West Indies vs Pakistan: 1st ODI - 5 talking points of the match

4. Extreme reliance upon Gayle and Charles

West Indies are over-dependent on their openers

The two victories that West Indies earned in the tri-nation series were largely earned by the brilliant individual performances of Johnson Charles and Chris Gayle who are both explosive batsmen.

Their native style of batting is such that they can snatch a game away from the opposition on their day, but that leaves them equally vulnerable to frequent failures as they follow their attacking instinct.

The problem will be aggrevated all the more in this series as Pakistan boast of a lethal pace battery that will get those early wickets more often than not. West Indies need to back up their opening pair by a quality middle-order.