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Harsha Bhogle remarks on sparse crowd at Pakistan versus West Indies Test
Commentator Harsha Bhogle wrote on X that the stands were emptier than the field during the second Test between Pakistan and West Indies at Queen's Park Oval in Port of Spain, saying,…
Commentator Harsha Bhogle wrote on X that the stands were emptier than the field during the second Test between Pakistan and West Indies at Queen's Park Oval in Port of Spain, saying, "I am watching the test match now and there are more people playing than watching in the stands," and recalling the venue full of passionate fans on past visits, sports.ndtv.com reported. Pakistan won the match by eight wickets to level the two-match series 1-1, having lost the first Test by 90 runs at Tarouba. Spinners Sajid Khan and Ali Usman took four wickets each to dismiss West Indies for 117 in the second innings, leaving Pakistan a small target that Abdullah Shafique and Babar Azam, playing his first series since being reappointed captain, chased down with unbeaten innings of 24 runs apiece. The win extended Pakistan's unbeaten Test record against West Indies since 2000 and ended an eight-match losing streak away from home. The report gave no official attendance figures for the sparse crowd Bhogle described.
Indian Opinion Analysis
Bhogle's remark is a pointed, first-hand impression from someone who has watched cricket at this ground before, but it is not attendance data, and the report gives no attendance figure against which to measure it. Pakistan's result, a Test record against West Indies unbeaten since 2000 and the end of an eight-match losing run away from home, sits alongside the sparse crowd that the report says became a major point of discussion. Pakistan's unbeaten run in Test series against West Indies, unbroken since 2000, is the record the next meeting between the sides will test.
Source: sports.ndtv.com
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