da cassino： Kingstown (St Vincent), April 13: Pakistan batting failed to come toterms with the variable bounce of Arnos Vale pitch as it wilted anddoomed the tourists to their first defeat against the West Indies inthe triangular one-day series here on
da dobrowin： Qamar Ahmed14-Apr-2000Kingstown (St Vincent), April 13: Pakistan batting failed to come toterms with the variable bounce of Arnos Vale pitch as it wilted anddoomed the tourists to their first defeat against the West Indies inthe triangular one-day series here on Wednesday (briefly reported inThursday’s edition).Chasing a target of 214 in 50 overs, Pakistan were devastated by theJamaican fast bowler Franklyn Rose, who bagged a career best haul offive for 23 to bowl the tourists out for only 117 in 41.3 overs.After containing the West Indies for 213, the target of just over fourruns an over was made to look a huge struggle by Pakistan’s ineptbatting. Their fragility and the gaping hole in their batting line-upwas fully exposed as wickets one batsman followed another.If not for a solid and defiant unbeaten 51 in 94 deliveries by thein-form Inzamam-ul-Haq the outcome could have been even moreembarrassing. His partnership for the sixth-wicket with his captainMoin Khan (20) was the only resistance that Pakistan could offer afterlosing five wickets for just 41 runs in twenty overs.Imran Nazir had no clue when a delivery from Curtly Ambrose reared athim and got the inside edge to wicket-keeper Ridley Jacobs in thefirst over.Shahid Afridi hit one in the air and was caught at mid-off by PhiloWallace off Reon King after making five. Younis Khan (15), likeAfridi, looked impetuous and committed the same blunder as he pulledand mistimed Rose to King at mid-on to Reon King. In the same over,Yousuf Youhana flicked one to leg off Rose and held at short squareleg by Wavell Hinds before he had scored. Rose then forced AbdurRazzaq to play on to his stumps for two. The bald pace bowler lateraccounted for Moin Khan (20) and Wasim Akram in his second spell.Later local by Nixon McLean picked up two wickets in one over tosignal the end.Earlier, West Indies, after having won the toss, were restricted to213 for seven in the allotted 50 overs as spinners Mushtaq Ahmed,Arshad Khan and medium-pacer Abdur Razzaq bowled a tight length to bagtwo wickets each.
