© AFP - Dwayne Smith reacts after dismissing Mohammad Yousuf in their first group game on TuesdayWest Indies vs. Pakistan, Kingston, Jamaica
West Indies have announced their presence in the World Cup after beating Pakistan at Kingston, Jamaica in true Caribbean style. They have now cleared the biggest hurdle of the group stage, and almost confirm a berth now in the Super Eight. They wobbled a bit in the first half of their innings, but Sarwan and Samuels made sure they post a respectable score. Smith chipped in with a very useful 32 (off 15 balls), and Corey Colleymore provided the icing on the cake with a six off the last ball of their batting innings :)
Pakistan started off from where West Indies had left... With Imran Nazir hitting a six of the very first ball of the innings... But he, and a lot others, never showed promise after that. Inzamam and Yousuf tried to resurrect the innings, but were too slow in doing that, only to see Shoaib Malik lurching in the dark, after a valiant effort to get close to the target. His was the last wicket, as the West Indians won this match by a comfortable margin of 54 runs.
Pakistan will now need to make sure that they win the remaining two matches in their group, but they have lost the advantage of carrying extra points into the Super Eight (assuming WI and PAK make it through from Group D).
What the scores say...
West Indies : 241/9 (50 overs)
RR Sarwan 49(65) (4s : 9, 6s : 0, SR 75.38)
MN Samuels 63(70) (4s : 5, 6s : 3, SR : 90.00)
DR Smith 32(15) (4s : 3, 6s : 2, SR 213.33)
Umar Gul : 9-1-38-2
Iftikhar Anjum : 10-3-44-3
Pakistan : 187 all out (47.2 overs)
Mohammad Yousuf 37(72) (4s : 1, 6s : 0, SR 51.38)
Inzamam-ul-Haq 36(65) (4s : 4, 6s : 0, SR 55.38)
Shoaib Malik 62(54) (4s : 6, 6s : 1, SR 114.81)
DB Powell : 10-1-42-2
DR Smith : 10-0-36-3
DJ Bravo : 9-0-42-3
Man of the Match : Dwayne Smith (WI)
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