Leg-spinner Devendra Bishoo captured four wickets while Lendl Simmons composed a fluent 65 as West Indies beat Pakistan by seven runs in their inaugural Twenty20 International.
Umar Akmal led the way with 41, Asad Shafiq made 25 and Saeed Ajmal scored 21 not out as Pakistan was restricted to 143 for nine in its 20 overs, chasing 151 for victory at the Beausejour Cricket Ground here on Thursday.
The Pakistan bowlers looked short of work as opener Simmons struck seven fours and two sixes in the top score of 65 off 44 deliveries as West Indies built a total of 150 for seven from its 20 overs.
Early breakthrough
Abdur Rehman gave Pakistan an early breakthrough, when he trapped Andre Fletcher lbw for one, but Simmons and Darren Bravo added 99 for the second wicket to put West Indies back on track for a decent total.
Rehman made the breakthrough again when he had Bravo caught at long-on for 42, and West Indies wobbled the rest of the way, with no other batsman passing 20.
Rehman, Wahab Riaz and Saeed Ajmal collected two wickets apiece for Pakistan.
Pakistan made a shaky start to its chase and soon slid to 49 for four in the seventh over when Bishoo tightened the screws, having Asad Shafiq caught at short mid-on with his fourth delivery, and, next ball, had Misbah-ul-Haq hit-wicket for a first-ball duck.
Akmal tried to keep the momentum going in the middle of the innings, but Bishoo had Afridi caught at extra cover for 12 to effectively dent Pakistan's hopes.
The two sides contest the first One-Day International in a series of five, starting on Saturday at the same venue.
The scores:
West Indies: A. Fletcher lbw b Rehman 1, L. Simmons (run out) 65, D. Bravo c U. Akmal b Rehman 42, M. Samuels st. Salman b Ajmal 4, D. Hyatt c U. Akmal b Ajmal 14, D. Sammy c Salman b Riaz 1, C. Barnwell (not out) 11, A. Russell c Rehman b Riaz 0, A. Nurse (not out) 6; Extras (lb-1, w-4, nb-1): 6. Total (for seven wkts. in 20 overs): 150.
Fall of wickets: 1-3, 2-101, 3-114, 4-125, 5-166, 6-141, 7-141.
Pakistan bowling: Junaid Khan 2-0-15-0, Abdur Rehman 4-0-22-2, Saeed Ajmal 4-0-35-2, Wahab Riaz 4-1-24-2, Shahid Afridi 3-0-30-0, Mohammad Hafeez 3-0-23-0.
Pakistan: A. Shahzad c Barnwell b Rampaul 12, M. Hafeez c Nurse b Sammy 3, A. Shafiq c Hyatt b Bishoo 25, U. Akmal c Samuels b Rampaul 41, Misbah-ul-Haq b Bishoo 0, S. Afridi c Sammy b Bishoo 12, M. Salman (run out) 5, A. Rehman b Bishoo 7, W. Riaz c Sammy b Rampaul 6, S. Ajmal (not out) 21, Junaid Khan (not out) 3; Extras (b-1, w-1, nb-6): 8; Total (for nine wkts. in 20 overs): 143.
Fall of wickets: 1-7, 2-20, 3-49, 4-49, 5-78, 6-93, 7-109, 8-110, 9-123.
West Indies bowling: Rampaul 4-0-31-3, Sammy 3-0-26-1, Russell 4-0-28-0, Bishoo 4-0-17-4, Barnwell 1-0-7-0, Nurse 4-0-33-0.
