Captain Misbah-ul-Haq hit his third half-century of the series to overshadow Marlon Samuels’ 106 not out as Pakistan defeated West Indies by six wickets on the Duckworth/lewis Method in the fourth one-day international on Sunday.
Misbah scored an unbeaten 53 off 43 balls after Pakistan’s target was revised to 189 in 31 overs when more than an hour of play was lost due to rain. Samuels smashed nine fours and four sixes to steer West Indies to 261-7. Misbah hit three fours and a six and added a match-winning 72 runs for the third wicket with Mohammad Hafeez, who scored 59.
Pakistan leads 2-1 in the five-match series. The last game is on Wednesday. Pakistan was 68-2 after 17 overs and needed a further 121 off 14 overs when play resumed. Hafeez made his intentions clear by hitting out before he was well caught by Darren Bravo at point with Pakistan needing 57 in 7.3 overs.
Shahid Afridi fell for 7, but Umar Akamal (29 not out) and Misbah added 45 for Pakistan to cruise home with an over to spare.
West Indies captain Dwayne Bravo, who was hit for three successive boundaries by Akmal in the 30th over, had to rely on himself as his main bowlers had already bowled five overs before the rain came. He proved costly, giving away 49 runs in his six overs for the sole wicket of Hafeez.
Earlier, Samuels smashed a brilliant 106 not out and featured in two productive stands — adding 95 with lendl Simmons (46) for the fifth wicket after putting on 57 with Chris Gayle (30), who was dropped on zero. Gayle was dropped down to No. 5 after previous scores of 1, 1 and 8.
Brief Scores
West Indies: 261/7 (Samuels 106 no, Simmons 46) beat Pakistan: 189/4 (Hafeez 59, Misbah 53 no) by 6 wickets (D/l method).