Wednesday 4th May, 2011 15 three sixes in a career-best 121 off 138 But the innings subsided after that deliveries. solid platform as the hosts fought back. He shared a brilliant second wicket Legspinner Devendra Bishoo claimed West Indies’ stand of 153 with fellow right-hander 3-37 off 10 overs, while there were two Kemar Roach Asad Shafiq, who contributed 71. wickets apiece for seamers Dwayne Bravo bowls during Shafiq cracked four fours off 102 (2-60) and Kemar Roach (2-67). the fourth one- balls. “We thought we would score about day interna- 270-275, but I think we really missed that tional cricket chance,” Afridi said. “We’re disappointed match against because we missed an opportunity to Pakistan in score a higher score.” West Indies West Indies won the toss and got a Bridgetown, Barbados, bowler Ravi good start when Roach claimed Ahmed Shehzad at 15-1. Monday May Rampaul bowls Shehzad top-edged a hook and Bravo 2, 2011. during the fourth took a brilliant catch running back 15 (AP) West Indies’ Lendl Simmons hits a six during the fourth one-day ODI between West yards from square leg. international cricket match against Pakistan in Bridgetown, Indies and But Hafeez and the 25-year-old Shafiq Barbados, Monday, May 2, 2011. The West Indies won by one run laid the platform for a challenging total according to the Duckworth/Lewis method. Pakistan at the with their sound stand, although the (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky) Kensington Oval Pakistan middle order couldn’t supply in Bridgetown, the necessary tempo towards the end as pener Lendl Simmons hit a stroke- Barbados on Bishoo continued his fine rookie season. Only tailender Tanvir Ahmed, with 18 filled 76 off 70 balls Monday to lift Sunday. West Indies to a one-run victory off 12 balls, managed to reach double fig- O ures after Hafeez and Shafiq. over Pakistan in a rain-hit fourth cricket one-day international at Kensington Oval The West Indies chase, stalled initial- in Bridgetown, Barbados. ly by rain, got off to a terrible start when Junaid had Kirk Edwards caught behind The West Indies were set a revised SCOREBOARD target of 223 off 39 overs after showers first ball. during the interval and were 154-4 off But Simmons and Darren Bravo Pakistan 29.5 overs when more bad weather ended added 56 in 8.2 overs to revive the pursuit Mohammad Hafeez b Bishoo 121 the match. before Bravo fell to Junaid, slicing to Ahmad Shehzad c Dwayne Bravo b Roach 6 third man at 57-2. Simmons and Sarwan At that stage, the hosts were ahead by Asad Shafiq c Simmons b Dwayne Bravo 71 then shared a partnership of 75 that tilt- one run on the Duckworth/Lewis system, Shahid Afridi c Rampaul b Roach 8 ensuring they avoided a sweep in the five- ed the balance to the West Indies. But when both fell in successive Misbah-ul-Haq b Bishoo 5 match series which Pakistan now leads 3- Hammad Azam c Roach b Bishoo 1 1. overs, Pakistan were back in the hunt. Usman Salahuddin run out (Simmons) 5 The victory was West Indies’ first Mohammad Salman run out (Edwards) 0 over a Top 7 nation since June 2009. Tanvir Ahmed b Dwayne Bravo 18 “We needed that. It’s been a while (AP) since we hadn’t won against a higher Saeed Ajmal not out 5 ranked opposition and to do that, the Junaid Khan not out 1 guys will take the positives,” West Indies Extras: (1lb, 5w, 1nb) 7 captain Darren Sammy said. “We creat- TOTAL: (for nine wickets) 248 ed an opportunity today and it was Overs: 50 good to see the guys pulling us Fall of wickets: 1-15, 2-168, 3-182, 4-210, 5-219, 6- through in the end.” 220, 7-220, 8-236, 9-244. Simmons struck four fours and Bowling: Roach 10-0-67-2 (1nb, 1w), Rampaul 10- three sixes to anchor the chase 2-37-0 (1w), Bravo 10-0-60-2 (2w), Sammy 10-0-46- along with Ramnaresh Sarwan 0 (1w), Bishoo 10-0-37-3. (28) and Darren Bravo (21). Dwayne Bravo struck a cru- West Indies cial six off Pakistan skipper Target reduced to 223 off 39 overs after rain dur- Shahid Afridi to push West ing interval, match called off after 29.5 overs Indies ahead of the required Lendl Simmons c Salahuddin b Tanvir 76 total just before the rain had Kirk Edwards c wk Salman b Junaid 0 the final say. Seamer Junaid Khan led Darren Bravo c Tanvir b Junaid 21 the visitors’ bowling with 2- Ramnaresh Sarwan c Junaid b Hafeez 28 26. Marlon Samuels not out 8 Earlier, Mohammad Dwayne Bravo not out 11 Hafeez struck his second Extras: (1lb, 5w, 1nb) 7 one-day century to form TOTAL: (for four wickets) 154 the backbone of Overs: 29.5 Pakistan’s challenging Fall of wickets: 1-1, 2-57, 3-132, 135. 248-9 off 50 overs. The 30- Bowling: Junaid Khan 6-0-26-2 (1w), Tanvir Ahmed year-old allrounder 6-0-45-1 (1nb), 6.5-0-32-0 (7w), Saeed Ajmal 4-0- lashed seven fours and 16-0, Mohammad Hafeez 6-0-26-1 (1w), Hammad West Indies’ Devendra Bishoo West Indies’ captain Darren Sammy, left, walks with Azam 1-0-9-0. bowls during the fourth one- bowler Devendra Bishoo after Bishoo took the wicket of Result: West Indies won by one run (D/L system). Pakistan’s captain Shahid Afridi, left, talks with Pakistan’s Misbah-ul- day international cricket match Pakistan’s Mohammad Hafeez, not shown, during the Umpires: Asoka De Silva (SL), Peter Nero (Trinidad Haq, right, during the fourth one-day international cricket match against against Pakistan in Bridgetown, fourth one-day international cricket match against & Tobago) the West Indies in Bridgetown, Barbados, Monday, May 2, 2011. Barbados, Monday May 2, 2011. Pakistan in Bridgetown, Barbados, Monday May 2, 2011. Third umpire: Joel Wilson (Trinidad & Tobago) (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky) (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky) (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky Match referee: Jeff Crowe (NZ) Mahela’s Tuskers exorcise Delhi Daredevils! NEW DELHI: After a long time, six batsmen reached double dig- Kochi Tuskers Kerala got every- its, but could not make the most thing right in one evening. of the starts they got. Following three successive Brendon McCullum smashed defeats, the low-profile team a 19-ball 37 to set the early pace trampled Delhi Daredevils, to in the Tuskers chase. The avenge the loss suffered on momentum never slackened to Saturday, by displaying the kind worrying proportions with of dominance that left the match Parthiv Patel, who matched devoid of thrills. McCullum’s contribution, and Those packing the galleries of Brad Hodge taking the side over the Ferozeshah Kotla ground the line with seven wickets and went back disappointed after five overs to spare. Daredevils’ unpredictable streak in this season’s Indian Premier Expensive bowlers League continued. Unlike the Tuskers bowlers, After being put in to bat on a Daredevils gave away far too green pitch, Daredevils could many runs upfront. The biggest only manage 140 for six. The first victim of McCullum’s fury was Kochi Tuskers’ captain Mahela Jayawardena, center reacts as Delhi Daredevils’ Yogesh Nagar, left hit a ball for four after it slipped out of the bowler’s hand during an Indian Premier League (IPL) cricket match between Delhi Daredevils and Kochi Tuskers Kerala in New Delhi, India, Monday, May 2, 2011. Umesh Yadav, whose lone over the middle-order came under of-the-Match left-arm seamer produced two sixes and two pressure. Once again, there were Prasanth Parameswaran picked boundaries. no long partnerships to raise the up two wickets each at a time The big hits kept coming even team’s prospects of a healthy when Daredevils was just about after the exit of the big-hitting total. threatening to step up the scor- opener. The blistering start made Venugopala Rao top-scored ing rate. Kochi Tuskers’ Vinay Kumar celebrates it easy for batsmen like Patel to with 40, but could not dominate If Parameswaran got rid of after claiming his second wicket during bat without pressure and the the bowlers who had read the Sehwag, who started from where an Indian Premier League (IPL) cricket result was never in doubt. pitch better. Several batsmen he had left off at Kochi two days match between Delhi Daredevils and When Daredevils batted, the were done in by the smart varia- ago, and Venugopala, the hard- Kochi Tuskers Kerala in New Delhi, belief that it depends far too tion of pace. working Vinay sent back Yogesh India, Monday, May 2, 2011. heavily on openers Virender The fact that Tuskers bowled Nagar and the dangerous-looking Kochi Tuskers Kerala’s Brendon McCullum hits a ball for six during an Indian Sehwag and David Warner stood 47 dot balls during the innings Travis Birt. total was never going to be chal- Premier League cricket match between Delhi Daredevils and Kochi Tuskers Kerala reinforced. The duo’s failure to reflected its disciplined perform- Considering the short bound- lenging. in New Delhi, India, Monday, May 2, 2011. (AP Photo) occupy the crease for long meant ance. R. Vinay Kumar and Man- aries at this ground, a sub-150 (The Hindu).