Match overview

West Indies beat Pakistan by 202 runs in the third ODI of their 2025 series at Brian Lara Stadium in Tarouba, Trinidad, on 12 August 2025. Shai Hope's unbeaten 120 off 94 balls anchored a total of 294/6, a score well above the ground's average first-innings mark of 154. Pakistan's chase never got started. Four wickets fell in the powerplay for just 26 runs, and Jayden Seales completed the damage with figures of 6/18 from 7.3 overs as Pakistan were dismissed for 92. The margin, 202 runs, was emphatic.

Pakistan won the toss and chose to field, a popular call at this ground where 83% of toss winners elect to bowl first. For long stretches, it looked the right decision. West Indies managed only 36 runs in the powerplay for one wicket, slow by any measure. The middle overs turned things around: 139 runs for three wickets put the innings back on track. Then the death overs delivered 119 runs for two wickets, a burst that gave the total its imposing shape.

When Pakistan batted, the platform Seales and the West Indies attack built in the powerplay proved decisive. Losing four wickets for 26 in the first ten overs is a hole almost no side can climb out of in an ODI chase, and Pakistan couldn't. The middle overs brought six more dismissals and 66 runs before the innings closed without a ball bowled in the death phase.

Venue and conditions

Brian Lara Stadium has hosted 61 ODI matches and carries a reputation for modest scoring: the average first-innings score sits at 154 and the average second-innings score at 139. Average powerplay runs come in at 43, which makes West Indies' 36 from the first ten unremarkable in context. The average death-overs contribution is 37 runs. West Indies' 119 from the back ten overs was more than three times that figure, and it is what separated this match from a typical contest at the ground.

The chase success rate at the ground is 55%, fractionally in favour of the side batting second. Pakistan would have been aware of that when they chose to field. In practice, the surface offered enough for seam bowlers, as Seales' figures illustrated, and any advantage from chasing was extinguished inside the first ten overs of the second innings. Toss decisions at this ground tend to favour bowling first, but pitch conditions can still produce significant swing and movement for the team defending.

How to watch

West Indies vs Pakistan ODI series matches are available in the United Kingdom on Sky Sports Cricket, with live streaming through Sky Go and NOW TV for subscribers without a satellite dish. Match times in the Caribbean typically translate to afternoon or early-evening UK kickoff slots depending on the time of year, so checking the Sky Sports schedule for exact broadcast windows is advisable. For fans travelling or away from a screen, Test Match Special on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra covers select West Indies home series, though availability for bilateral ODI series varies.

Recent form

This result is part of a closely contested 2025 series between the two sides. West Indies' record across their last five meetings against Pakistan in 2025 reads W-L-L-W-L, showing a pattern of alternating results rather than sustained dominance by either side. Pakistan's corresponding sequence is the mirror: L-W-W-L-W. Both teams arrived in this fixture having split the previous four encounters in the series, two wins apiece, which makes the scale of West Indies' victory here something of a departure from the broader trend. Whether Pakistan can regroup and level the series again will depend significantly on whether their batting order can provide a more stable powerplay platform than the 26/4 they managed in this match.