Pakistan open with win

twenty-four April, 2011

Pakistan applaud a wicket

Pakistan available a gentle eight-wicket win over a West Indies in their initial one-day general in St Lucia upon Saturday.

The visitors were never uneasy in their follow of 222 for victory, jacket up a win with 51 balls to gangling in a initial of a five-match series.

Asad Shafiq (61 not out) as well as Misbah-ul-Haq (73 not out) saw out a run follow with an consecutive 134-run third-wicket stand, heading a visitors to 2-222.

Pakistan cruised from a impulse opening batsman Mohammad Hafeez (54 off 45 balls) gave them a peppery begin to their innings.He fell to Devendra Bishoo (2-48) to leave his side during 2-88 in a 17th over, prior to Shafiq as well as Misbah saw out a gentle win.

Earlier, West Indies captain Darren Sammy inaugurated to bat as well as his openers done a plain start.

Lendl Simmons (24) as well as Devon Smith (17) put upon thirty inside 7 overs prior to a latter was trapped lbw by off-spinner Hafeez (1-36 from 10).

Hafeez as well as turn partner Saeed Ajmal (1-24 from 10) scored equally a hosts down as well as were a categorical reason a home side usually managed 6-221.

Opening bowler Wahab Riaz picked up 2-62.

Darren Bravo (67 off 109 balls) played a anchoring role, usually handling a single 4 as well as a 6 in his innings.

Sammy as well as wicket-keeper Carlton Baugh combined 44 for a seventh wicket with a captain attack twenty-nine off seventeen balls.

Despite their late hitting, a sum was regularly below-par after Pakistan’s spinners slowed a West Indies’ scoring rate via a center partial of their inning.