Windies defeat Pakistan by 40 runs

“It’s a good feeling. This is about West Indies cricket, we as a team needed this  performance, it was total team effort and it was good to come out with a win,” said Sammy.
The first St. Lucian skipper of the West Indies said coach Ottis Gibson had been given some  reward for his efforts to turn around the Caribbean team.
“It is the belief that is there in the guys, Ottis asks everyone to go out there and  practice batting. It was a wicket to bowl straight on.
“Lately things haven’t been going well but I still have the belief and the rest of the  team also have belief…it is still only one victory though and we still have to continue  working hard and improving.”
Ravi Rampaul also took advantage of the difficult batting surface to take 4-48 as West  Indies cleaned up the last six Pakistan wickets for 43 runs in a low-scoring match where only  one player managed to make a half-century.
West Indies made an early breakthrough when Rampaul clean bowled Asad Shafiq for 42, ending  a partnership that had pulled Pakistan back from the dreadful start on Saturday evening when  they their first three wickets with just two runs on the board.

Misbah-ul-Haq continued with Umar Akmal, putting on a 52 run stand that promised to turn  the match decisively in Pakistan’s favour.
But Sammy brought himself into the attack and removed Misbah-ul-haq lbw for 52 before  trapping Mohammad Salman in a similar manner to complete a double wicket maiden that turned the  game.
After lunch the wickets tumbled with Sammy and Rampaul taking full advantage of a surface  that offered plenty of movement.
There were a total of 20 lbw dismissals in the match, a record number for a test.
Critics may question both the quality of the batting surface and some of the batting on  display but for success-starved fans in the Caribbean, it was an enthralling test which ended  with a much-needed victory.
For Pakistan, the result extends a miserable statistic. They have never won a series in the  Caribbean in six previous visits and the best they can hope for this time is a drawn series  with only one test to go.