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Holder's 4 for 19 and last-ball heroics keep series alive
The Island
|August 04, 2025
This was not so much a game as an exhibition to showcase the brilliance of Jason Holder.
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The allrounder opened the bowling, took four wickets across phases of the Pakistan innings, walked in to bat when the equation was steepest, and won West Indies the second T20I with a boundary off the final delivery from Shaheen Shah Afridi. The two-wicket win sees the hosts level the series following a pulsating contest, one that ended with a savage Holder swipe past fine leg when they needed three off one, and a yell of unadulterated joy
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