 within the sequence opener.

In the meantime, West Indies skipper Nicholas Pooran received the toss and elected to bat first. Their opening batter Shai Hope scored a mammoth hundred (127) which was very effectively complemented by their quantity three batter Sharmarh Brooks, who scored 70. Rovman Powell scored a quickfire 32 off 23 balls at quantity six, and a fast cameo from Romario Shepherd at quantity seven teed the innings off, establishing a complete of 305.

Pacer Haris Rauf led Pakistan’s bowling lineup with 4 wickets, together with the dismissal of centurion Hope, though he went for 77 runs in his 10 overs. Their ace quick bowler Shaheen Afridi picked up two wickets for 55 runs in his 10 overs, and leg-spinner Shadab Khan bowled tidy 10 overs conceding solely 37 runs and bagging one wicket.

Pakistan’s batting line-up was led from the entrance by their skipper Babar at quantity three and was complemented by the opener Imam-ul-Haq with a knock of 65 runs. Their wicketkeeper-batter Mohammad Rizwan scored an important 59 runs at quantity 4. Khushdil Shah scored a blistering 41* off 23 balls at quantity 5, incomes the hosts the victory with 4 balls to spare.

West Indies pacer Alzarri Joseph completed with figures of two/55 runs in 10 overs, and left-arm orthodox spinner Akeal Hosein obtained the wicket of Imam-ul-Haq, conceding 50 runs.

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