West Indies vs Pakistan: 2nd ODI - 5 talking points of the match

4. Pollard’s role

Kieron Pollard

The problem with the West Indian batting performance in the past has been that due to regular top-order meltdowns, Dwayne Bravo and Kieron Pollard, who should ideally be playing the power-play and the last ten overs in order to score at a higher run-rate, had to cover as middle-order batsmen.

Pollard’s last five innings prior to yesterday are a testament to that as he has three ducks and no score in two-figures. Pollard was allowed to play his shots yesterday as he had a platform to build upon. His innings of 30 runs off 27 balls was cut short before he could go for the final kill, but he exhibited the kind of impact he can make in that kind of a situation.