West Indies skipper Brian Lara loses the toss and his counterpart Inzamam-ul-Haq decides to have a bowl Chris Gayle and Shivnarine Chanderpaul prepare to open the innings in glorious sunshine at Sabina Park The hosts lose their opening wicket as Gayle edges Umar Gul to wicketkeeper Kamran Akmal for just two New batsman Ramnaresh Sarwan takes advantage of Younis Khan's drop at slip to steady the West Indies innings Pakistan's Iftikhar Anjum claims the second wicket as Chanderpaul edges to the keeper with West Indies 64-2 Iftikhar claims his second victim as Sarwan is caught at slip by Younis for 49 with the hosts stuttering at 77-3 Lara makes a rapid 37 including three fours and a six before edging Mohammad Hafeez to Akmal with West Indies 168-4 Marlon Samuels smacks three huge sixes as he makes 63 from 70 balls but is caught by Shoaib Malik at long-on The home fans in the Sabina Park crowd celebrate as the runs start to flow in the last few overs of the innings Dwayne Smith hits a rapid 32 as the hosts recover from their poor start to make a respectable 241-9 from their 50 overs In a bizarre opening over Pakistan's Imran Nazir hits a six from the second ball before edging Daren Powell to the keeper Jerome Taylor removes Younis who edges to Ramdin for nine leaving Pakistan in trouble on 17-2 in the fourth over Pakistan slip to 39-3 as Hafeez plays a loose stroke to Powell and is caught by Lara at mid-on for 11 in the 11th over Inzamam attempts to lead the Pakistan recovery but he is trapped lbw by Smith for 36 with Pakistan 116-5 Pakistan sink deeper into the mire as Akmal is dismissed first ball - caught superbly at backward point by Dwayne Bravo Bravo soon takes his first wicket - bowling Naved-ul-Hasan for 11 as Pakistan head for defeat at 144-7 Lara's team soon wrap up the 54-run win as Bravo takes two further wickets to leave Pakistan 187 all out
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