Date-stamped : 27 Jul2000 - 06:22
5 November 1993

Final: Pakistan v West Indies, Match Report

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West Indies won the final yesterday, set a target of 285 to win in 50
overs, they won with 4 and a half overs to spare.  Lara scored a
brilliant 153 (25 fours ?; run-a-ball ?), Arthurton and Simmons both
had scores in the 40s; at one point, it did look as though the West
Indies would win with around 10 overs to spare, but Richie Richardson
and Lara slowed down a bit towards the end (till about 270, atleast
:-)).  The Caribbeans constantly maintained a scoring rate of between
7 to 7.5 an over, and reached 200 with slightly less than 30 overs on
the board, (at the half way mark, they were 180/2).

Waqar Younus came in for a fair bit of stick, on two occasions, he was
hit for 3 fours in an over, and for 2 fours in an over once.  Earlier,
Basit Ali scored a tremendous 127 (off 79 deliveries) and Malik
contributed 84, as Pak raced to 285/4.  Curtley Ambrose too came in
for a hiding, giving away 63 runs in his 10 overs.

Thanks to Venky on r.s.c.
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WI beat Pak in the final by 6 wickets.  Pakistan made 284 for 4 which
their bowling attack failed to defend.  It may be tempting to
speculate whether a fit Waqar, Wasim and Aaqib would have made a
difference but the fact is that with talent such as Lara one never
knows. He caught fire and simply won the match for the WI with a
superb 150+.  From what I heard from Mujtaba, Lara did not slog: he
simply played superb strokes all round the wicket.  For Pakistan Basit
showed similar talent in hitting a 100 in 67 balls, ending with 120+
no. He had five sixes with two coming of Ambrose.  One of these two
sixes went clean out of the ground. A run feast, good match and rare
talent on song from both sides.

Thanks to Shamim on r.s.c.

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