A SMALL but vocal gathering of mostly Pakistani supporters watched as Pakistan beat West Indies by 14 runs in the opening game of the three-match T20I series between the
two teams on Thursday night under lights at Central Broward Regional Park in Lauderhill, Florida.
This result means the West Indies have now lost their last six T20Is.
They lost 5-0 to Australia, and their losing streak in this format equals their worst losing record in T20Is.
The last time they won a T20 game was on June 15, 2025, when they beat Ireland after losing 3-0 against England.
Scores: Pak 178-6, WI 164-7.
23-year-old Saim Ayub made a maiden half century which lasted 38 balls and was decorated by five fours and two sixes.
Fakhar Zaman made 28 with two fours and a six as the pair shared in an 81-run second-wicket partnership before Pakistan lost five wickets for 71 as Guyanese pacer Shamar Joseph bagged
3-30.
West Indies, on the back of a 71-run opening stand between 18-year-old debutant Jewel Andrew, who hit three sixes and a four in 35 and 35 from 36-year-old Johnson Charles, who
struck two fours and a couple of sixes, began their reply solidly.
Jason Holder hit four sixes in an undefeated 30 from 12 balls and added 54 in 3.5 overs with Joseph, who struck a four and two sixes in an unbeaten 21.
West Indies needed an improbable 34 runs to win in the final over but fell 14 short.
Invited to bat, Fakhar Zaman (14) got a delivery that swung into him from Joseph and was trapped LBW as the Berbican made the break at 27-1 in the third over.
But Ayub and Zaman joined forces and flayed the West Indies bowling, bringing up the 50 in 6-3 overs on a flat track and fast outfield in the rainy season in Florida.
Ayub galloped to his maiden fifty in this format from 34 balls,

The 100 was posted in the 11th over, but with the score on 107 in the next over, Barbadian Jason Holder had Ayub LBW.
Zaman fell to Joseph as the West Indies fought back at a venue where the sun set about 30 minutes before the match commenced.
Hasan Nawaz (24 with a six and four) fell to Trinidadian left- arm spinner Akeil Hussain 136-4 in the 17th over. Nawaz (9) was removed by Guyanese all-rounder Romario
Shepherd at 150-5, before Joseph captured his third scalp when he dismissed Faheem Ashraf (16).
Ashraf and Salman Agha (11*) had gotten their team to a winning total.
West Indies began the chase with Antiguan Andrew and Charles. Andrew, who ‘Kept’ during the Pakistan innings, stroked
Nawaz for a six and four while Charles got going with two boundaries off Haris Rauf, the last clearing the ropes.
Andrew, whose mom is Guyanese, lofted Ashraf for six and pulled him brutally for four to silence the partisan Pakistani crowd.
Andrew batted positively, hitting Ashraf for six as the 50 was posted in 6.5 overs.
Charles was dropped on 21 and after 10 overs, West Indies were 63-0 while at the same stage Pakistan were 83-1.
Nawaz had three wickets in the 12th over.
He broke the partnership when he removed Andrew, Charles, and Gudakesh Motie (0).
West Indies slumped from 60-3 to 77-4 when Shai Hope (2) was removed by Ayub in the 13th over, before Ayub removed Sherfane Rutherford (11).
Roston Chase (5) and Shepherd (12) departed with West Indies on 110-7, and the dancing fans were waving Pakistan flags.
Holder and Joseph clobbered six sixes and four fours between them, but their effort was too little too late for the West Indies.
The second match is scheduled for tonight and starts at 8.00pm