West Indies vs Pakistan, 1st T20I - As it happened

ALL OVER - Pakistan win by six wickets

The result was never in doubt, not after Shadab Khan had bamboozled the home side with some fine leg-break bowling. He's arrived in style, and so have Pakistan, leaving West Indies with a lot of work to do before the next fixture. The visitors were superior to the hosts in all aspects of the game, and applied themselves on a slow surface in a small chase. That's all from us!

CLOSING DOWN...AND OUT

It's not over, till it's over, eh? Just when Babar Azam was looking to seal the game in Pakistan's favour, Holder has sent him packing. Azam exits for 29 off 30 balls. Pakistan reach 95 for 4 in 15 overs, and 17 runs off the last 30 balls. Over to Sarfraz Ahmed... Or Sunil Narine, based on which side of the fence you're on.

GNAWING AWAY

When the target isn't big, when the asking rate is low, what's the hurry, eh? That seems to be what Pakistan are currently swearing by. To be fair, it hasn't been easy to score runs, and Pakistan are doing the smart job of eating into the deficit slowly but steadily. They aren't making the mistake of getting stuck with dot balls or worse, losing wickets, while trying to go big. They have 68 for 3 in 12 overs, and need 44 off the last 48 balls. West Indies need one, big table-turning over to inject life into this fixture.

ON TRACK

West Indies are doing everything possible, including completing a catch despite a collision between the two players who went for the ball without calling it. But Pakistan are on track. Mohammad Hafeez is gone, but Shoaib Malik and Babar Azam are in the middle with Pakistan on 56 for 3 in 10 overs. They need exactly that much more off the second half of the innings to take a 1-0 lead.

DOUBLE STRIKE

Jason Holder has had enough of this 'slow pitch' nonsense. He's gone ahead and done what West Indian fast bowlers do - bowled short and fast, and picked up a wicket. Good ol' Jason! Shehzad had no idea of what came his way, and that showed in what can be best described as evasive action. An outside edge ensued and he had to walk back.

Kamran Akmal let Samuel Badree know who the boss was, early. But Badree hit back with his wicket. RCB folks, are you watching?

Pakistan move along to 40 for 2 in 6 overs, six more than what West Indies had at this stage.

STEADY START

Kamran Akmal and Ahmed Shehzad have started well for Pakistan here. It isn't so much their PSL mode as yet, but hey, it's only the beginning. Task cut out for West Indies bowlers to take the pace of the ball, use variations and pick early wickets. Pakistan 21/0 in 4 overs.

UNDERWHELMING FINISH

Look, Brathwaite isn't just about the sixes. Don't believe that, even if a certain Mr. Bishop wants you to believe so. He's hit some valuable runs here and also taken time out to purely entertain the people watching the game. In the third ball of the last over, Brathwaite thought it'd be fun to switch over and transform completely into a left-hander. Tanvir, the clever fox, bowled short and wide outside the off-stump (for a left-hander) and the attempted sweep could only fetch a run. He finishes with 34 off 27 balls, but the Pakistan players headed towards the exit with high-fives all-round. Brathwaite managed to pull WI out of the quicksand, but the feet are still very dirty for the hosts. They've limped to 111 for 8 in 20 overs.

WICKET AND THE LAST STRAW

Pollard went trying to break the monotony of the ongoing run drought. He hit one down the square leg fielder's throat. Brathwaite soon displayed a shot that was straight out of the book 'Hitting clean sixes for dummies', perhaps written by Brathwaite himself after last March.

He somehow moved his strike rate to 100 and took West Indies to 91 for 7 in 18 overs. How much more can they get?

NO WAY OUT

It's a T20I, Brathwaite and Pollard are in the middle, and the runs just refuse to come by. What a time to be alive! West Indies are in a rut that they just can't get out of. Pollard has 14 off 26 and Brathwaite 11 off 16. It's an alternate universe, perhaps. West Indies have 74 for 6 in 16 overs, and could perhaps struggle to get to the three-figure mark here. That's exciting too, in a very different way. Watch on.

TAKE A BOW, SHADAB!

That's a debut to remember for the young leggie. He finishes with figures of 3 for 7 in 4 overs, each of those runs being singles! West Indies have 60 for 6 in 14 overs and will need Kieron Pollard and Carlos Brathwaite to produce something special here.

"I used to keep watching Shane Warne take wickets on TV and then he retired. So, when I started cricket I decided to become a leg-spinner," he had said when we