Marlon Samuels and Darren Bravo, not for the first time, will have to dig West Indies out of a bit of a hole here.

Samuels is not in the mood to accumulate steadily - he wants to knock Mohammed Irfan off his rhythm. He launches him to the midwicket boundary with a good pull shot, but he tries to repeat the trick and is much less convincing - the ball flies miles in the air off a top edge and he's lucky to see it land safe and trickle for four.

Vic Marks
Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

"That was a typical Smith innings. He played some glorious shots but he's not the most secure batsman. He's furious with himself. He looked dangerous but never fulfilled anything in the end.

"There is a pattern in this World Cup, particularly here in New Zealand, in that you have to bat well to get through the first 10 overs. Wickets have fallen pretty early in most World Cup matches."

Marlon Samuels is the new man for West Indies. He's off the mark immediately with a single.

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This is a disastrous wicket for West Indies. Dwayne Smith was just starting to look set at the crease - he'd just picked up a boundary past backward point - but Sohail Khan is rewarded for bowling a nagging line when the opener dangles his bat at one, leaden-footed, and spoons a catch to Haris Sohail at first slip.

Smith punches his bat in fury - he knows that's a big setback for his team.

We saw Brendon McCullum set some really attacking fields to England yesterday, and Misbah, looking to tighten the screw on West Indies, has done the same - two slips, a gully and a couple catching on the leg side here.

But when your captain gives you an aggressive field, you've got to get your areas right - and when Irfan errs short and wide, Smith frees his arms and cudgels him through cover point for four.

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Former England one-day coach Ashley Giles has been talking to BBC Radio 5 live about England's humiliating loss to New Zealand and their chances of beating Scotland on Monday.

Here's what he said: "It's probably never been this bad, it was the biggest defeat ever in a World Cup game for England.

"The way they are playing, they're so low on confidence whereas the Scots gave New Zealand a good run in the end. It's a real potential banana skin."

That wicket was the culmination of scoreboard pressure on the West Indies. They had only scored six runs off the previous three overs. With Darren Bravo at the crease, Sohail Khan keeps up that pressure, keeping the new man tied down with six deliveries on a tight line. A maiden.

Ramiz Raja
Ex-Pakistan captain on BBC Test Match Special

"That was a brilliant catch because it went a mile up in the air. The fielder a ball ago had dropped one so that puts extra pressure on you and it isn't easy in breezy conditions to judge a catch, but he waited and cupped it nicely."

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Unbelievable. Chris Gayle has just watched his partner Dwayne Smith get away with a top edge off Irfan when Nasir Jamshed drops a sitter at third man, but he tries the exact same shot the very next ball, gets a top edge, and this time the much more athletic Wahab Riaz is underneath it. First blood to Pakistan.

Pakistan certainly look fired up for this match in the early stages. There's another raucous appeal, this time for lbw as Sohail Khan raps Smith on the pads. Marais Erasmus shakes his head - height possibly the deciding factor. A very tidy over nonetheless, just one from it.

Chris Gayle is averaging only 19 in ODI cricket since the start of 2014 - he's such an important player for the Windies at the top of the order at his belligerent best.

He looks cautious at the moment though and there is a massive appeal for caught behind as he pushes at a straight delivery from Mohammed Irfan. Nothing doing, says the umpire, correctly.

Perhaps stung by that, Gayle has a massive heave at the next ball, but doesn't quite time and it lands well short of the boundary. They run two.

Sohail Khan was a somewhat under-the-radar selection for Pakistan for this World Cup, but the fast bowler impressed with five wickets in his first match against India.

He has a rather innocuous lumbering run-up, but he gets good shape on the ball, and he swings one past Chris Gayle's tentative prod with his first delivery.

When the ball's doing a bit, there's no better policy than playing with a straight bat, and that's exactly what Dwayne Smith does, punching a poised straight drive down the ground for four. Lovely.

Ramiz Raja
Ex-Pakistan captain on BBC Test Match Special

"Irfan is difficult to judge because of his height so it will be a real test for the batsmen to see how they cope with the extra bounce he generates. If I was in the West Indies camp I would be extremely cautious. I would see him off rather than attack because there are runs to be had at the other end."

Mohammed Irfan, all 7ft 1in of him, will take the new nut for Pakistan. India's batsmen prepared to face him by practising with bowling machines on stepladders. How will West Indies cope with his threat?

He very nearly strikes with his first ball, squaring up Dwayne Smith, who squirts one off the edge just past point and away for four across a lightning-fast outfield. Moments like that can set the tone for an entire match - is it to be West Indies' lucky day?

It's time for the anthems in Christchurch, beginning with my undoubted favourite, 'Rally Round the West Indies'. With lyrics like "This Caribbean nation is rising fast/ A sunbeam cutting through a clouded past", it's an absolute belter.

Anyway, serious looks on the faces of Jason Holder's team - they know they have to get off the mark today.

Pakistan huddle up - they chose to field, now can they make it count?

Charles Dagnall
BBC Test Match Special

"With the weather as it is, and the amount of rain expected, it seems very likely that today's match won't happen, which means Bangladesh will get a point and that could have ramifications for England's group."

Pakistan lie bottom of Pool B after their 76-run defeat to India in Adelaide on Sunday, and Pakistan captain Misbah-ul-Haq fears the worst if his team does not prevail against second-bottom side West Indies at the Hagley Oval.

"I think we need to win the next game. That's the only way to stay in the tournament," he said.

Pakistan have won only one of their last seven ODIs, but West Indies have some bouncing back of their own to do.

"Obviously we lost a game against Ireland. It was a tough loss, but if we get ourselves down, it's hard to pick ourselves up so we are trying to keep the mood going," said captain Jason Holder.

Vic Marks
Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

"It's a vital game for these sides. Whichever side wins will have some assurance in this group, which has been livened up by Ireland's win over West Indies. Anything came happen with West Indies, especially with the bat if the likes of Chris Gayle get going, but you worry about their bowling because there's not much consistency. Likewise for Pakistan, whose key player is the 40-year-old Misbah. Both sides are unpredictable but both sides are playing better than England."

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