KINGSTOWN (St Vincent), May 19: Pakistan silenced a capacity holiday crowd and heaped more scorn on West Indies, when they completed a workmanlike, come-from-behind 59-run victory in the first One-day International on Wednesday (partly reported in Thursday’s edition).

West Indies, chasing a modest 193 to win from their allocation of 50 overs, were dismissed for 133 in 45.2 overs to give the Pakistanis a 1-0 lead in the three-match series.

Abdul Razzaq, who had a delayed departure from Pakistan because of illness to his mother-in-law, snared four wickets for 29 runs from nine overs to be the pick of the Pakistan bowlers and earned the Man-of-the-Match award.

Dwayne Bravo with 27 from 66 balls and Chris Gayle with 22 from 21 balls were the leading lights for West Indies, who have now lost all except two of the ODIs they have contested, since winning the ICC Champions Trophy in Britain last year.

“The boys did well, and we put in a lot of effort in the field, particularly the bowlers,” Razzaq told reporters after the match.

“We have just come from India, where the boys played really well, so everybody wants to continue doing well, and have been putting in a big effort.”

Shabbir Ahmed, Rana Navedul Hasan, and Shahid Afridi all supported Razzaq with two wickets apiece.

But it was a huge disappointment for the crowd.

In 15 matches at Arnos Vale, they have become accustomed to seeing West Indies win, since the home team has lost only once here, coincidentally to Pakistan 12 years ago.

“I thought our bowlers did well to restrict the Pakistanis,” West Indies captain Shivnarine Chanderpaul acknowledged.

“But the batting let us down again, and there really is no excuse for us losing this match. It was not a big total, and I felt that we should have gotten it.

“We continue to struggle to build partnerships in our batting, and we need to start doing this if we are to have any chance at winning matches. I do believe we can come back, but we will have to get out of this losing habit.”

The crowd had seen West Indies bowl steadily and field alertly to dismiss the Pakistanis for 192 in 44.3 overs, after they were sent in to bat on a hard, true pitch under sunny skies.

But the multitude was still settling down from the interval, when Xavier Marshall top-edged a hook and was caught behind for three off Rana Naved in the fifth over.

Two overs later, Gayle again got carried away and he too, top-edged a hook and Kamran Akmal again obliged Rana Naved to leave West Indies 26 for two.

Runako Morton, playing his first ODI in almost three years, joined Ramnaresh Sarwan and they calmed things down with circumspect, if not flourishing batting until the 18th over.

Sarwan, a little fortunate to have been ruled not out in the previous over when television replays suggested he might have under-edged a delivery from Rana Naved to Kamran, did not make the most of the reprieve and was caught at first slip off Shabbir for nine.

West Indies continued to bleed wickets and, in a purple patch for Pakistan, five fell for 34 runs in the space of 10 overs to give the visitors a firm grip on the match.

Morton was caught behind for 13 off Afridi in the 22nd over, and Wavell Hinds continued to struggle for form. Razzaq put him out of his misery when he bowled him off the inside edge for 11 in the 25th over.

Chanderpaul, who Pakistan captain Inzamamul Haq dropped on 13 at slip off Razzaq in the 27th over, also failed to make the most of his chance, and was caught behind for 13 off the same bowler in the 27th over.

Then, Courtney Browne was dismissed for a duck when he gave a simple return catch to Afridi in the 28th over to leave West Indies 77 for seven.

Ian Bradshaw joined Bravo and added 39 for the eighth wicket in the biggest partnership of the innings to raise hopes of another dramatic finish, but Razzaq snuffed that out when he struck in the 41st over.

Bradshaw, essaying a lofted straight drive, was deceived by the bowler’s slower delivery, and was caught and bowled for 17, and after his dismissal, there was to be no comeback for West Indies.

Scoreboard

PAKISTAN:

Salman Butt c Marshall b Bravo 43

Shahid Afridi run out 24

Shoaib Malik c Browne b Bradshaw 13

Yousuf Youhana run out 30

Inzamamul Haq b Gayle 23

Younis Khan c and b Gayle 9

Abdul Razzaq c Sarwan b Bradshaw 22

Kamran Akmal c Browne b Collymore 6

Rana Navedul Hasan lbw b Gayle 1

Rao Iftikhar not out 8

Shabbir Ahmed run out 1

EXTRAS (LB-2, W-10) 12

TOTAL (all out, 44.3 overs) 192

FALL OF WKTS: 1-27, 2-55, 3-97, 4-133, 5-152, 6-153, 7-168, 8-173, 9-190.

BOWLING: Bradshaw 8-1-27-2; Powell 7-0-38-0 (4w); Collymore 7.4-1-24-1; Hinds 4-0-22-0; Chanderpaul 0.2-0-0-0; Bravo 7.3-0-31-1 (4w); Gayle 10-0-48-3 (2w).

WEST INDIES:

C.H. Gayle c Kamran b Rana Naved 22

X.M. Marshall c Kamran b Rana Naved 3

R.R. Sarwan c Inzamam b Shabbir 9

R.S. Morton c Kamran b Afridi 13

S. Chanderpaul c Kamran b Razzaq 13

W.W. Hinds b Razzaq 11

D.J.J. Bravo c Afridi b Shabbir 27

C.O. Browne c and b Afridi 0

I.D.R. Bradshaw c and b Razzaq 17

D.B. Powell b Razzaq 6

C.D. Collymore not out 1

EXTRAS (LB-1, W-2, NB-8) 11

TOTAL (all out, 45.2 overs) 133

FALL OF WKTS: 1-9, 2-26, 3-43, 4-58, 5-74, 6-76, 7-77, 8-116, 9-127.

BOWLING: Rana Navedul Hasan 9-0-23-2 (2nb); Rao Iftikhar 7-1-30-0 (1w); Shabbir Ahmed 9.2-2-19-2 (1nb); Shahid Afridi 10-0-28-2 (4nb, 1w); Abdul Razzaq 9-1-29-4 (1nb); Shoaib Malik 1-0-3-0.

RESULT: Pakistan won by 59 runs.

UMPIRES: E.A. Nicholls (West Indies) and D.R. Shepherd (England).

TV UMPIRE: B. Doctrove (West Indies).

MATCH REFEREE: R.S. Madugalle (Sri Lanka).

MAN-OF-THE-MATCH: Abdul Razzaq.

SECOND MATCH: Gros Islet (St Lucia) on Saturday.

THIRD MATCH: Gros Islet (St Lucia) on Sunday.—Agencies