Cricket: "Rain helps West Indies win against Pakistan"

Hi and Welcome to the fourth One day International between Pakistan and West Indies. Pakistan has already won the One Day International series and will try to test their bench strength, on the other hand West Indies is struggling to win a single game against strong teams. Is this the time for West Indies to prove they are settling down or will they go down, lets see what happens.

West Indies won the toss and opted to bowl first. For Pakistan Mohammad Hafeez and Ahmed Shehzad opened the batting and KAJ Roach opened the bowling for West Indies. Pakistan lost Ahmed Shehzad early to Roach. Mohammad Hafeez and Asad Shafiq then played brilliantly and scored 153 runs of 34 overs. After Asad Shafiq was out for 71 to DJ Bravo pakistan crumbled under D Bishoo spin web. Mohammad Hafeez who was batting superbly and scored a century too was bowled by D Bishoo. In no time Pakistan where 220 for the loss of 7 wickets. Late strikes from Tanvir Ahmed took pakistan score to 248 for the loss of 9 wickets in their alloted 50 overs. For Pakistan Mohammad Hafeez top scored with 121 and Asad Shafiq scored 71, for West Indies D Bishoo took 3 wickets.

In reply West Indies opened the batting with LMP Simmons and KA Edwards, for Pakistan Junaid Khan opened the bowling. KA Edwards was out of the very second ball to Junaid Khan. LMP Simmons and DM Bravo played brilliantly and scored 56 runs of 8 overs. Junaid khan took his second wicket in the form of DM Bravo. RR Sarwan gave good support to LMP Simmons and both of them scored 75 runs of 16 overs. Then West Indies lost RR Sarwan and LMP Simmons to Mohammad Hafeez and Tanvir Ahmed respectively. Rain was in the air and west indies where well ahead with the par score. In the 30th over bowled by Shahid Afridi west Indies where little short of the par score, for which DJ Bravo hit a match winning six and the very next moment rain arrived and West Indies win by 1 runs under D/L method. For West Indies LMP Simmons scored 76, for Pakistan Junaid Khan took 2 wickets.


Man of the Match was given to Mohammad Hafeez for his brilliant 121 and for his spell of 1/26.

Score : West Indies 154 for 4 (LMP Simmons 76, Junaid Khan 2/26) beat Pakistan 248 for 9 (Mohammad Hafeez 121, Asad Shafiq 71, D Bishoo 3/37) by one run under D/L method.