Pakistan trounce West Indies by 143 runs in 1st T20 game at Karachi in nine years

World Number One T20 team Pakistan trounced West Indies by 143 runs in the first of three Twenty20s in Karachi on Sunday.

The T20 game was the first international match held in Pakistan's commercial capital after a long span of nine years.

The hosts had equaled their highest-ever T20 score of 203-5, with Hussain Talat top-scoring with a 37-ball 41, opener Fakhar Zaman getting a 24-ball 39 and skipper Sarfraz Ahmed hitting 38 off 22 balls after the West Indies sent them into bat.

Shoaib Malik scored an unbeaten 37 from 14 balls. The West Indies were bowled out for their lowest T20 total of 60 in 13.4 overs. The second match will be played on Monday and the last on Tuesday all in Karachi.