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Article: Cricket: West Indies cling on to steal series
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- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- May 30, 2000
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Pakistan 269 & 219 West Indies 273 & 216-9 West Indies win by 1
wicket
THE WEST INDIES survived a Pakistan bowling onslaught to win the
final Test, and with it the series, by one wicket on an enthralling,
tension packed fifth day here.
West Indies still needed 19 runs when they lost their ninth wicket
but the last man, Courtney Walsh, who has one of the worst batting
records in Test cricket, and the captain, Jimmy Adams, hung on grimly
to reach their target of 216.
Pakistan, inspired by the paceman Wasim Akram, who took six
wickets in first innings and five in the second, twice thought they
had won the match and their first series in the Caribbean.
They claimed Courtney Walsh had edged a ...