Sarwan literally came out swinging. First ball he tried to lash it through the offside with no foot movement at all and was lucky to survive. He has played some classier shots since, but there is still a sense of urgency to his batting. Chanderpaul is batting slower than the worst of them - Sunil ought-to-shut-my-mouth Gavaskar.

Yeah baby! No sense in bashing a six second ball if you’re going to slash and out third ball. Goodbye Nazir.

You can’t expect anything out of inconsistency. Perhaps expect the unexpected? Makes it fun doesn’t it?

I disagree. We shouldn’t expect 300+ plus scores to dictate what is a good game and what isn’t. Ball dominated bat today, somewhat, and it’s refreshing. West Indies rallied after a mid-innings collapse that I feel proved to be the difference in the match.

What if they had have done what’s relatively normal for them and folded for 200 (from 6/183)? Pakistan were cruising at 3/99 at one point. But then the Windies fought back again in what I thought was a sterling bowling and fielding effort.

They earned the win in what I thought was a good game!

Not a classic match, but a good one nevertheless. Low scores tend to bring out ‘dog-fights’ as bowling becomes tight and in turn enthralling to watch, while batting becomes a real fight to keep your wicket intact - quite simply, the cricket I prefer.