Wahab: Pakistan bowlers exploited WI shortcomings

Pakistan won the four-match series 3-1, after winning the last T20 by seven wickets at the Queen’s Park Oval in St Clair on Sunday. Riaz gave his thoughts on why Pakistan has been so dominant against the West Indies recently.

Riaz said, “If I have to credit someone it will be the bowling coach probably, and the captain and the coaches...what we did best is that we knew where these (West Indies) guys were good and where these guys lack in capability. We always try to bowl and attack them where we know they struggle a lot. I think that is why we were successful because our execution of plans were really good and that is the difference that we beat them in United Arab Emirates and here in the West Indies.” Before the recently-concluded series, Pakistan defeated West Indies 3-0 in both the T20 and ODI series last year in United Arab Emirates, and also won the Test series 2-1.

Pakistan and West Indies will face off in a three-match ODI series in Guyana from Friday, before playing a three-match Test series with matches in Jamaica, Barbados and Dominica.

“We are quite happy, obviously it is a great start to the tour, and obviously playing in West Indies against West Indies is not easy. I think the way the guys have chipped in and the way they have performed they showed what kind of capability they have and overall it is a good win for us.”