Opener Shai Hope defied Pakistan's much vaunted bowling attack and sweltering Multan heat to lift the West Indies to a solid 305-8 in the first day-night international on Wednesday.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The 28-year-old Barbadian knocked 134-ball 127 for his 12th one-day international century after West Indies won the toss and opted to bat on a flat Multan stadium pitch.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Hope, who cracked 15 boundaries and a six, added an innings-building 154 with Shamarh Brooks after the visitors lost opener Kyle Mayers for three in the third over, caught and bowled by pacer Shaheen Shah Afridi.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Brooks scored a polished 83-ball 70 with seven boundaries.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Fast bowler Haris Rauf, best of home bowlers with 4-77, ended Hope's knock when he bowled him with a slower delivery in the 44th over.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The scorching Multan heat -- with temperatures soaring to between 40 to 42 degrees Celsius (104 to 107 degrees Fahrenheit -- did not stop Hope and Brooks, who both batted with guts and power.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Hope drove pacer Hasan Ali to cover boundary to reach three-figures off 118 balls, also completing 4,000 ODI runs in his 93rd match.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
He is the 11th West Indies batsman to reach the milestone in ODI cricket.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
It was a brilliant one-handed diving catch by Shadab Khan off Mohammad Nawaz at short third man that dismissed Brooks, but only after he helped Hope in recovery.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Skipper Nicholas Pooran hit three towering sixes in his 16-ball 21 while Rovman Powell made 32 off 23 balls and Romario Shepherd took 25 off 18 as West Indies added 87 in the last ten overs<\/p>\r\n\r\n