Pakistan v/s West Indies (Group D) at Sabina Park, Kingston JamaicaWI : 241/9 in 50 overs (Sameuls 63, Sarwan 49, Lara 37, Ifthikar Anju 44/3) beat Pakistan 187/10 in 47.2 overs (Shoaib Malik 62, D Smith 36/3, Bravo 42/3) by 58 runs.
Match home
The opening game of the world cup featured two highly unpredictable teams in which the hosts took on the 1992 champions Pakistan. After winning the toss and putting WI into bat, Pak struck an early blow by removing the dangerous Gayle. WI struggled to get off the blocks and runs came in a trickle during the first half their innings. However, good aggressive batting by Samuels, with able support from Lara and Smith stretched their total to 241/9. Pakistan lost early wickets and never really looked in the chase once Yousuf got out. Eventually, West Indies finished comfortable winners. Frankly, Pakistan played quite poorly and never looked turned-on for this big game but full credit to WI bowlers for exploiting the slow nature of the pitch. For the success of the world cup, it is imperative that the host nation does well. With this win, and assuming Pak make it to the super 8's, west indies will take 2 valuable points which might make their task of reaching the semis easier. As for Pakistan, they better raise their performance significantly in the future games else this could turn out to be a disastrous campaign for them.
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