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PAK vs WI 1st ODI: Pakistan's Shaheen Shah Afridi entered an elite club, which has the legendary Wasim Akram of the left-arm fast bowlers to have taken four or more wickets during the 50-over format in the Caribbean. The youngster had registered match-winning figures of 4/51 during the series opener in Tarouba on Friday and thus dismantled the West Indies' batting lineup and helped the visitors win the match by five wickets.

Shaheen had become the seventh bowler to have achieved this milestone, where Akram's 4/18 way back in 1993 is still considered one of the best bowling performances in the West Indies. Australia's Mitchell Johnson and Mitchell Starc are the only other left-arm fast bowlers to have taken a five-for in this format in the West Indies.

Best bowling figures by visiting left-arm pacers in ODIs in the 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, Providence, 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

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Pakistan cruised home in the series opener

The Men in Green had put up a dominating performance during the series opener and chased down the West Indies' target of 280 runs with seven balls remaining. While batting first, on the back of half-centuries of Evin Lewis (60), Shai Hope (55), and Roston Chase (53), the hosts were able to post a respectable target. Shaheen Shah Afridi and Naseem Shah took wickets at regular intervals and rattled their middle and lower-order batting lineup.

While chasing, Hasan Nawaz, who was playing in his debut ODI match, scored a match-winning knock of 53 runs, in which he had smashed five fours and three sixes. He maintained his composure and stitched a match-winning partnership of 104 runs with Hussain Talat.

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Their partnership towards the fag end of the day helped the visitors win the match. Nawaz's brilliant batting performance helped him win the match.

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