Pakistan suffered a humiliating defeat by 202 runs against the West Indies in the third and final ODI of the bilateral series on Tuesday (August 12). In the match played at Brian Lara Stadium in Tarouba, the Pakistani could only manage to score 92 runs in reply to the 295-run target set by Shai Hope & Co. Pakistan’s flop show in the series decider invited sharp criticism for their players from former greats, and former Pakistani fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar even slammed the team’s head coach, Mike Hesson. According to Akhtar, who dismissed 247 batters in 163 ODIs, Hesson is a good T20 match, but he doesn’t know what qualities he has for ODIs. “Mike Hesson is a good T20 coach, but I don’t know what qualities he has for ODIs. In this format, if you don’t play quality players, this is what will happen,” Akhtar was quoted as saying by Cricket Pakistan. “Unless you field established all-rounders, batters, bowlers, and spinners, you won’t get a complete 50 overs. You can’t just scrape by in this format,” he added. “This is the result of bad policies, not the players’ fault. Your players will always be exposed on seaming tracks. Now this rebuilding process has been given a new name, making a combination,” he remarked. “Be thankful Pat Cummins and Mitchell Starc weren’t here. Wherever such conditions exist, our players will be exposed,” Akhtar concluded. In the third ODI, 23-year-old fast bowler Jayden Seales picked up six wickets for 18 runs in 7.2 overs. He is the first cricketer from the West Indies and overall the third bowler in the world after Thisara Perera of Sri Lanka and South Africa’s Dale Steyn to take a six-wicket haul against the Pakistani team in the 50-over format of the game. The figures of 6 for 18 by Seales are the best ever by any player in ODIs against the Pakistani team. Apart from Seales, Hope also impressed with his batting in the third ODI. The right-handed wicketkeeper-batter scored 120 runs from just 95 balls for the hosts. Under his leadership, for the first time in 50 years, the West Indies managed to get the better of Pakistan by more than 200 runs in an ODI match, and he also became the first West Indies captain in 34 years to win a bilateral ODI series against the Men in Green.