- It was the 1588th ODI in cricket history.
It was the 91st ODI between these two sides.The record now reads:
West Indies 57, Pakistan 32, Tied 2.It was the 12th ODI between these two sides on West Indian soil.
The record now reads : West Indies 9, Pakistan 2, Tied 1.It was West Indies' 396th and Pakistan's 463rd match.Umpires Steve Bucknor and B. Morgan were officiating in their 73rd
and tenth match respectively.The wicket of Wavell Hinds was 150th for Mushtaq Ahmed. Playing
in his 133rd match Mushtaq became sixth Pakistani and 24th bowler
overall to complete his 150 wickets.Pakistan's total (117) was its lowest against West Indies in West
Indies.Infact it was only second time when Pakistan was dismissed in a
match in West Indies. The only other such occasion took place at Portof-Spain on 18-03-1988. Pakistan made 265 then. Pakistan's previous
lowest in a match on West Indian soil (in which it played its full quota of
50 overs) was 166 for 9 at Port-of-Spain on 15-03-1988.Pakistan's total was also the third lowest by a side on West Indian
soil. England had made 114 at Bridgetown on 19-03-1986 and New
Zealand had made 116 at Port-of-Spain on 17-04-1985.Franklyn Rose became 18th West Indian bowler to capture five
wickets in a match.His figures (5-23) were the best for West Indies
against Pakistan in all matches -home or awayputting into shade Ian
Bishop's 5 for 25 at Brisbane on 09-01-1993. The previous best for
WestIndies against Pakistan on home soil was Curtly Ambrose's 4 for
35 at St.John's on 15-03- 1988. Incidentally Rose's previous personal
best was 3 for 25 against India at Port-of-Spain on 26-04-1997.Rose, infact, became only the fourth bowler to take five wickets in a
match in West Indies after Colin Croft (6 for 15, v England at Kingstown
on 04-02-1981), Tony Gray (6-50, v Australia at Port-of-Spain on
09-03-1991) and Sanath Jayasuriya (5 for 58,v West Indies at
Port-of-Spain on 06-06- 1997).Rose's figures were the fourth joint best by any bowler against
Pakistan after Australia's Carl Rackemann's 5 for 16 at Adelaide on
30-01-1984, India's Saurav Ganguly's 5 for 16 at Toronto on 18-09-1997,
India's Arshad Ayub's 5 for 21 at Dhaka on 31-10-1988 and Sri Lanka's
Muttiah Muralitharan's 5 for 23 at Benoni on 15-04-1998.Curtly Ambrose's figures (8-2-12-1) were the most economical by
a bowler in an eight-over spell against Pakistan. South Africa's Shaun
Pollock had conceded 13 runs in his 8 overs at Cape Town on 23-04-
1998. The following table lists the most economical eight over bowling
spells against Pakistan in ODIs.
O-M-R-W Bowler Country Venue Date
8-2-12-1 Curtly Ambrose West Indies Kingstown 12-04-2000
8-1-13-0 Shaun Pollock South Africa Cape Town 23-04-1998
8-0-14-2 Courtney Walsh West Indies Sharjah 12-12-1997
8-1-15-0 Michael Holding West Indies Perth 19-12-1981
8-2-15-2 Heath Streak Zimbabwe Karachi 24-12-1993
Note : England's Derek Pringle had the figures of 8.2-5-8-3 at Adelaide
on 01-03-1992.
The victory was West Indies' first against Pakistan in last seven
matches. West Indies had last beaten Pakistan on 29-10- 1998 at
Dhaka.Franklyn Rose won his maiden Man of the Match award in his 18th
match. Interestingly in all the three matches played by West Indies in
this series, the players were winning their maiden awards.