Pakistan beat West Indies, Pakistan won by 9 wickets

Pakistan win the first Test by 9 wickets. The West Indian players shake hands with the batsmen and the umpires as they head to the pavilion. The Pakistan players come out from the dressing room and shake hands with the West Indian team.

The tale of the Test: West Indies winning the toss and batting first were dismissed for 206 runs, Lara top scored with 61 runs. Umar Gul picked up 5 wickets for Pakistan, he was well supported by Shahid Nazir and Danish Kaneria. In reply, Pakistan scored 485 runs, a lead of 279 runs, Hafeez at the top played well and then Yousuf scoring 192 was well supported by Shoaib Malik and Kamran Akmal. For West Indies Taylor picked up 4 wickets, Dave Mohammad too bowled well for his 3 wickets.

West Indies in the second innings fought hard, Lara played well once again for his 122, he and Chanderpaul were involved in a partnership of 137 runs for the fifth wicket. Chanderpaul scored 81. It was not enough for West Indies. Again Umar Gul bowled well for his 4 wickets, he picked up 9 wickets for the match. Pakistan just needed 13 runs to win. They won by 9 wickets.

Man of the match: Umar Gul gets the man of the match for his 9 wickets in the match.

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5.1

Edwards to Farhat, 1 run

pushes to cover and takes off for a single, Bravo picks up the ball and has a shy a the stumps, misses it. Pakistan win by 9 wickets

Over5

Maiden

PAK 12/1CRR: 2.40

Younis Khan 0 (7b)Imran Farhat 7 (13b 1x4)

CD Collymore1/2 (3)

4.6

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Collymore to Younis, no run

back of a length delivery angled in, pushed to mid off

4.5

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Collymore to Younis, no run

again looking for the run, pushes to mid on

4.4

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Collymore to Younis, no run

short of a length delivery on off and middle, pushed to mid on

4.3

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Collymore to Younis, no run

short of a length delivery on the leg stump, worked to square leg

4.2

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Collymore to Younis, no run

short of a length delivery outside the off stump, moves away after pitching, beats the outside edge

4.1

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Collymore to Younis, no run

wide outside the off stump, mistimes the cut to cover

Over4

10 runs

PAK 12/1CRR: 3.00

Imran Farhat 7 (13b 1x4)Younis Khan 0 (1b)

FH Edwards0/6 (2)

3.6

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Edwards to Farhat, no run

goes down the leg side, through to Ramdin

3.5

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Edwards to Farhat, no run

back of a length delivery outside the off stump, mistimes the drive to point

3.4

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Edwards to Farhat, no run

pitches outside leg and strikes the pad, loud appeal from the bowler, turned down

one more run required

3.3

Edwards to Farhat, FOUR runs

another short delivery down the leg side, pulled around, short of Morton at leg slip, goes to fine leg fence

3.2

4lb

Edwards to Farhat, 4 leg byes

short down the leg side, gets the forearm and goes to fine leg fence, signalled leg byes

leg slip in place

3.1

Edwards to Farhat, 2 runs

short of a length delivery on the off and middle, punched off the back foot through covers, comes back for the second run

Over3

2 runs, 1 wicket

PAK 2/1CRR: 0.66

Younis Khan 0 (1b)Imran Farhat 1 (7b)

CD Collymore1/2 (2)

2.6

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Collymore to Younis, no run

short and wide outside the off stump, plays tentatively with a horizontal bat to the off side

Younis Khan is the new batsman in

2.5

Collymore to Hafeez, OUT

Collymore picks up his first wicket off the match, nips in from outside the off stump, plays across the line and gets hit on the pad in line with the stumps, loud appeal, given by umpire Taufel

Mohammad Hafeez lbw b Collymore 1 (10b 0x4 0x6 12m) SR: 10

2.4

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Collymore to Hafeez, no run

back of a length delivery outside the off stump, comes back in slightly, lets it go through to Ramdin

2.3

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Collymore to Hafeez, no run

good length delivery angled in, off the pad to the off side

Collymore misses his run-up, will go back to his mark and try again

2.2

Collymore to Farhat, 1 run

back of a length delivery worked to midwicket

2.1

Collymore to Hafeez, 1 run

Pakistan and Hafeez off the mark, good length delivery pushed through covers

Over2

Maiden

PAK 0/0CRR: 0.00

Imran Farhat 0 (6b)Mohammad Hafeez 0 (6b)

FH Edwards0/0 (1)

1.6

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Edwards to Farhat, no run

short rising delivery angled across, lets it go through to Ramdin

Pakistan vs West Indies, 1st Test at Lahore, Nov 11 2006 - Match Result