LAHORE, Nov 4: Pakistan defeated West Indies by eight wickets with 9.2 overs to spare in their second match of the Golden Jubilee Quadrangular trophy one-day cricket tournament.

Opening batsman Saeed Anwar led the home side's victory charge with an unbeaten 108, assisted by Aamir Sohail who also remained unconquered on 75. The two added an unbroken 164 runs off 175 balls for the third wicket.West Indies' front-line batsmen fell cheaply as Pakistan restricted them to 215 for seven in the opening innings today.

Phil Simmons and opener Stuart Williams helped West Indies surpass the 200-mark with half centuries after the other batsmen failed to reach double figures.

Simmons made 70 off 103 balls while Williams cracked 10 fours in his 75 before he was bowled by Azhar Mehmood in the 33rd over.

After skipper Courtney Walsh lost his third toss in this four-team competition, Pakistan sent the West Indies in to bat. West Indies crumbled to 56 for four in only the 17th over of the innings. Simmons and Williams then put on 74 runs for the fifth wicket.

Scoreboard

West Indies: Stuart Williams b Mehmood 75, Sherwin Campbell c Latif b Younis 6, Brian Lara b Younis 7, Carl Hooper c Afridi b Saqlain 1, Shivnarine Chanderpaul lbw b Saqlain 0, Phil Simmons st Latif b Saqlain 70, David Williams c & b Mehmood 13, Ian Bishop not out 15, Franklyn Rose not out 7; Extras (b5, lb11, w5): 21

Total (for 7 wickets in 50 overs): 215

Fall of wickets: 1-24, 2-51, 3-54, 4-56, 5-130, 6-166, 7-204

Bowling: Wasim Akram 8-0-35-0 (3w), Waqar Younis 10-1-42-2 (1w), Saqlain Mushtaq 10-0-35-3, Shahid Afridi 8-0-41-0, Aamir Sohail 5-1-20-0 (1w), Azhar Mehmood 9-1-26-2.

Pakistan: Shahid Afridi b Walsh 17, Saeed Anwar not out 108, Ijaz Ahmed lbw b Bishop 5, Aamer Sohail not out 71, Extras (lb3, w6, nb9): 18Total (for 2 wkts in 40.4 overs) 219

Fall of wickets: 1-34, 2-55

Bowling: Courtney Walsh 7.4-1-43-1 (2nb), Franklyn Rose 7-1-41-0 (4-nb), Mervyn Dillon 8-1-37-0 (1w), Ian Bishop 5-0-42-1 (3nb, 5w), Carl Hooper 9-1-29-0, Shivnarine Chanderpaul 1-0-5-0, Phil Simmons 3-0-19-0

Result: Pakistan won by eight wickets.

Man of the match: Saeed Anwar

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