Date-stamped : 03 Nov93 - 06:18 Champion's Trophy, Sharjah WI v Pak, ODI2, Match 4, 1 Nov 93 Pak beat WI by 5 wkts (till end of WI innings) In-form opener Phil Simmons hit a superb 81 to help West In- dies score 260 for nine in 50 overs in the Champions Trophy against Pakistan on Monday. Simmons, who made 92 against Sri Lanka last week, played a lone hand for his team as the Pakis- tanis made the West Indians work for their runs. Pakistani captain Wasim Akram took four for 40 and leg spinner Mushtaq Ahmed three for 46 to dent the Caribbean batting after Richie Richardson had won the toss and elected to bat. West In- dies, the only unbeaten team so far in the three-nation tourna- ment, had defeated Pakistan by 39 runs in their first meeting Friday. Sri Lanka lost both their matches in the first leg of the preliminary league. ====> MORE Saeed Anwar's second successive century lifted Pakistan to a crucial five-wicket win over West Indies in the Champions Trophy on Monday. The 25-year-old left hander, who made 107 against Sri Lanka on Saturday, struck a career-best 131 as Pakistan beat West Indies 260 for nine with six balls to spare. The World Cup winners not only avenged their loss to West Indies in their first meeting last Friday, but also improved their chances of playing the final on November 5. West Indies and Pakistan have two wins from three matches and will contest the final unless both lose their remaining matches to Sri Lanka by big margins. Sri Lanka, who play Pakistan on Tuesday, are winless in the three-nation tournament. Anwar slammed 12 boundaries and three sixes in a brilliant 142-ball knock that helped him surpass his previous best of 126 against Sri Lanka in 1991. It was also the highest ever individual score at the Sharjah cricket ground where Pakistan have won seven of the 14 previous tournaments. Anwar super stroke play found able support at the other to keep Pakistan in the hunt for a 5.2 run per over victory target. Opening partner Asif Mujtaba (15) helped him put on 42 for the first wicket by the 12th over. Number three Inzamam-ul-Haq was run out for 20, but a third wicket stand of 57 between Anwar and Javed Miandad took Pakistan to 143 for two by the 33rd over. Miandad was caught behind off Kenneth Benjamin for 20, but Basit Ali came in to strike 16 off as many balls with the help of one six and a boundary. Basit ran himself out by backing too far down at the non-striker's end to enable Anwar (99) to complete his century. Anwar reached three-figures in the same over and celebrated by swinging two boundaries off successive balls in Anderson Cum- mins' next over. Anwar fell in the 48th over when 10 more were needed for victory. Veteran batsman Salim Malik (34 not out) and skipper Wasim Akram (five) saw Pakistan through. West Indies began on the wrong foot after electing to bat first when openers Desmond Haynes and Brian Lara were removed by the 15th over with the score at 57. Haynes, playing his first match in the tournament after recovering from a throat infection, made six before being caught at point in Akram's fifth over. Lara was caught behind off Mushtaq for 14. Simmons and Keith Arthurton (63) retreived the situation by adding 132 for the third wicket that took the West Indies to a healthy 189 for two by the 38th over. Simmons, who hit seamer Ata-ur-Rehman for a huge six over long-off, was yorked by the same bowler when he was 19 runs short of a century. Mushtaq set West Indies back by removing both Arthurton and skipper Richie Richardson (seven) in the 41st over to make it 204 for five. West Indies added 59 runs in the final 10 overs, but not before losing four more wickets, three of them to Akram. The Pakistani skipper had Carl Hooper caught at mid-off for 18 and bowled both Roger Harper and Kenneth Benjamin with swinging york- ers. Leg spinner Abdul Qadir, playing his first international for two years, had Anderson Cummins stumped by Rashid Latif to finish with one for 43 from 10 overs. West Indies went into the match without a specialist wicket- keeper, dropping Junior Murray to accomodate Haynes. Court- ney Walsh and Harper came in for Winston Benjamin and Curtley Am- brose. Qadir replaced Pakistan seamer Aquib Javed, who sus- tained a back injury in Saturday's match against Sri Lanka Thanks to vasa on r.s.c. Contributed by The Management (help@cricinfo.com)