West Indies cricket got a much-needed boost on Tuesday as Shai Hopes brilliant century and Jayden Seales devastating spell powered the hosts to a crushing 202-run victory over Pakistan in the third and final ODI Tarouba, Trinidad and Tobago. The emphatic win secured a 2-1 series triumph- West Indies first bilateral ODI series win over Pakistan since 1991- and marked the first time Pakistan have lost an ODI to the Caribbean side by more than 200 runs.
Hope, the West Indies captain, scored an unbeaten 120 off 94 balls, hitting ten fours and five sixes. He shared an explosive unbroken seventh-wicket stand off 110 runs in just eight overs with Justin Greaves, who blasted 43 not out from 24 balls with two sixes and four fours. Their partnership helped West Indies post 294-6 after being put in to bat.
Pakistan's chase unraveled almost immediately. Seales tore through the top order, removing Saim Ayub 0, Abdullah Shafique 0, and captain Mohammad Rizwan 0 in quick succession to leave the visitors reeling at 8-3. Babar Azam 9 soon followed, trapped lbw for Seales' fourth wicket, and Pakistan slumped to 23-4 inside nine overs.