2019 ICC World Cup in England & Wales May 30 to July 14,2019 - Match 02 West Indies Vs Pakistan@ Trent Bridge,Nottingham Friday May 31,2019

The West Indies won the first two editions of World Cup in 1975 and 1979 while Pakistan became the World champions in 1992 under Imran Khan's leadership.

While the Windies and Pakistan both are not as strong as they once were, they are still forces to reckon with.

 Pakistan won the 2017 ICC Champions Trophy playing in England and that shall be huge a confidence-booster for them

The Windies also announced their arrival by smashing 421 runs in one of their warm-up matches against New Zealand right before the World Cup

Windies and Pakistan have played 10 World Cup matches and the Windies are way ahead in the running with 7 wins while Pakistan have just won only 3

Cricket World Cup(CWC) Head to Head:
Matches: 10
West Indies won: 7
Pakistan won: 3
Ties: 0
No result: 0

Pakistan led by Sarfraz Ahmed will look to draw inspiration from their Champions Trophy 2017 triumph and begin their World Cup 2019 on a positive note against a power-hitting West Indies side at the Trent Bridge in Nottingham on Friday May 31,2019

Squads

Pakistan: Shoaib Malik, Mohammad Hafeez, Sarfraz Ahmed (capt/wk), Wahab Riaz, Mohammad Amir, Haris Sohail, Babar Azam, Imam-ul Haq, Asif Ali, Imad Wasim, Fakhar Zaman, Shadab Khan, Hasan Ali, Shaheen Afridi, Mohammad Hasnain


Windies: Chris Gayle, Kemar Roach, Darren Bravo, Andre Russell, Ashley Nurse, Carlos Brathwaite, Jason Holder (c), Evin Lewis, Sheldon Cottrell, Nicholas Pooran, Fabian Allen, Shimron Hetmyer, Shai Hope (wk), Oshane Thomas, Shannon Gabriel sub

West Indies beat Pakistan by 7 Wickets

Scorecard
Pakistan 105/10 in 21.4 Overs
West Indies 108/3 in 13.4 Overs
Chris Gayle 50(34 Balls 4x6 and 6x3)
Nicholas Pooran 34*(19 Balls 4x4 and 6x2)
Match Result - West Indies won by 7 wickets
MOM - Oshane Thomas(West Indies)for his 4/27(5.4 Overs)

There's a simple reason why this game was so short: because the West Indies bowlers were, too. In a spell of fast bowling more suited to Test cricket of the 1980s than limited-overs in this more cautious age, West Indies stuck to a length that kept pushing Pakistan further and further back. It wasn't far back enough, and, led by the youngest member of their squad, Oshane Thomas, they shot Pakistan out for their second lowest total ever in World Cup history; it would have been double figures but for a 22-run tenth-wicket partnership, the highest of the innings.

West Indies' chase wasn't quite as convincing as one might have expected: just a couple of months ago, a similar chase against England was achieved with contemptuous ease. But there was never any doubt about the outcome of the game whatsoever, even if Mohammad Amir put up the best bowling performance he has managed since the Champions Trophy in 2017, picking up all three of West Indies wickets in a valiant effort to make the game competitive.

They were streaky at times, fortunate others, but the bottom line was that, having dismissed Pakistan so cheaply, West Indies could afford to be as cavalier as they wished and still picked up a thumping win, one they achieved with a whopping 36.2 overs to spare, the highest number of balls remaining in a World Cup match.