Cricket: "Ravi Rampaul helps West Indies win against Pakistan"

Hello and Welcome to the 5th One Day International between Pakistan and West Indies. Pakistan have already won the series, West Indies after loosing first three matches have pulled one back with the help of rain. What interest remains in this dead rubber is whether West Indies can maintain their momentum after winning the 4th One day International.

Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat first. For Pakistan Mohammad Hafeez and Taufeeq Umar opened the batting, for West Indies R Rampaul opened the bowling. R Rampaul bowled brilliantly for West Indies and gave a great start when he got the wicket of Taufeeq Umar for 3. DJG Sammy joined R Rampaul and destroyed the middle order with 2 quick wickets of Ahmed Shehzad and Misbah-ul-Haq. D Bishoo too joined the party when he got rid of Usman Salahuddin for 8. Mohammad Hafeez and Umar Akmal tried to build a partnership but DJG Sammy castled well set Mohammad hafeez and Pakistan kept loosing wickets at regular intervals. Pakistan managed to score 139 all out in little more than 41 overs. For Pakistan Mohammad Hafeez scored 55 and Umar Akmal scored 24, for West Indies R Rampaul too 4 wickets and DJG Sammy took 3 wickets.

In reply West Indies opened the batting with LMP Simmons and KA Edwards, for Pakistan Shahid Afridi opened the bowling. LMP Simmons continued his good form in this series and played his shots with ease and KA Edwards who was under no pressure settled down initially and played his shots once he settled down. Pakistan bowlers where wayward and gave away 23 extras in 23 overs and further helped West Indies chase down the low total really fast. LMP Simmons and KA Edwards didnt took much chances and played their shots with ease and took West Indies home with 10 wickets in hand. For West Indies LMP Simmons scored 77* and KA Edwards scored 40*.

Man of the Match is given to LMP Simmons for his 77*.

Man of the series was given to Mohammad Hafeez for his Allround performance.

Score : West Indies 140 for 0 (LMP Simmons 77*, KA Edwards 40*) beat Pakistan 139 (Mohammad Hafeez 55, R Rampaul 4/45, DJG Sammy 3/30) by ten wickets

Cricket: "Pakistan win the series against West Indies under Misbah's Brilliance"

Hello and Welcome to the Third One day International between Pakistan and West Indies. Pakistan have already won first two One day Internationals and poised to win the series by winning todays game on the other hand West Indies are trying hard not to go down tamely this time. Lets see if West Indies can come out of their shell and give a fight to keep this series alive.

Pakistan won the toss and selected to bowl first. LMP Simmons and DS Smith opened for West indies, Junaid Khan opened the bowling for Pakistan. Mohammad Hafeez stuck with his very first ball when he trapped DS Smith for a golden duck. LMP Simmons and DM Bravo then played some beautiful shots and gave hopes of a huge total for west indies when they were at the crease. LMP Simmons played some amazing shots in his half century. When west Indies where looking good, LMP Simmons was out to Saeed Ajmal and the same old story continued and West Indies kept loosing wickets at regular intervals and in no time they were all out for 171 in less than 44 overs. For West Indies LMP Simmons scored 51 and DM Bravo scored 47, for Pakistan Wahab Riaz and Saeed Ajmal took 3 wickets each.

In reply pakistan opened the batting with Mohammad Hafeez and Ahmed Shehzad, West indies opened the bowling with KAJ Roach. R Rampaul was on fire and took three pakistan top order wickets in just 7 balls to raise the west indies hopes of a win. After the burst from R Rampaul Umar Akmal counter attacked the west indies attack and was partly successful and trying to score more runs was the 4th wickets to R Rampaul. Once R Rampaul completed his successful spell with 4 wickets, pakistan began their rebuilding process under experienced Misbah-ul-Haq. Misbah-ul-Haq and new comer Hammad Azam added another 78 runs. Once Hammad Azam was out to D Bishoo, Pakistan had another mini collapse when D Bishoo had another 2 quick wickets to give a slight chance of hope for West Indies. But the super cool Misbah-ul-Haq with Wahab Riaz saw pakistan home without any more casualties. For Pakistan Misbah-ul-Haq scored 62* and Hammad Azam scored 36, for West Indies R Rampaul took 4 wickets and D Bishoo took 3 2ickets respectively.


Man of the Match is Misbah-ul-Haq for his brilliant and calm half century

Score : Pakistan 177 for 7 (Misbah-ul-Haq 62*, Hammad Azam 36, R Rampaul 4/32, D Bishoo 3/42) beat West Indies 171 (LMP Simmons 51, DM Bravo 47, Saeed Ajmal 3/29, Wahab Riaz 3/38) by 3 wickets.