Pakistan tour of West Indies, 2nd ODI: West Indies v Pakistan at Gros Islet,

West Indies 220 (50 ov)

Pakistan 223/3 (48.0 ov)

Pakistan won by 7 wickets (with 12 balls remaining)

Another day and another loss

As I said in their first loss, It is time that we call for the heads of Messrs Hilaire, Gibson, and Butts, how can they be so blind not to incude Gale, Sarawan, Chanderpaul? or even Rampaul?

If one were to follow their logics of getting young players....then why call A Martin to the side as he is nearly touching 30.

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The selectors dont care. They will play who they want and when. You have to bear it and grin.

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Originally posted by Alexander:
The selectors dont care. They will play who they want and when. You have to bear it and grin.

Alex, I think that their attitude is leading West Indies Cricket down the drain, there might come a time when cricket in the Caribbean will have no time for these bums, and every country will field their own teams.

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Exclusion of Chanderpaul, Sarwan and Gayle is ‘HILAIRE-ous’

Written by CHARLES S. RAMSON, Esq. Dedicated but broken-hearted West Indian cricket supporter

Friday, 29 April 2011 01:00

THE disrespectful, irrational and “HILAIRE-ous” exclusion of Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Ramnaresh Sarwan, and Chris Gayle is the final nail in the coffin for a creature identified as the WICB that evolved into this heartless beast. The fans of West Indies cricket have waited patiently (almost twenty years) for the WICB to return West Indies cricket to some degree of pride and honour.

The results speak for themselves: West Indies ICC ODI ranking is 9th (BELOW Bangladesh); West Indies ICC Test ranking is 7th out of 9 teams. The fans of West Indies Cricket are the most optimistic and loyal in the world but we are completely fed up.

Consequently, a call is made for the wholesale resignation of all the members of this unaccountable and insouciant body called the WICB and the immediate inclusion of Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Ramnaresh Sarwan and/or Chris Gayle.
If the WICB fails to include any of these players in the West Indies team (both Test and ODI), a call is made for the public to register their anger and frustration in the form of a protest on the 5th day of May, 2011 at 9:30 hrs at the National Stadium, Providence, Guyana.

http://www.guyanachronicleonli...=10:letters&Itemid=6

Messrs ‘HILAIRE-ous’ Clyde Batty, and Otis Gibson can now be considered as Racialist and West Indies Cricket will be better served if they would vacate the position that they are presently using as a personal tool.

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What is the agenda of Ottis Gibson and the West Indies selectors?
April 28, 2011 By admin Leave a Comment

Dear Editor,
The West Indies selectors came up with a squad for the current series against Pakistan, and their three most senior batsmen couldn’t find a place in the team. Ernest Hilaire responded to the public outcry by stating, “We are rebuilding a new team for the future”, and the chairman of the selectors, Guyanese Clyde Butts, indicated that the goal is to gather “a mixture of players who will take us through the next five to ten years.

Chris Gayle
Are these two gentlemen speaking the same language? Mr Hilaire, if we are rebuilding a team for the future, are you saying that the discarded senior players have no place in the rebuilding process, because of a poor World Cup showing? Mr Chairman of Selectors, what mixture are you actually talking about? A “new look team” without the most successful Guyanese batsmen? We are rebuilding without Chris Gayle, Shivnarine Chanderpaul and Ramnaresh Sarwan. These gentlemen can make any other international team in the world, except the West Indies’ “new look team”, yet the coach, Mr Ottis Gibson, is throwing his support behind captain Darren Sammy who cannot make any other international team in the world based purely on merit. If Sarwan is too old at age 30, what are we doing with Marlon Samuels? This is the same Samuels who turned down the WICB offer to replace Dwayne Bravo at the recently concluded Cricket World Cup.

Shivnarine Chanderpaul
We are also replacing arguably the best wicket keeper in the West Indies, Denesh Ramdin, with the “youthful” Carlton Baugh, who was tried and has failed many times over in the past. Is this what Mr Butts and company call “rebuilding for the future” with youths? Or is it the ‘one size can’t fit all’ ideology? Gayle, the saga boy, is so out of favour with the WICB that he had not even been invited to do a fitness test. Is it because there were no “fruitful discussions” about retainer contracts between him and the WICB, as there were with Pollard and Bravo?

Was Sarwan’s omission based on his World Cup performance, or the recent rumours of ICC’s investigation; or because he is now the Secretary of WIPA? I know it was not very wise for him to be involved with WIPA administration while still an active player on the West Indies cricket team, but this should not be a factor for the selectors.

Whatever happened to the “rock” called Chanderpaul? Has he now been tossed into the ocean like a pebble? This is a man who was carrying on his shoulders the West Indies’ batting in both forms of the game for a decade or so, but because of a dismal World Cup performance, he has now been dropped. We cannot blame the “Tiger” for his World Cup performance, since Ottis Gibson and the captain chose to put him to bat up and down the order, eventually dropping him for two matches leading up to the semi- finals.

If the West Indies Cricket Board is looking to rebuild after the mediocre showing at the recent World Cup, officials can start by appointing a captain who can make the team purely on merit, and find themselves a new coach who knows something about batting.

I appeal to all Guyanese to rally behind our cricketing heroes and let the chairman of the WICB selectors, Guyanese Clyde Butts, come up with some answers that make sense to the public.

In other words: team members, let your performance speak for you. In that case, there is very little room for excuses.

In closing, I would not be surprised if the game in Guyana is watched by an empty stadium. It’s time Guyanese and their cricketers are respected for their contributions and performance in West Indies cricket.

Yours faithfully,
Dr Harry Singh

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Chanderpaul questions Hilaire's comments
ESPNcricinfo staff

April 28, 2011

Former West Indies captain Shivnarine Chanderpaul has demanded an explanation from WICB chief Ernest Hilaire regarding the comments he made regarding the lack of discipline and application in the team, leading up to its massive post World Cup overhaul. In a strongly-worded letter addressed to Hilaire, a copy of which is with ESPNcricinfo, Chanderpaul questioned whether the comments were directed at him.

Chanderpaul, along with senior players Chris Gayle and Ramnaresh Sarwan were axed from the side for the ongoing series against Pakistan. Hilaire's interview with Line and Length network, a copy of which was later released by the WICB, touched upon a number of the problems ailing West Indies cricket over the past 15 years.

Chanderpaul's concerns were over the following excerpt from the interview: "If you look at West Indies cricket since the mid-90s, a lot of the systems we had in place broke down. There's no discipline, there's no application. We've been doing that for 15 years and we've been losing. We need to put a new system in place. No one man is bigger than the team, no one man is such a superstar he can decide if he is training today, if he's going to have treatment tomorrow, if he's going to attend a team meeting. It cannot work that way."

In response, Chanderpaul wrote: "I am particularly concerned about the following statements: 1. There's no discipline, there's no application. 2. No one man is bigger than the team, no one man is such a superstar he can decide if he is training today, if he's going to have treatment tomorrow, if he's going to attend a team meeting.

"I am of the opinion that anyone reading these comments in the specific context will conclude that:

"1. I, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, am an indisciplined individual and during my tenure as a West Indies player over the past fifteen years have lacked discipline and contributed to the West Indies team losing.

"2. I, Shivnarine Chanderpaul have not applied myself or demonstrated any real application to my role as a member of the West Indies team over the past 15 years and by so doing have contributed to the West Indies team losing.

"3. I, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, consider myself to be bigger than the team.

"4. I, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, while a member of the West Indies team during the past fifteen years, have decided when I was training or not training.

"5. I, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, while a member of the West Indies team during the past fifteen years, have decided when I was going to attend or not attend team meetings.

"6. (Based on the accusations above) I, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, while a member of the West Indies team during the past fifteen years, have disregarded the coaches and managerial staff or undermined team discipline by my actions and attitude."

Chanderpaul also questioned whether the statements were reflective of Hilaire's personal opinion, or were made in his capacity as WICB chief. "If they were made by you, I note that you constantly use the word 'we' in the excerpt above," Chanderpaul wrote. "I would like to know if this is a 'royal we' or, in other words, are you speaking for yourself, albeit as CEO of the West Indies Cricket Board or are you speaking for and on behalf of the West Indies Cricket Board itself? This is important to me since I believe I have served the WICB and West Indies Cricket faithfully and well during my career and it would be difficult for me to accept that the members of the board of directors of West Indies cricket have sanctioned those remarks. On what basis have you made those statements and with what purpose?"

Asking Hilaire to reply urgently, Chanderpaul said he was worried the comments would damage his reputation. "I am convinced that those persons who do not know the sacrifices I have made on behalf of West Indies Cricket and my dedication to the cause of West Indies Cricket would believe, based on what you have said in your interview, that I lack discipline and application and have not demonstrated the sense of responsibility which I know that I have shown throughout my career. While I would refer you to my unblemished reputation for professionalism and to all the other CEOs, coaches and managers with whom I have worked, I believe that you have crossed the line by making these public accusations that, while they may include others, are also directed at me and if unchallenged and corrected may destroy my career."

Chanderpaul told Hilaire in his letter that if he did not receive an adequate explanation he would take whatever action necessary to clear his name. "While it would help if the WICB as an organisation repudiates your comments in this regards, it would still not be sufficient to erase the tremendous damage already done. I await your urgent response and reserve all of my rights in this matter."

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West Indies v Pakistan, 4th ODI, Barbados
Sarwan recalled to one-day squad
ESPNcricinfo staff

April 30, 2011

Ramnaresh Sarwan has been recalled to the West Indies squad for the fourth one-day international against Pakistan. Sarwan had been one of three senior batsmen dropped following the World Cup, but after some insipid batting which has seen West Indies fall 3-0 behind in the five-match series the selectors have decided experience is required. The squad for the final one-dayer has not yet been announced.

Sarwan replaces opener Devon Smith, who has had a nightmare of a series, falling lbw to Mohammad Hafeez's offspin three times, but he is most likely to slot into the middle order which has struggled in the three games to date. Marlon Samuels, who has returned to international cricket, and Kirk Edwards have both laboured against Pakistan's spin bowling and brought scoring to a standstill.

Sarwan, who has played 166 one-day internationals, scored 155 runs at 25.83 during the World Cup, and along with Chris Gayle and Shivnarine Chanderpaul, who is currently involved in a war of words with the WICB, was left out after Ottis Gibson, the coach, criticised the performances of senior players.

His return will appease officials in Guyana, Sarwan's home country, who had been angered by his and Chanderpaul's snub. The final one-day international of the series, and the first Test, will be played at Providence. However, due to West Indies' domestic season having finished, Sarwan hasn't had any chance to find form in the middle.

Despite having already lost the series there are no further changes to the squad for the fourth match. There were a few bright spots during the third match in Barbados as Ravi Rampaul and Devendra Bishoo almost pulled the game around for West Indies with some impressive bowling. However, the home side just haven't been able to score enough runs. Sarwan will hope to change that.

Squad: Darren Sammy (capt), Dwayne Bravo, Carlton Baugh (wk), Devendra Bishoo, Darren Bravo, Kirk Edwards, Anthony Martin, Ravi Rampaul, Kemar Roach, Andre Russell, Ramnaresh Sarwan, Marlon Samuels, Lendl Simmons

NB Too much pressure for Hilaire and his dummies, they still have not shape up, Chanderpaul is still missing.

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It would not be surprising if Chanderpaul is dropped for the whole WI series. Gibson doesnt like him and now so does Hilaire.

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Originally posted by Alexander:
It would not be surprising if Chanderpaul is dropped for the whole WI series. Gibson doesnt like him and now so does Hilaire.

Alex, it is likely, but I think for the tests, he might be in the team.

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Pakistan tour of the West Indies:

Pakistan tour of West Indies, 4th ODI: West Indies v Pakistan at Bridgetown, May 2, 2011

The series is out of reach but the quest for pride is ongoing for West Indies, as the fourth ODI prepares to get underway against Pakistan in Barbados. Darren Sammy won the toss and chose to bowl first in showery weather at the Kensington Oval, with his seamers hoping to use the conditions to propel them towards their first win of the series.

West Indies won the toss and elected to field

Pakistan 37/1 (11 ov)

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Pakistan tour of the West Indies:

Pakistan tour of West Indies, 4th ODI: West Indies v Pakistan at Bridgetown, May 2, 2011

Pakistan 62/1 (14.4 ov)

Pakistan RR 4.22

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Pakistan tour of the West Indies:

Pakistan tour of West Indies, 4th ODI: West Indies v Pakistan at Bridgetown, May 2, 2011

Pakistan 116/1 (28.0 ov)

Hafeez 68
Shafiq 39

Pakistan RR 4.26

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Finally: Sarwan brings them luck:

West Indies v Pakistan, 4th ODI, Barbados
West Indies sneak home in the rain

West Indies 154 for 4 (Simmons 76) beat Pakistan 248 for 9 (Hafeez 121, Shafiq 71) by one run - D/L

Dwayne Bravo cracked a vital six off Shahid Afridi in the final over before a terminal rain shower rolled across the Kensington Oval, as West Indies clawed their way to a face-saving victory in the fourth ODI against Pakistan. Chasing a reduced target of 223 in 39 overs after a Mohammad Hafeez century, West Indies were given a flying start by Lendl Simmons, who made 76 from 70 balls, but an untimely burst of wickets left them needing Bravo's late injection of humpty to secure a one-run victory courtesy of Duckworth-Lewis.

In a game punctuated by rain delays, the denouement was dramatic. West Indies had at one stage been coasting to victory, with Simmons and the recalled Ramnaresh Sarwan going steady in a 75-run stand for the third wicket, but when both men fell in the space of seven deliveries, the final overs turned into a scramble, with Bravo and Marlon Samuels struggling to get the better of a disciplined bowling attack.

At 148 for 4 after 29 overs, the scores were tied on D/L. With orders ringing out from the dressing room, Bravo leant back to wallop Afridi for the decisive blow over midwicket, then blocked out two more balls before the heavens opened. The result was West Indies' first victory over senior opposition since India's tour of the Caribbean in June 2009, and though it arrived by an unconventional means, it was no less welcome for that fact.

The final result was due reward for Simmons' purposeful approach to the run-chase. His opening partner, Kirk Edwards, was caught behind off Junaid Khan for a golden duck, but that set-back did not impede his approach in the slightest. After a let-off from the keeper, Mohammad Salman, on 3, Simmons smashed Tanvir Ahmed over midwicket for six before repeating the dose in Tanvir's next over, which went for 20 all told, including consecutive fours for Simmons, the first from a free hit, and an effortless flick off the pads from Darren Bravo.


In the very next over, Bravo undid his good work with a rank slap to third man to give Junaid his second wicket of the innings, whereupon Sarwan arrived to embark on the partnership that should have made the game safe. He had reached 28 from 56 balls when he allowed his good work to go to waste with a limp chip to mid-off, before Simmons chased a hint of width from Tanvir and holed out to deep point. But Dwayne and the rain ensured their efforts were not in vain.

If the defeat was harsh on any one player, it was the Man of the Match Hafeez, who confirmed his new-found reliability at the top of the order with a superbly paced 121 from 138 balls, his second ODI hundred of the year and of his career. On his watch, Pakistan posted a dominant 248 for 9, the highest total in the series to date, although it could have been more formidable still but for the wiles of Devendra Bishoo, whose legbreaks claimed 3 for 37, and applied an emergency brake to an innings that had been running away from West Indies at 210 for 3 in the 44th over.

In five of his previous seven ODIs, Hafeez had made scores between 32 and 61, and he followed up with another measured anchor role. Though he had struck his third ball of the day, from Roach, through point for four, he had added just one more boundary, again from Roach, in a 40-ball 25, when the rain started falling in the 12th over. Upon the resumption, however, he lifted the tempo to good effect.

Dwayne Bravo's fourth over went for 14 runs, including the first six of the innings, before Sammy was launched over midwicket with a disdainful pull. At the other end, Shafiq bedded in to play the supporting role. He notched up just one boundary in his first 58 deliveries, a lofted swat off Sammy, having survived a tough caught-and-bowled opportunity from the previous delivery, but together with Hafeez, he scarcely put a foot wrong in a 153-run stand for the second wicket.

Bravo eventually forced the breakthrough in the 39th over, when he brought up his midwicket to tempt a cross-batted stroke, and Shafiq duly obliged with a flick to long-on. Afridi promoted himself to No. 4 for a quick bash, and though he swiped a Roach beamer for four through third man, he fell one ball later to a front-foot swipe to mid-off as Roach dug the ball in.

Hafeez by this stage had eased along to his century, but Bishoo ensured the gloss would be taken off the innings with three wickets in the space of six balls. The reliable Misbah-ul-Haq was bowled off the back pad for 5, before Hammad Azam's skittish innings of 1 ended with a wipe to leg gully, one ball after Bishoo had dropped him off his own bowling. The big wicket, however, was that of Hafeez, who was bowled by a beauty that dipped and turned from leg to middle, as Pakistan slipped to 220 for 7.

A pair of crass run-outs accounted for Mohammad Salman and the new boy Usman Salahuddin, but his fellow ODI debutant, Tanvir, smacked a four and two sixes in a 12-ball 18, to ensure a difficult chase lay ahead for West Indies. Nevertheless, that late loss of momentum would prove crucial in the final reckoning.

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Now Andy Roberts is saying that WI Board is incompetent.The whole lot of them must be replaced.

West Indies v Pakistan, 5th ODI, Providence
Martin replaces Roach, Pakistan bat
ESPNcricinfo staff

May 5, 2011

Toss Pakistan chose to bat v West Indies
Live scorecard and ball-by-ball details

Shahid Afridi chose to bat at Providence, Guyana, in the final game of the five-ODI series against West Indies. The visitors had won the series 3-0 before the hosts pulled one back in the fourth ODI in Barbados.

West Indies made one change to their XI, bringing in legspinner Anthony Martin for fast bowler Kemar Roach. Darren Sammy wanted to bat as well. He said Roach was rested because of the Test series that follows this game.

Pakistan made three, picking batsmen Taufeeq Umar and Umar Akmal, as well as fast bowler Wahab Riaz, in place of Hammad Azam, Asad Shafiq an Tanvir Ahmed. Afridi said Shafiq had a calf problem.

West Indies: 1 Lendl Simmons, 2 Kirk Edwards, 3 Darren Bravo, 4 Ramnaresh Sarwan, 5 Marlon Samuels, 6 Dwayne Bravo, 7 Darren Sammy (capt), 8 Carlton Baugh (wk), 9 Ravi Rampaul, 10 Devendra Bishoo, 11 Anthony Martin.

Pakistan 1 Mohammad Hafeez, 2 Ahmed Shehzad, 3 Taufeeq Umar, 4 Misbah-ul-Haq, 5 Umar Akmal, 6 Shahid Afridi (capt), 7 Usman Salahuddin, 8 Mohammad Salman (wk), 8 Wahab Riaz, 9 Saeed Ajmal, 11 Junaid Khan.

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Pakistan tour of West Indies, 5th ODI:
West Indies v Pakistan at Providence, May 5, 2011

Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat

Pakistan 33/1 (8.2 ov)

Pakistan RR 3.92

Mohd Hafees 23 no
Ahmad Shehzad 7 no

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Shiv Chanderpaul selected to be in the side for the first test in Guyana

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Pakistan tour of West Indies, 5th ODI:
West Indies v Pakistan at Providence, May 5, 2011

Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat

Pakistan 100/5 (29.2 ov)

Afridi 7
Akmal 17

Pakistan RR 3.40

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Pakistan tour of West Indies, 5th ODI:
West Indies v Pakistan at Providence, May 5, 2011

Pakistan 123/8 (35.5 ov)

Rampaul 4/35
Sammy 3/30
Bishoo 1/26

Pakistan struggling for a score of 150 as the Pakistani Batsmen are finding runs very hard to come by.

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Pakistan tour of West Indies, 5th ODI:
West Indies v Pakistan at Providence, May 5, 2011

Pakistan 127/9 (38.4 ov)

Saeed Ajmal lbw b DJ Bravo 5

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Pakistan tour of West Indies, 5th ODI:
West Indies v Pakistan at Providence, May 5, 2011

Pakistan 139 (41.2 ov)

West Indies 85/0 (15.4 ov)

West Indies cruising to victory.

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Pakistan tour of West Indies, 1st Test: West Indies v Pakistan at Providence, Guyana. May 12-16, 2011

West Indies won the toss and elected to bat

Day 1 - Session 1

West Indies 27/1 (18.6 ov)

Simmons 10
D Brave 4

DS Smith bowled Mohamed Hafeez 13

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Pakistan tour of West Indies, 1st Test: West Indies v Pakistan at Providence, Guyana. May 12-16, 2011

TEAMS:

West Indies: Devon Smith, Lendl Simmons, Darren Bravo, Ramnaresh Sarwan, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Brendan Nash, Carlton Baugh (wk), Darren Sammy (capt), Ravi Rampaul, Kemar Roach, Devendra Bishoo

Pakistan: Mohammad Hafeez, Taufeeq Umar, Azhar Ali, Misbah-ul-Haq (capt), Asad Shafiq. Umar Akmal, Mohammad Salman (wk), Abdur Rehman, Wahab Riaz, Umar Gul, Saeed Ajmal

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Pakistan tour of West Indies, 1st Test: West Indies v Pakistan at Providence, Guyana. May 12-16, 2011

116/2

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I took a quick peep before lunch and I could swear that I saw Lara at the crease. It was young Bravo.

Pakistan tour of West Indies, 1st Test: West Indies v Pakistan at Providence, Guyana. May 12-16, 2011

West Indies Struggling at

153/5

West Indies 1st innings
DS Smith b Mohammad Hafeez 13
LMP Simmons retired hurt 41
DM Bravo lbw b Wahab Riaz 25
RR Sarwan c †Mohammad Salman b Abdur Rehman 23
S Chanderpaul not out 25
BP Nash lbw b Saeed Ajmal 5
CS Baugh† lbw b Saeed Ajmal 4
DJG Sammy* not out 12

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Pakistan tour of West Indies, 1st Test: West Indies v Pakistan at Providence, Guyana. May 12-16, 2011

West Indies Struggling at

Sammy gone caught Umar bowled Abdur Rahman for 12

160/6

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Originally posted by Abu Jihad:
I took a quick peep before lunch and I could swear that I saw Lara at the crease. It was young Bravo.

I wish that Lara was still playing.

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Saeed Ajmal to Chanderpaul, OUT

S Chanderpaul b Saeed Ajmal 27

West Indies 162/7

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West Indies 168/7 (75.3 ov)

Kemar Roach 4
Simmonds 44

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West Indies 175/8

LMP Simmons lbw b Saeed Ajmal 49 (130b 3x4 1x6) SR: 37.69

Too Bad he missed another half century.

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West Indies 193/8

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West Indies 204/9

Well 204/9 is really dull cricket.

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Pakistan tour of West Indies, 1st Test: West Indies v Pakistan at Providence, Guyana. May 12-16, 2011

West Indies all out 226

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Pakistan tour of West Indies, 1st Test: West Indies v Pakistan at Providence, Guyana. May 12-16, 2011

West Indies all out 226

Pakistan 130/7 (54.5 ov)

Pakistan trail by 96 runs with 3 wickets remaining in the 1st innings

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Pakistan 135/8

Umar Gul c †Baugh b Rampaul 5

Pakistan trail by 91 runs with 2 wickets remaining in the 1st innings

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West Indies 226

Pakistan 160

Pakistan trail by 66 runs in the 1st innings

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West Indies 226 & 31/2

Pakistan 160

West Indies lead by 97 runs with 8 wickets remaining

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Pakistan tour of West Indies, 1st Test: West Indies v Pakistan at Providence, Guyana. May 12-16, 2011

West Indies 226 & 82/6

Pakistan 160

West Indies lead by 148 runs with 4 wickets remaining

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Pakistan tour of West Indies, 1st Test: West Indies v Pakistan at Providence, Guyana. May 12-16, 2011

West Indies 226 & 86/7

Pakistan 160

West Indies lead by 152 runs with 3 wickets remaining

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