Jason Holder broke a four on the final ball to give the Antilles a dramatic victory with two gates over Pakistan on Saturday, lighting the level of hosts in their international T20 series.
In the same evening, he took four counters to reach a T20i record of the Antilles 81 for his career – Breaking Dwayne Bravo by 78 – Holder was 16 years old and not and the Antilles ended a sequence of horror losers with zero balls to lose.
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Pakistan, which won Thursday’s opening match by 14 points, will try to bounce back into the T20 match deciding the series on Sunday under the lights of Lauderhill, Florida.
The Antilles, set at 134 to win, were on the brink of a seventh consecutive defeat of the T20 after being swept 5-0 last month by visiting Australia.
Gudakesh Motie led the Antilles with 28 points, but came across the first ball of the 17th, missed by Mohammed Haris with the hosts out of 96 for six.
Haris caught Keacy Carty for a three -ball duck later, but the holder escaped six to finish the 18th, the Antilles still need 24 to win.
Romario Shepherd broke a six and a four of Hasan Ali in the 19th to leave the Antilles out of 126 for seven entering the final.
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Shaheen Shah Afridi allowed Holder a race, but then took the sheep of Shepherd LBW for 15. He allowed the newcomer Shamar Joseph a race that pulled the Antilles in six points with three remaining balls.
Holder and Joseph each hit singles and Afridi went widely to Holder, leaving the Antilles three shy points for the final delivery, preparing the land for Holder’s Heroic.
Pakistan won the draw and hit first, going 133 for nine.
Hasan Nawaz led Pakistan in 40 with four six and a four while Captain Salman Agha added 38 out of a six and three four.
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