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| February 15, 2002 | Friday | Zilhaj 2, 1422 |
Razzaq, Rashid win it for Pakistan
SHARJAH, Feb 14: Pakistan’s batsmen fought back from a faltering start to beat West Indies by four wickets in the first of three one-day matches on Thursday.
Rashid Latif (47) and all-rounder Abdur Razzaq (46 not out) chipped in with useful middle-order contributions as Pakistan reached 193 for six in 46.1 overs after they had been reduced to 15 for three in the eighth over.
Earlier West Indies were bowled out for a modest 190 in 48.3 overs, with opener Chris Gayle hitting a brisk 50 off 53 balls and skipper Carl Hooper making a patient 45 off 81.
Pakistan’s innings began unpromisingly when Naveed Latif was caught behind for no score off the second ball of the innings, bowled by paceman Mervyn Dillon, and Younis Khan ran himself out in the next over for one.
Inzamam-ul-Haq made one run in 19 balls before he pulled a Cameron Cuffy delivery straight to Daren Ganga at mid-wicket to leave Pakistan reeling at 15 for three.
Shahid Afridi (35) and Yousuf Youhana (39) then shared in a fourth-wicket stand of 47 before Afridi fell in the 22nd over, hooking Darel Brown to Corey Collimore at deep mid-wicket.
Youhana and Latif maintained the momentum as they added a further 48 for the fifth wicket and, although both batsmen were removed by Hooper’s off-spin, Pakistan were by then firnly on course for victory.
After electing to bat, West Indies made a promising start despite the early loss of opening batsman Daren Ganga (15), who was out hit-wicket off the bowling of Waqar Younis.
Gayle and Wavell Hinds had taken the score to 56 for the loss of one wicket by the 12th over when Shoaib Akhtar struck with his second ball to remove Hinds for 14, the batsman hitting straight to Younis Khan at point.
But, with Gayle in fine form, the West Indies raced to 97 off 18 overs before all-rounder Razzaq returned to take two wickets in three deliveries.
The medium pacer bowled Gayle soon after he had completed his half-century and then had Shivnarine Chanderpaul caught by Shahid Afridi for a duck.
WEST INDIES:
D. Ganga hit wkt b Waqar 15
C.H. Gayle b Abdur Razzaq 50
W.W. Hinds c Younis Khan b Shoaib 14
C.L. Hooper lbw b Shahid 45
S. Chanderpaul c Shahid b A. Razzaq 0
R.O. Hinds run out 8
R.D. Jacobs b Saqlain 25
D. Brown c Younis Khan b Saqlain 9
M. Dillon c Inzamam b Wasim 1
C.D. Collymore run out 2
C.E. Cuffy not out 6
EXTRAS (B-3, LB-1, W-6, NB-5) 15
TOTAL (all out, 48.3 overs) 190
FALL OF WKTS: 1-21, 2-56, 3-97, 4-97, 5-117, 6-161, 7-169, 8-178, 9-183.
BOWLING: Wasim Akram 8.3-0-46-1 (3nb, 3w); Waqar Younis 8-1-37-1 (1nb, 1w); Shoaib Akhtar 8-1-26-1; Abdur Razzaq 7-0-24-2 (1nb); Shahid Afridi 7-1-25-1 (1w); Saqlain Mushtaq 10-0-28-2 (1w).
PAKISTAN:
Naved Latif c Jacobs b Dillon 0
Shahid Afridi c Collymore b Brown 35
Younis Khan run out 1
Inzamam-ul-Haq c Ganga b Cuffy 1
Yousuf Youhana c and b Hooper 39
Rashid Latif c Collymore b Hooper 47
Abdur Razzaq not out 46
Wasim Akram not out 13
EXTRAS (LB-2, W-7, NB-2) 11
TOTAL (for six wkts, 46.1 overs) 193
FALL OF WKTS: 1-1, 2-3, 3-15, 4-62, 5-110, 6-153.
DID NOT BAT: Saqlain Mushtaq, Waqar Younis, Shoaib Akhtar.
BOWLING: Dillon 9.1-1-32-1 (3w); Cuffy 10-1-31-1; Collymore 9-1-37-0 (1nb, 2w); Brown 5-0-31-1 (1nb, 1w); Hooper 10-1-44-2; R.O. Hinds 3-0-16-0 (1w).
RESULT: Pakistan won by four wickets.
UMPIRES: Mian Aslam and Aleem Dar.
TV UMPIRE: Asad Rauf.
MATCH REFEREE: M.H. Denness (England).
MAN-OF-THE-MATCH: Abdur Razzaq.
NEXT MATCH: Friday.—Reuters
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