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By clementfaria Published: May 19, 2011 
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EmailWest Indies triumph over Pakistan in what was to be a low scoring match by 40 runs. Darren Sammy’s five-wicket fired the West Indies to their first Test win in more than two years in Guyana. A losing streak of 17 Test matches was brought to an end in the afternoon session on day four as Pakistan were bowled out for 178 in their second innings. A new record was also made by Umpires giving away 20 Lbw decisions breaking previous record of 18 Lbws in a Test match. Out of 20 eleven lbw decisions were vs Pakistan and 9 vs West Indies. The result was secured shortly after lunch with captain Darren Sammy completing a five-wicket haul as Pakistan were bowled out for 178 in their second innings. Ravi Rampaul pitched in with four wickets while the best efforts of Misbah-ul-Haq and Umar Akmal were not enough for the visitors on a difficult batting track at Providence. This West Indies side faced lot of controversy leading up the series due to the absence of a number of their best players, the performance of the West Indian side will have brought major cheer to a cricketing nation that was without a Test victory for more than two years – their last five-day win coming against England in February 2009. It was also the Windies first Test victory in Guyana since 1998 with captain Darren Sammy answering his critics with both his leadership and his own personal contribution. After a third day that had fluctuated repeatedly, Pakistan started the fourth morning still 139-runs short with six wickets in hand. Misbah-ul-Haq and Asad Shafiq were the men at the crease looking to continue their 78-runs stand that had steered Pakistan away from early trouble on day three. Shafiq, however, was to fall for 42 in the third over of the morning, Rampaul’s unplayable delivery seaming back and ripping out his middle stump. Skipper Misbah continued his stubborn resistance and found welcome support from Umar Akmal who provided fresh impetus to the chase with the pair sharing a 50-run stand at a fairly rapid rate – compared to the rest of the Test – of around three-runs-per over. Misbah punctuated his patient knock with a couple of aggressive strokes off Devendra Bishoo, one of which went for six, and the talented leg-spinner was duly taken out of the attack – a major success for Pakistan – with Misbah posting the only half-century of the game. But, as the match was drifting Pakistan’s way, Sammy landed a double-blow with two wickets in the space of three balls to have both Misbah (52) and Mohammad Salman (0) trapped lbw, reducing Pakistan to 135 for five. A watchful stand of 25 between Akmal and Abdur Rehman reignited the tourists’ hopes as they reached 153 for six at lunch, but just nine overs after the interval it was game over as Rampaul and Sammy made light work of the Pakistan tail. It was Rampaul who struck first after the break, removing Rehman (6) to a decent low catch by Devon Smith at second slip. The West Indian skipper then got into the act, trapping Umar Gul and Akmal (47) lbw – bringing the total to 20 leg-before dismissals for the Test match. And Sammy then sent the small crowded in major celebrations as he bowled number 11 Saeed Ajmal to seal a momentus victory for the home side. Sammy was named man-of-the-match for his second-innings figures of five for 29 while Rampaul claimed four for 48. « Back Hide Comments (1)   |
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