Sammy leads Windies to 1st test win since 2009
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May 17, 2011, Tuesday
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CAPTAIN Darren Sammy led his team to its first test win in more than two years on Sunday, taking five wickets as West Indies beat Pakistan by 40 runs after lunch on the fourth day in Guyana.
The victory ended a dreadful run of form for West Indies, who had not won in 17 tests dating back to February 2009.
Chasing 219 in its second innings for victory, Pakistan collapsed to 178 all out in just 73 overs after it had resumed on 80-3.
Sammy, who has been under fire in the Caribbean, ripped through the Pakistan middle and lower order, finishing with figures of 5-29 and was named man of the match.
"It's a good feeling. This is about West Indies cricket, we as a team needed this performance, it was total team effort and it was good to come out with a win," said Sammy.
The first St. Lucian skipper of the West Indies said coach Ottis Gibson had been given some reward for his efforts to turn around the Caribbean team.
"It is the belief that is there in the guys, Ottis asks everyone to go out there and practice batting. It was a wicket to bowl straight on.
"Lately things haven't been going well but I still have the belief and the rest of the team also have belief ... it is still only one victory though and we still have to continue working hard and improving."
Ravi Rampaul also took advantage of the difficult batting surface to take 4-48 as West Indies cleaned up the last six Pakistan wickets for 43 runs in a low-scoring match where only one player managed to make a half-century.
West Indies made an early breakthrough when Rampaul clean bowled Asad Shafiq for 42, ending a partnership that had pulled Pakistan back from the dreadful start on Saturday when it had lost first three wickets with just two runs on the board.
There were a total of 20 lbw dismissals in the match, a record number for a test.
The victory ended a dreadful run of form for West Indies, who had not won in 17 tests dating back to February 2009.
Chasing 219 in its second innings for victory, Pakistan collapsed to 178 all out in just 73 overs after it had resumed on 80-3.
Sammy, who has been under fire in the Caribbean, ripped through the Pakistan middle and lower order, finishing with figures of 5-29 and was named man of the match.
"It's a good feeling. This is about West Indies cricket, we as a team needed this performance, it was total team effort and it was good to come out with a win," said Sammy.
The first St. Lucian skipper of the West Indies said coach Ottis Gibson had been given some reward for his efforts to turn around the Caribbean team.
"It is the belief that is there in the guys, Ottis asks everyone to go out there and practice batting. It was a wicket to bowl straight on.
"Lately things haven't been going well but I still have the belief and the rest of the team also have belief ... it is still only one victory though and we still have to continue working hard and improving."
Ravi Rampaul also took advantage of the difficult batting surface to take 4-48 as West Indies cleaned up the last six Pakistan wickets for 43 runs in a low-scoring match where only one player managed to make a half-century.
West Indies made an early breakthrough when Rampaul clean bowled Asad Shafiq for 42, ending a partnership that had pulled Pakistan back from the dreadful start on Saturday when it had lost first three wickets with just two runs on the board.
There were a total of 20 lbw dismissals in the match, a record number for a test.
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