Pakistan vs. West Indies: Highlights, Scorecard, Report from Cricket World Cup

West Indies got their Cricket World Cup campaign back on track with a crushing 150-run victory over Pakistan in Christchurch on Saturday.

The Caribbean islanders were put into bat and made 310-6 at the Hagley Oval.

			Runs	Minutes	Balls	4s	6s
Dwayne Smith	c Sohail	b Sohail Khan	23	34	27	4	0
Gayle	c Riaz	b Irfan	4	21	14	0	0
Darren Bravo	retd hurt		49	230	78	3	0
Samuels	c Sub	b Sohail	38	68	52	4	0
Ramdin	c Sub	b Sohail	51	65	43	7	0
Simmons	run out (Sohail Khan)		50	85	46	4	2
Sammy	c Shahid Afridi	b Riaz	30	36	28	3	1
Russell	not out		42	14	13	3	4
Extras		1nb 14w 2b 6lb	23
Bowler			Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets
Irfan			10	0	44	1
Sohail Khan			10	1	73	1
Shahid Afridi			10	0	48	0
Sohail			9	0	62	2
Riaz			10	0	67	1
Maqsood			1	0	8	0

They then bowled out Pakistan for 160 as they responded to losing to Ireland by four wickets at the Saxton Oval in Nelson on Monday in the best fashion.

			Runs	Minutes	Balls	4s	6s
Jamshed	c Russell	b Taylor	0		2	0	0
Shehzad	c Simmons	b Holder	1	16	10	0	0
Younus Khan	c Ramdin	b Taylor	0	2	1	0	0
Sohail	c Sub	b Taylor	0	6	6	0	0
Misbah-ul-Haq	c Gayle	b Russell	7	32	21	1	0
Maqsood	c Benn	b Sammy	50	92	66	4	1
U Akmal	c Dwayne Smith	b Russell	59	88	71	5	1
Shahid Afridi	c Holder	b Benn	28	49	26	4	0
Riaz	c Ramdin	b Russell	3	15	13	0	0
Sohail Khan	c Ramdin	b Benn	1	12	8	0	0
Irfan	not out		2	6	11	0	0
Extras		1nb 5w 0b 3lb	9
Bowler			Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets
Taylor			7	1	15	3
Holder			7	2	23	1
Russell			8	2	33	3
Sammy			8	0	47	1
Benn			9	0	39	2

WI had contributions throughout their batting order as they made over 300 for the second match in a row.

Chris Gayle (four) again failed to fire and the early loss of opening partner Dwayne Smith (23) saw them stutter to 28-2.

Left-arm spinner Haris Sohail had both Marlon Samuels (38) and Denesh Ramdin (51) caught at long-off, attempting big shots, but they had taken the total to 195-4 after 40 overs with Darren Bravo making 49 before retiring hurt with a leg muscle pull.

They finished the innings with a flourish as Lendl Simmons, who scored a century against Ireland, made 50 before being run out off the final ball. However, he was overshadowed by Andre Russell who smashed four sixes in making 42 from only 13 balls.

Pakistan suffered a 76-run defeat to neighbours and reigning champions India in Adelaide last Sunday and again their run chase failed to sparkle.

They collapsed to 1-4 with Jerome Taylor removing Nasir Jamshed, Younis Khan and Haris Sohail for ducks in his opening two overs.

Skipper Misbah-ul-Haq, who made 76 against India, then became the first of man-of-the-match Russell’s three victims after making only seven.

Sohaib Maqsood and Umar Akmal made half-centuries, putting on 80 for the sixth wicket, but international cricket’s most mercurial side were all out in 39 overs. Tall spinner Sulieman Benn, who missed the Ireland game, polished off the tail.

West Indies next play Zimbabwe on Tuesday in Pool B, while Pakistan have to wait until March 1 to boost confidence when they also play the Africans.