Shaheen Shah Afridi joins Wasim Akram in elite membership with 4-wicket haul in 1st ODI

Shaheen Shah Afridi has joined Pakistan legend Wasim Akram in an unique checklist of visiting left-arm pacers to assert 4 or extra wickets in an ODI innings within the West Indies. The 24-year-old spearhead delivered a fiery spell of 4 for 51 within the first ODI on the Brian Lara Stadium in Tarouba on August 8, ripping by means of the hosts’ batting lineup to arrange Pakistan’s five-wicket win.

Shaheen is simply the seventh bowler to attain the feat, with Akram’s 4 for 18 in Kingstown in 1993 nonetheless celebrated as probably the most scientific exhibitions of swing bowling in Caribbean situations. Australia’s Mitchell Johnson and Mitchell Starc stand alone as the one left-arm quicks to take five-wicket hauls in ODIs on Caribbean soil.

WI vs PAK 1st ODI Highlights

Greatest bowling figures by visiting left-arm pacers in ODIs in West Indies

• Mitchell Johnson (Australia) – 5 for 29 vs West Indies, Basseterre, 2008
• Mitchell Starc (Australia) – 5 for 48 vs West Indies, Bridgetown, 2021
• Wasim Akram (Pakistan) – 4 for 18 vs West Indies, Kingstown, 1993
• Nathan Bracken (Australia) – 4 for 19 vs Sri Lanka, St George’s, 2007
• Nathan Bracken (Australia) – 4 for 31 vs West Indies, Kingstown, 2008
• Shoriful Islam (Bangladesh) – 4 for 34 vs West Indies, Windfall, 2022
• Umar Bhatti (Canada) – 4 for 45 vs Bermuda, St John’s, 2007
• Shaheen Shah Afridi (Pakistan) – 4 for 51 vs West Indies, Tarouba, 2025

Pakistan cruise house in sequence opener

Pakistan delivered a composed efficiency within the first ODI, overhauling West Indies’ 280 with seven balls to spare. Put in to bat, the hosts rode on fifties from Evin Lewis (60), Shai Hope (55), and Roston Chase (53) to submit a aggressive complete. Shaheen Shah Afridi and Naseem Shah (3/55) struck at key moments, tightening the screws within the center and dying overs to limit additional harm.

In response, debutant Hasan Nawaz anchored the chase with a mature, unbeaten 63, laced with 5 fours and three sixes. His calm below strain proved decisive as he cast a match-winning, unbroken 104-run stand with Hussain Talat (41).

The duo’s measured acceleration within the closing overs sealed victory and underscored Pakistan’s depth within the batting order. Nawaz’s poise and energy on debut earned him the Participant of the Match award.

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