West Indies beaten again

Melton Williams, Gleaner Writer



West Indies new-look team suffered its third straight defeat to Pakistan by losing the third One-Day International by three wickets in Kensington Oval, Barbados.



As a result of the victory, Pakistan have taken an unbeatable 3-nil lead in the five-match series.



Pakistan, set a victory target of 172 in the rain-affected match which was reduced to 45 overs, replied with 177 for seven off 40 point 1 overs.



Misbah-ul-Haq led Pakistan with an undefeated 62 from 109 balls, while Hammad Azam chipped in with 36 and Umar Akmal with 30.



Ravi Rampaul was the pick of the West Indies bowlers with four for 32 and Devendra Bishoo supported well with three for 42.



Earlier, Lendl Simmons hit the top score of 51 and Darren Bravo supported with 47, but West Indies gave another feeble batting performance.



Simmons and Bravo put on 86 for the second wicket, but West Indies failed to kick-on, and were dismissed for 171 with eight balls of their weather-reduced allocation of 45 overs remaining.



melton.williams@gleanerjm.com