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for eight off their 20 overs with the 18year-old claiming four wickets for seven runs from four brilliant overs.

Pakistan easily overhauled the target to win by four wickets with 17 balls remaining, and take a 1-0 lead in the series.

The defeat was the fourth straight one for West Indies in T20s following their 30 whitewash to Pakistan in a series in the United Arab Emirates last September. However, Estwick said West Indies had done their homework on Shadab and were confident about turning the tables. “We know the areas we fell down in, we didn’t play well from [overs] six to 14. Obviously the first five overs we looked decent batting and the last six were OK so those middle overs are very important to us,” the Barbadian explained.

“We’ve had a discussion about those and also coming up with a plan against the young leg-spinner who obviously caused us some problems.”

He added: We’ve had a look at all the footage [of Shadab], we’ve had discussion and we’ve come up with plans so hopefully the players can go out and execute them.” Estwick said it was also vital West Indies focussed on their own game and expressed themselves in the way they knew best. “You really don’t want to muzzle the players too much and put too much fear in there,”he warned. “You really want them to go out and express themselves so it is very important they keep a clear mind. So even though we have our plans, you still want players to express themselves.”