The second ODI saw the hosts rebounding from a humiliating defeat to a comfortable victory, thanks to the Bravo brothers' superb batting and dismal performance of Pakistani bowlers who aided the hosts with 38 extras to win the match.
In fact, unlike previous matches, the Pakistani batsmen played better than their reputation of crumblings like pack of cards, but it was the bowlers whose sloppy and loose bowling add devastating 38 extras - otherwise even Bravo brothers could not have saved the second ODI.
The probable teams line up for today's match are as under:
Pakistan: 1 Nasir Jamshed, 2 Ahmed Shehzad, 3 Mohammad Hafeez, 4 Misbah-ul-Haq (capt), 5 Asad Shafiq, 6 Umar Akmal (wk), 7 Shahid Afridi, 8 Wahab Riaz, 9 Asad Ali/Junaid Khan, 10 Saeed Ajmal, 11 Mohammad Irfan
West Indies: 1 Chris Gayle, 2 Johnson Charles (wk), 3 Darren Bravo, 4 Lendl Simmons, 5 Marlon Samuels, 6 Dwayne Bravo (capt), 7 Kieron Pollard, 8 Darren Sammy, 9 Kemar Roach, 10 Sunil Narine, 11 Jason Holder
What happens today is yet to be seen but Pakistan have an unbeaten record in ODIs at St Lucia, beating West Indies on all four occasions. But for today, Pakistani bowlers must learn from their mistakes and play responsibly and not add extras in tons. And their batsmen should also be cautious while playing Narine.
The boom boom Afridi needs just three more sixes today for his 400 international sixes - would he do it?
Let us watch the match live from Gros Islet at July 19, 2013 (09:00 local | 13:00 GMT | 18:00 PST)
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