Pakistan and West Indies clash in the 10th match of the
ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 at the Hagley Oval in Christchurch on Saturday. The
Pool B sides have both played a game each, with Pakistan and West Indies losing
to India and Ireland respectively. Both teams will seek victories in order to boost
their spirits going forward.
The two sides have faced off in World Cups nine times,
with West Indies winning six of them. The last time two sides faced off in a
World Cup match, Pakistan had handed the men from the Caribbean a 10-wicket
thrashing to knock the latter out of the World Cup and qualify for the
semi-final. While the West Indies do not appear very confident in this
tournament — being in the headlines mostly for the internal squabbles — they
will look to capitalise on Pakistan’s dampened spirits after their 76-run
defeat at the hands of arch-rivals India in the encounter at Adelaide last
Sunday.
West Indies will be the underdogs in the clash, having
lost their opening game against Ireland by four wickets. The defeat only added
to their pile of miseries, having incurred an embarrassing nine-wicket loss to
England and escaping with a three-run win against minnows Scotland during the
warm-ups. The top-order batting continues to be a worry for Windies, who were
reduced to 87 for five after being put to bat by the Irish, before the rescue
work by the middle-order pair of Lendl Simmons and Darren Sammy. The top-order
needs to up its game, lest they are comfortable with the thought of the
towering Mohammad Irfan ripping through their order. More
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