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Friday, April 22, 2011

Caribbean Tour: West Indies beat Pakistan by 7 runs

West Indies beat Pakistan by seven runs in the only T-20 match of the Caribbean Series.west Indies won the toss and decided to bat first in the only T-20match played at the Beausejour Stadium in St Lucia. The West Indian side scored a total of 150 runs in 20 overs at the loss of seven wickets.Lendl Simmons was the top scoring batsman with 65 runs while Darren Bravo scored 42 runs. On the other hand, Wahab Riaz, Saeed Ajmal and Abdul Rehman all took two wickets each.Pakistan was off to a rough start chasing 151 runs. Umar Akmal was the best scoring Pakistani batsman with 45 runs while Asad Shafiq scored 25 runs and Saeed Ajmal scored 21 runs. For the West Indies, Devendra Bishoo took four wickets and Ravi Rampau took three wickets.Pakistan will now play five one-day-international and two test matches in the series. The first one-day international match is scheduled on April 23 at the Beausejour Stadium in St Lucia