Windies erred in team selection

Brian Lara didn8217;t last very long, getting 11 runs in quick time 8212; eight of his first two deliveries 8212; before skiing an attempted hit over the mid-wicket region which ended up on the off-side in the hands of Mushtaq Ahmed, substituting for Ijaz.

After Lara8217;s dismissal, only Shivnarine Chanderpaul offered any form of resistance getting a well-compiled 77 and was the last man out when the West Indies innings folded at 202.

Pakistan certainly deserved their victory, as in my opinion, they did it the hard way. They batted when conditions were overcast and more conducive to bowling than batting, while the West Indies batted in the afternoon when it was much brighter and when occasionally the sun shone.