Date-stamped : 30 Nov97 - 14:24 29 Nov - 3 Dec 1997 Pakistan v West Indies, 2nd Test at Rawalpindi Match reports Day 1 Report- Dawn Windies' slide halted after early jolts By Farhana Ayaz RAWALPINDI, Nov29: Sherwin Campbell and Shivnarine Chanderpaul made a salvaging 121 for the unfinished fifth wicket stand to pull West Indies from a precarious position to 179 for 4 in their first innings after Pakistan had taken early initiative at the close of first day's play in the second Test at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium on Saturday. Opener Campbell (66 off 230 balls) and Chanderpaul (71 off 109 balls) were batting when the stumps were drawn. Both, Pakistan and West Indies made two changes in their sides that played the first Test at Peshawar. Pakistan opted for the four seamers option, giving Test cap to local Shoaib Akhtar in the process. Recalled Waqar being the other change. Phil Simmons and spinner Rawl Lewis made way for debutant Philo Wallace who struck 142 during the four-day game against KRL and pacer Franklyn Rose for the tourists. Overnight dew delayed the start of the match by 35 minutes. Pakistan won the toss and asked Windies to bat. The ball swung generously for the seamers as debutant Wallace (5), Stewart Williams (8), Brian Lara (15) and Carl Hooper (0) were swept away in the onslaught led by skipper Wasim Akram, Waqar Younis and Azhar Mehmood. Hands went up regularly as Windies struggled to survive in the first session which saw ferocious spells by the two Ws. Wasim who bowled unchanged till lunch struck the first blow as Wallace was given leg before by David Sheperd who earlier on had disallowed a much closer appeal. Campbell was 14 while the total was 15. Waqar who bowled according to his field was unlucky not to get a nick from the batsmen as he sent in fiery deliveries. In his first spell Shoaib Akhtar, who became the 150th Test cap for Pakistan, bowled three fine overs but failed to achieve any success. Windies went to lunch at 33 for 1 in 20 overs. Waqar roared into action in the second session having Williams caught off a sharp leg cutter in the gully by Mushtaq Ahmed who did not have to move for the simple catch. At that point Williams could add three runs to his lunch score of 5, and Windies were 37. Campbell was joined by Brian Lara but in a space of 16 runs Waqar struck for the second time with an absolute shocker plucking the flower of the tourist batting force. Before getting bowled the Antiga hero was in an aggressive mood as Waqar was hit for two consecutive cover smacks and straight drive for a couple in the 28th over. The ball that sent Lara's leg stump cartwheeling swung so sharply that Windies leading run getter could barely sustain his balance. The Santa Cruz born, youngest in the family of 11, Playing 79th innings, Lara struck four strokes to fence in his 9-balls 15. Windies were three down for 53 when he returned to the dressing rooms. Five runs later, Azhar Mehmood bowling from the pavilion end had Carl Hooper caught behind to Moin Khan for duck to further tighten Pakistan's hold on the game. Opener Campbell who had witnessed wickets being demolishedfrom the other end, along with Chanderpaul slowly and steadily initiated the fightback for the tourists as the sun peeped out to dry out whatever moisture there was, making the wicket placid and stroke friendly. Campbell playing his 25th Test reached his 11th fifty off 89 balls in 146 minutes laced with seven well timed fours. Partner Chanderpaul was more aggressive, dispatching anything loose with authority. Chanderpaul who made his debut against England in 1993, enjoys a healthy average of 50.6. Playing in his 23rd Test, Chanderpaul registered his 11th half century off 86 balls spanning 68 minutes. They posted the 100 for Windies in 40.2 overs in 171 minutes while 150 mark was achieved in 60.4 overs. With the easing out of the wicket, the two worked patiently to see the day through without further damage. Coach Haroon Rasheed praised the way Windies have fought back. "I would say the way they survived the morning session when the ball was really swinging sharply also goes to their credit," he said while adding that Pakistan should be able to strike again in the first session on the second day. Source:: Dawn (http://dawn.com/) First Day - The Nation RAWALPINDI Ð Two small men with big hearts dug the West Indies out of a giant hole on the first day of the second Test against Pakistan here, yesterday. Sherwin Campbell, at five-feet-four inches one of the shortest men in international cricket, and Shivnarine Chanderpaul, hardly an inch taller, batted through the last three hours to haul their faltering team from an unhealthy 58 for four to a more stable 179 without further loss. Their unbroken partnership of 121 occupied the last three hours and was an object lesson in cooperation. Campbell, the right-handed opener, was the committed sheer-anchor, remaining steadfast throughout the five hours 10 minutes and 70 overs of the day to be 66 when umpires David Shepherd of England and Javed Akhtar of Pakistan ruled the light too dim to continue. The left-handed Chanderpaul, clearly out of form in the first Test nine days ago and dropped down from No.3 to No.6, blossomed after an unsteady start and was 71 off 109 balls at close. He passed Campbell, whom he had given a 25 runs headstart, in the final over from first Test Man-of-the-Match, leg-spinner Mushtaq Ahmed, off which he took two of his 11 fours and 12 runs in all. Campbell, West Indies' top-scorer with a similarly dogged 66 in the second innings of the disastrous first Test, disregarded several missed strokes and half-dozen edges that fell short of wicket-keeper or slips to defy a Pakistan attack including four fast bowlers. Most of his eight boundaries off the 230 balls he received were through the off-side withÊflashing drives and cuts. Before they came together, Pakistan had taken the upper hand, following captain Wasim Akram's decision to bowl on winning the toss. Overnight and early morning dew left the outfield damp and delayed play for half-hour but there was little in the pitch for the left-arm Akram and his right-arm pace accomplices, the reinstated Waqar Younis, debutant Shoaib Akhtar and Azhar Mahmood. The early West Indies worries were caused by a combination of misjudgement by the batsmen and quality bowling. Philo Wallace, the big Barbadian brought in for his first Test instead of Phil Simmons, aged 27 and six years after appearing in his first One-Day International, lasted 35 minutes for five. He was then leg-before-wicket offering no shot to Akram, not an advisable option to a left-arm inswing bowler operating from over the wicket. At 37, Stuart Williams, a specialist opener placed at No.3, became the first of two wickets for Waqar Younis, edging to gully as he played across an outswinger. WaqarÕs second victim was Brian Lara in the course of an electrifying over. The dashing left-hander twice drove down the ground for boundaries off the bounding fast bowler who had the perfect response, a toe-threatening yorker that torpedoed Lara and uprooted his leg-stump. It was a classic confrontation between two of the modern gameÕs most gifted performers. Lara's demise left the West Indies tottering at 53 for three and when Carl Hooper edged his third ball to the wicket-keeper in the following over from the lively Azhar Mahmood, it was 58 for four and a repeat of the paltry totals of the first Tests was in prospect. Campbell and Chanderpaul had other ideas. Encouraged by the grassy appearance of the surface, both teams chose four fast bowlers. The West Indies brought in Franklyn Rose for Rawl Lewis and gambled on retaining Curtly Ambrose, in spite of his lack of practice and a sore back that had been under physiotherpy since the first Test. Pakistan gave the pacy Shoaib his first Test in preference to the young off-spinner Saqlain Mushtaq. But the pitch proved to be easy-paced, probably the result of persistent rain earlier in the week, and none of the bowlers looked threatening once Campbell and Chanderpaul had settled in. Source :: The Barbados Nation (http://www.nationnews.com/) Day 2 Report- Dawn Chanderpaul, Campbell lift Windies to 303 in 2nd Test By Farhana Ayaz ISLAMABAD, Nov 30: Aamir Sohail cracked up unbeaten 62 to lift Pakistan to 122 for 2 in their first innings in reply to the West Indies total of 303 all out at the close of second day's play in the second Test at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium on Sunday. On his way to the 27th half century,Sohail (50 off 104 balls) struck six slitting boundaries and a six off Bishop over mid on. Sohail's innings typified the fact that the opener had matured within himself, choosing his strokes on merit. Pakistan was given a 41 runs first wicket stand between Sohail and Saeed Anwar. The holder of top one-day record got out cheaply at 16. Curtly Ambrose moved one away from the left hander who was committed while playing away from the body on a ball which was rising to give a straight forward catch to agile keeper David Williams. In this over Bishop gave away 16 runs as Ejaz Ahmed dispatched two lovely boundaries at arrival. However, Ejaz's fiery mood was cut short when misplaced a rising ball from Franklyn Rose down the throat of debutant Philo Wallace at third man. Sohail and Inzamaul Haq (20) had added 58 runs for the unfinished third wicket stand. Resuming their first innings at 179 for 4, the tourists added 124 in 31.5 overs before Pakistan wrapped up the proceedings 38 minutes after lunch. Overnight pair Sherwin Campbell (66) and Shivnarine Chanderpaul (71) were in forceful mind as they happily struck Mushtaq Ahmed and Azhar Mehmood around the field. Bright sunshine, placid wicket and the old ball provided no threats unless the batsmen made mistake. And for Windies, their saviour of first innings opener Campbell did just the same, falling to the trap set for him as an over-pitched delivery from Azhar got the thick top edge to fly down to debutant Shoaib Akhtar at long leg who bending down took a fine catch to announce his registration in that category. With two boundaries Campbell added 12 runs in 27 minutes in his overnight score. In his diligent knock Campbell faced 254 balls in 334 minutes, with ten boundaries. The reviving fifth wicket stand contributed 147 runs off 287 balls in 201 minutes. In its misses and flashes the sixth wicket had produced 44 valuable runs when Waqar having tried the pace in his sixth over came round the wicket to bowl to left-handed Chanderpaul who trying to play on the backfoot was trapped plum in front. Chanderpaul (95 off 154 balls in 267 minutes) was racing towards what could have been his second Test century. Next Ian Bishop (10) was treated with an onslaught of over-pitched deliveries from Shoaib Akhtar. He lofted one for six over long leg. But after tempting him, the debutant pitched one on target to send Bishop back to the pavilion. Windies went to lunch at 271 for 7 in 94 overs. And then Rawalpindi duo of Azhar and Shoaib wrapped up the Windies innings in 38 minutes who scored another 32 runs in 7.5 overs. Trying to drive Shoaib from outside the leg stump, Williams two short of 50 mark was caught behind at the total of 291. Four runs later, Azhar struck twice in his 17th over removing the middle stump of Franklyn Rose who had played a square cut in the same over and then trapping skipper Courtney Walsh in front for a duck. Azhar finished with figures of 4 for 53 runs in 17 overs. Waqar remained a little costly with 3 for 99 in 27 overs while Wasim took 1 for 40 in 22 overs. Debutant Shoaib returned with figures of 2 for 47 runs in 15 overs. Source:: Dawn (http://dawn.com/) Day 2 Report- Electronic Telegraph Chanderpaul joins the club By Peter Deeley in Rawalpindi THE nervous nineties accounted for a fourth batsman in the current round of Tests being played across the world when West Indies' Shivnarine Chanderpaul fell five short of his second century here yesterday. The left-hander follows Australia's Greg Blewett (99) in Hobart and India's Saurav Ganguly (99) and Rahul Dravid (92) in Nagpur. Chanderpaul and opener Sherwin Campbell shared in the tourists' biggest stand of the series, putting on 147 for the sixth wicket to rally their side to 303 after they had been 58 for four on the first afternoon. Pakistan finished on 122 for two but with only 67 overs bowled in the 5.5-hour day and West Indies almost exclusively using four quick bowlers, this once more underlines the folly of staging a Test in the north of this country at this time of the year, with the light failing at 4.30pm. Campbell has been the backbone of West Indies' resistance in the series, reaching 78 in 5.75 hours before he was caught hooking, to go with his four-hour 66 in the first Test. Chanderpaul lost his self-confidence as soon as he hit the mental barrier of the nineties. He remained there for over half-an-hour before being hit on the back pad going across the crease to Waqar Younis with the new ball. David Williams may not be the world's best wicketkeeper but he continues to produce the kind of fighting innings - very much à la Jack Russell - that his side expects from the failing top order. He reached 48 before being given out when swinging down leg side to give Pakistan's debutant fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar his second wicket. After the opening session on the first morning when West Indies, put in to bat, found batting extremely difficult, the pitch has now flattened out. Waqar needed an injection in his right elbow before the start and is looking tired - but not as fatigued as Mushtaq Ahmed who, after his 10 wickets in the Peshawar Test, scarcely turned a single ball here. Both are capable, however, of moments of greatness and Waqar's came on the first day when a torpedo of a swinging delivery laid Brian Lara on his front and whipped out leg stump. Lara is continuing to under-achieve massively. He has scored 55 runs in three innings and faced fewer than 12 overs. Not only that: his normally polished slip catching has been replaced by a good deal of fumbling. He dropped an easy catch in the first Test and yesterday grounded one that came right into his midrif from an edge off Aamir Sohail, who went on to an undefeated half-century. Ian Bishop, the disappointed bowler, stalked off to the deep after failing to get any sign of apology from the slip fielder. Source :: Electronic Telegraph (http://www.telegraph.co.uk) Day 3- Dawn Inzamam and Sohail in record-breaking stand By Farhana Ayaz RAWALPINDI, Dec 1: Inzamamul Haq notched up his maiden century at home soil and Aamir Sohail broke a 17-match century drought to put Pakistan in a commanding position over the West Indies in the second cricket Test here on Monday. Inzamam was unconquered on 169 but Sohail was out after an exhilarating 160 as the home team finished at 403 for three. The home team enjoys a 100-run first innings lead over the visitors with two days remaining. It was the magic of unsparing 323 runs third wicket partnership between Sohail and Inzamamul that placed Pakistan in a position from where they can dictate terms. It was a batting feast all the way as records were shattered and Pakistan scored 281 runs for the loss of one wicket on the third day after resuming this morning at 122 for two. Pakistan started with their overnight pair of Sohail (62) and Inzamam (20). There was nothing in the wicket to assist the bowlers with the Windies field scattered to the winds as the batsmen played with authority and aggression. The 323-run third wicket stand between Sohail and Inzamam beat the previous highest third wicket stand by any country against the West Indies. The previous highest was 303 between England's Mike Atherton and Robin Smith. It is also the highest-ever stand for any wicket by the hosts against the West Indies. Pakistan's previous best stand against the Caribbean was of 169 runs for the third wicket 40 years back between Saeed Ahmad and Wazeer Mohammad during the 1957-58 Test at Trinidad. Aamir Sohail gave reign to his mercurial temperament to hammer his first Test century against the West Indies whose pace battery came under fire on the third day. Sohail's sparkling 160 off 297 balls was his third century in 37 Tests and first in 17 Tests. Sohail's last century was against Australia at Lahore three years ago. Sohail, dropped yesterday by Brian Lara when 38, got to his century off 165 balls with the aid of 14 boundaries and a six. The left-hander reached the 150-mark off 259 balls. The other landmark of the day was Inzamamul Haq's unfinished innings of 169 (297 balls, 407 minutes). His batting was a treat to watch as he continued to play stroke after stroke, middling the ball and bisecting the fielders at will. For Inzamam, who previously reached 90s on three accounts on home grounds but failing to score a century, it was his second three-figure mark against West Indies. Inzamam had scored his first hundred (123) at St. Jones, Antigua, in 1992-93. In the process, Inzamam also surpassed his previous best score of 148 which was against England last year at Old Trafford. Inzamam's flawless and elegant innings is spiced with 19 scorching boundaries and two huge sixes. Earlier, the start of the play was delayed by 35 minutes due to dampness on the bowling ends and on the square. A total of 71 overs were bowled, seven overs behind schedule.The record-breaking third wicket partnership finally ended 17 minutes after tea when Sohail, trying to pull Walsh, was caught by substitute fielder Phil Simmons who took a brilliant catch while back-paddling. Simmons was substituting for wicketkeeper David Williams who came off the field after the first drinks interval because of fever. Debutant Philo Wallace, who also kept the stumps in the four-day game at KRL, deputized for Williams. When the stumps were drawn for the day, an injured Mohammad Wasim was at the crease on 3 with Inzamam. Wasim has a bruised left ankle when he was hit by a blistering shot by Sherwin Campbell early Sunday morning. Source:: Dawn (http://dawn.com/) Day 3 Report - Electronic Telegraph Inzamam knocks the stuffing out of West Indies By Peter Deeley in Rawalpindi IT WAS yet another day of torment for ailing West Indies. A bleak spell in the field now presages the possibility of a second Test annihilation at the hands of Pakistan. Inzamam-ul-Haq and Aamir Sohail both passed personal milestones on the third day which left Pakistan exactly 100 runs on with seven wickets in hand and in a position to dictate terms from which there is little hope of escape for the visitors. In five hours' playing time - with 30 minutes lost both at beginning and end to morning dew and afternoon light - 281 runs were scored at four runs an over against a struggling West Indies attack supported by insipid fielding and questionable field placings. One solitary wicket went down, deep into the last session when even Curtly Ambrose was reduced to bowling a line wide of off with the new ball less than 20 overs old to minimise the carnage. Inzamam and Sohail took their partnership to 323 - a record for any third wicket stand against West Indies, beating the 303 by Michael Atherton and Robin Smith in Antigua in 1994. This was Inzamam's sixth century but his first on a home ground and it was a singularly impressive innings by a player who has grown from the frenetic big-hitter we remember in his early days into a batsman of calm and polished maturity. "I'm elated that I have broken the jinx as I have been missing out on a century at home grounds," he said. He was undefeated on 160 at the close, having batted for over 6.5 hours, and went to his highest Test score with a top-edged six over fine leg off Franklyn Rose which was almost his only false stroke. Carl Hooper appeared to have Inzamam, then 70, leg before sweeping but local umpire Javed Akhtar would have none of it. West Indies have not yet won an lbw appeal in the series. 'Teddy Bear', as Inzamam is affectionately known, was also caught off a Courtney Walsh no ball immediately after tea. Nothing, however, can justify the 23 no-balls Walsh and Ambrose have already sent down - or the six wides Ian Bishop has bowled. Even less the four overthrows the field conceded in Walsh's last over of the day. At the end of a weary day came further travails for the visitors. Due to street demonstrations concerning the current political crisis in Pakistan, they had to take a circuitous route back to their hotel to avoid the stone-throwers. Sohail's third hundred was his first in 17 Tests and West Indies - and Brian Lara in particular - will still be rueing the easy slip chance which was put down when the Pakistan opener was on 38 the previous day. "When I got that life I said to myself, 'This is my chance' and I wanted to score as much as I could," said Sohail. Walsh made him play and miss several times early on in the day but the West Indies captain was the only bowler to pose any vestige of trouble and as he understandably tired, one looked in vain for any bite in the attack. Eventually the left-handed Sohail went to pull Walsh and got a top edge which flew over point. Substitute fielder Phil Simmons raced back, got under the ball as it came over his shoulder and held on even though he was falling. Simmons was on because wicketkeeper David Williams had left the field with a bad stomach and Philo Wallace had taken over the gloves. Simmons spent much time at slip - Lara had been relegated to square leg, presumably on account of the two costly misses he has made fielding close in the two Tests. Lara owes this side something - and only a huge innings from him can save West Indies going two down in the three-match series. Source :: Electronic Telegraph (http://www.telegraph.co.uk) Day 4 Report- Dawn Hapless West Indies look to the heavens By Farhana Ayaz RAWALPINDI, Dec 2: Defeat is staring West Indies in the face as their last four batsmen have the most task of wiping off the deficit of 69 runs before adding enough to save the second Test match against Pakistan. In real terms it is only the weather and Carl Hooper standing between Pakistan and another towering victory. The West Indies were 99 for 6 after Pakistan were bowled out for 471 runs securing a first innings lead of 168 here at the end of the fourth day's play at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium. apart from a feast of runs being scored on Monday shattering records in the process, the fourth day of the second Test had a completely new story. Underovercast conditions Pakistani struck bowlers with vengeance. Thirteen wickets fell and 167 runs were scored during the day. And not to mention the 35 minutes delayed start for the third time in the match. Besides bad light stopped play before scheduled time. Pakistani pace duo of Wasim Akram and Waqar Younis bowled with obsessive hostility to send back the tourist top order with only 26 runs on board. Debutant Philo Wallace (08), Stuart Williams (01) and Brian Lara (01) had little clue to what has befallen them. Waqar trapped Wallace on an unbelievable swinging delivery. The dismissal of Williams caught beautifully by Azhar Mehmood in the gully off Wasim was rather unfortunate. Replays on television showed Wasim over stepping but umpire Javed Akhtar did not call. Williams has failed to reach the double figures in the last four innings he has played. But, it was the all important wicket of Lara, caught and bowled by Wasim Akram that made the home team over joyed . Lara comprehensively beaten in the air tried to slice the ball which Wasim plucked in the air getting both hands to it. The tourists batting was a complete shambles as opener Campbell and Carl Hooper crusaded to raise the total to 55 for 3 at tea. In the last session Windies continued to buckle under the fierce Pakistan bowling attack. The all crucial fourth wicket partnership for Windies had added 41 runs when Mushtaq Ahmed clean bowled Campbell who was trying to pull the leg spinner. The ball hit his left and then right legs before going onto the stumps. Campbell added just two runs to his pre-tea score of 32 before Mushtaq sent him back to the pavilion. Hooper who was joined by Shivnarine Chanderpaul, did not hesitate to punish Mushtaq, lofting three sixes in his sixth over to revive some hope of an even contention. Hooper and Chanderpaul (07) added 31 runs for the fifth wicket. But any hopes of revival were dashed to pieces when two wickets fell at the total of 98. Pakistan skipper definitely had other plans in his mind. Perhaps to finish off the match and then there. Such was the aggression displayed in his spell of 3 wickets for 17 runs in nine overs, five of which were maiden. Wasim's third victim was Chanderpaul trapped in front. In the next over, Hooper made firm drive to mid off where Mushtaq Ahmed's clean pick and bullet throw into the gloves of keeper Moin found David Williams (0) out of the crease. TV umpire Mian Aslam switched on the red light to give little Williams run out. With cloud, light had deteriorated but a beamer from Waqar Younis which hit Hooper's gloves and went to Moin was not called a no-ball by umpire Javed Akhtar. At this stage the two umpires consulted and called it a day. Earlier, Pakistan trying to rattle up some quick runs to gain around 200 plus first innings lead was restricted to 68 for seven on the fourth day owing to a persistent bowling attack by the tourists. With overcast conditions assisting the bowling the West Indies pace attack stuck to just outside the off stump to account for a quick fall of Pakistani wickets. Primarily, it was the lethal bowling spells by skipper Courtney Walsh and Franklyn Rose that clubbed what the hosts were looking for. Rose turned in brilliant spell of 2 wickets for 17 runs in 10.4 overs, five of which were maiden. Rose grabbed the wickets of Moin Khan (1), Azhar Mehmood (14). Skipper Walsh had figures of three wickets for 18 runs in 5.1 overs. Source:: Dawn (http://dawn.com/) Day 4 - Electronic Telegraph West Indies reel from the venom of Pakistan By Peter Deeley in Rawalpindi THE end is nigh for the West Indies in this Pakistan Test series and, in all probability, for several members of the side by the time England arrive in the Carribean. Pakistan are already through to the tail at one end and only Carl Hooper stands between a second successive innings defeat, though light rain is predicted for today. Hooper is unbeaten on 44 out of 99 for six with 69 runs needed to make Pakistan bat again. But he was almost put in hospital by the day's final ball in poor light when a beamer from Waqar Younis whistled past his face, unprotected by a visor. His glove appeared to deflect the ball as he staggered back several yards but if Hooper had taken a direct hit, he could have been very seriously injured. Waqar and wicketkeeper Moin Khan appealed for the catch but umpire David Shepherd, at square-leg, simply pocketed the ball and walked off. Waqar offered a belated apology as the players walked off but he should be warned this morning. The West Indies threadbare batting must have disheartened Courtney Walsh and the young Franklyn Rose, who earlier showed some of the professionalism which the side generally seem to have forgotten. Pakistan wanted to score quick runs to build a match-winning total but Walsh, sending down 15 overs unchanged except for lunch, and Rose bowled to their off-side field and restricted the home side to a mere 37 runs in 21 overs before the break. Walsh got the key wicket of Inzamam-ul-Haq, who became frustrated after adding only eight runs to his overnight 169 and was caught in the West Indies captain's 7-2 field. This was Walsh's second five-wicket innings haul in successive Tests and even at 35, he still looks like the West Indies' one strike bowler of note. Rose, 25, strong and fast-medium, deserved his three wickets and England will certainly see plenty of him in the Caribbean. But the less said about Curtly Ambrose and Ian Bishop the better. Pakistan finished only 168 on and the West Indies had an outside chance of saving the game. But the batting was once again their soft underbelly, looking particularly uneasy against the ball of fuller length. Philo Wallace, leaden-footed, was trapped on his back foot by Waqar and Stuart Williams fished at a ball angled across him from Wasim Akram - though it was clearly a no-ball on the replay. What to make of Lara? Wasim's delivery up to his toes was driven back and the bowler took an excellent two-handed return catch, so excited at this crucial breakthrough that he finished up in his colleagues' arms. Lara has scored 56 runs in four innings in the series and faced 86 balls. He dropped two straightforward slip catches and the batsmen involved went on to score another 132. The mathematics are simple: Lara is minus 76 at the moment. Sherwin Campbell, who has shown application, unluckily fell to Mushtaq Ahmed when he tried to shovel one round to leg and the ball bounced off both thighs before falling on to the stumps. Shivnarine Chanderpaul was another victim of Waqar's toe-crunching length, then Hooper - who hit Mushtaq Ahmed for three sixes in five balls - unwisely called David Williams for a sharp single and Mushtaq's throw hit the stumps. Source :: Electronic Telegraph (http://www.telegraph.co.uk) Day 5- Dawn Pakistan down WI by record margin By Farhana Ayaz RAWALPINDI, Dec 3: West Indies stature as a phenomenal cricket force was badly tarnished as Pakistan romped to a spectacular victory, crushing them by an innings and 29 runs here in the second Test at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium. This was the biggest victory margin as Pakistan surpassed their Peshawar score where they had beaten the visitors by an innings and 19 runs. It appears a clean sweep by the present Pakistan team may be just around the corner. In all this was the third timewhen Pakistan scored an innings defeat againstthe Caribbeans. Pakistan has beaten the West Indies by an innings and 1 run in the memorable 1957-58 series at Port of Spain, Trinidad. Skipper Wasim Akram termed it a great achievement and praised the team spirit and team work besides the scintillating performances of Aamir Sohail (160) and Inzamamul Haq (177). Here on the fifth and last day, Pakistan took just 52 minutes to wrap up the West Indies innings and match, registering a 2-0 unbeatable lead in the three test series. A second consecutive defeat was staring West Indies in the face when they started this morning with Carl Hooper (44) and Ian Bishop (01). Earlier, one run was added to the West Indies total following a meeting of umpires Javed Akhtar, David Shepherd, match referee Raman Subba Row and the two captains. It may be added here that Waqar Younis had bowled a beamer on the last ball yesterday which had hit Carl Hooper's gloves before going to the wicket keeper Moin Khan. Umpire Javed Akhtar had neither called it a no-ball nor given the batsmen out as bad light stopped play. Waqar also apologised to Hooper stating the ball had slipped from his hand. Since the beamer was declared a no-ball, play started from the pavilion end with Waqar to complete the over. His bowl was gently played back by Ian Bishop. Incidentally, Wasim Akram bowling the first over started with a no-ball. In the same over Hooper hooked him for a six to complete his quick fire half century on 58 balls. It included four sixes and five boundaries. Pakistan struck the first blow of the morning when left handed Ijaz Ahmed sent in a brilliant throw to have Ian Bishop barely out of crease. It was a very close decision given by TV umpire Mian Aslam. At the total of 112 the tourist had lost seven wickets with Hooper batting on 53. Things were hanging in thin air for the devastated visitors as Franklyn Rose (6) lofted Wasim to long on where Mushtaq Ahmed paddled back to hold on to a brilliant catch over his head. Hooper standing on the other end watched the pitiful fall of wickets but the gallant stroke player did not hesitate to drive eloquently. Next Courtney Walsh was sent back by Mushtaq Ahmed whose direct throw at the non strikers end found the tourist captain out of the box when the total was 138. It was all over when Waqar Younis speeding in from the pavilion end uprooted off stump of left-handed Curtly Ambrose on the first ball of his sixth over to wrap up Pakistan's biggestwin against the tourist. Pakistan had taken the last four wicket for 38 runs. Hooper, Mr Dependable of West Indies, remained not out at 73, an exemplary knock. He faced 96 balls spanning 152 minutes. Hooper's exciting innings included four sixes and seven boundaries. Wasim returned with figures of 4 for 42 in 14 overs, Waqar claimed 2 for 44 runs in 12 over. Inzamamul Haq (177) who scored his maiden Test hundred at home soil was declared Man of the Match. The tall batsman wanted to score a double hundred but Walsh cut shor this desire. Source:: Dawn (http://dawn.com/) Day 5- Electronic Telegraph West Indies fear for the future after second rout By Peter Deeley in Rawalpindi AFTER West Indies' second successive innings defeat by Pakistan, the previously unthinkable is now being openly voiced by their leaders here: a crisis which threatens the future of the game in the Caribbean. Courtney Walsh, talking about his own prospects as captain, said: "I am concerned not only for myself or this team but for cricket as we know it at home." Clive Lloyd, the manager, said he would be sending a "scathing report" back to his selectors. "They must take note of where our cricket is going. You don't have to be an Einstein to work out that we are not doing well." He warned there would have to be "wholesale changes" before England arrive in January if the present side showed no improvement. Walsh, not one for overstatement, added: "It is all beginning to look pathetic and some drastic measures will have to be taken soon." Michael Holding, here broadcasting to the Caribbean, was almost at a loss for words. "I wouldn't pay them in tram tickets," was as much as he could manage. What concerns Lloyd and many of the team is the waning interest in cricket at home. A player told me: "We are now third to football and basketball. That means fewer people watching, fewer playing and less sponsorship money coming into the game." Pakistan took 50 minutes to wrap up the tail and win by an innings and 29 runs. That overtakes the innings and 19 runs win in Peshawar, which for a few days was Pakistan's biggest victory over the Caribbean team. There were two more run-outs, to make it three in the innings, as Ijaz Ahmed and Mushtaq Ahmed threw the stumps down from some distance with direct hits. Then Curtly Ambrose, the last man, ambled forward as Waqar Younis flattened his off stump to leave Carl Hooper stranded on 73. West Indies have scarcely put up enough fight to take either Test into a normal fourth day, based on the usual 90-overs rule. Here, 279 overs were bowled and in Peshawar 263. The matches ran on only because of delays for morning dew and early darkness. Wasim Akram, Pakistan's captain, enjoyed some pleasure at his opponents' downfall. "They have been hammering us for 20 years and it is about time we got on top of them." Those were mild sentiments compared to those of Lloyd and Walsh, who went on the back foot only on the thorny subject of the Lara-Walsh captaincy debate. A Pakistan newspaper had concluded from Lara's batting that he was "not bothered about the plight of his team". Lloyd declared: "There is no rift in the team, no problem between captain and vice-captain. People are wanting to flare things up but there is no truth in it. Lara is going through a lean spell. Because he is a great player people expect him to do well all the time but that doesn't say he is against the captain or wants the captaincy. That is nothing to do with it." Walsh blamed lack of consistency from the batsmen. Asked how many more performances like this he could put up with, he replied: "I am accustomed to winning. I don't enjoy this. I am from the old school where we used to show fight. Now we have lost it. "But we are suffering because two great players, Lara and Ambrose - who has been carrying an injury -are not performing. Curtly has done yeoman service for us but is in the twilight of his career. It isn't for me to say if he is finished or not." Walsh as captain has now lost two overseas series. "You don't want to be in charge of a team that is losing," he said. Whether he would be carrying on was "a question I will have to ask myself and one the selectors may have to ask as well". Lloyd's view of the team, without a win on tour and heading to Karachi for the final Test starting on Saturday, was: "This was a terrible performance. It was one of the best Test pitches I have seen anywhere and the way we performed was unbearable. It's difficult to put into words what I think. "You have to be dedicated and proud playing for your country, otherwise you shouldn't be there. If this continues there will have to be wholesale changes. The selectors will have to find new players, ones who are fighters. We didn't get our reputation playing bad cricket. That came from performing with purpose, dedication and pride." England's one-day party were practising 200 miles away in the nets in Lahore when the result came through. "They weren't exactly sorry for West Indies," David Graveney, the manager, said. Source :: Electronic Telegraph (http://www.telegraph.co.uk) Contributed by The Management (help@cricinfo.com)