Watch the highlights of West Indies vs Pakistan 4th Match Benson & Hedges World Cup 1992 - Benson & Hedges World Cup tournament of the 4th ODI match played between Pakistan and West Indies at Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne in 23rd February 1992.
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| Brian Lara and Desmond Haynes shared a unbeaten 175-run stand © ICC |
Desmond Haynes' unbeaten 93 and Brian Lara's 88 leads to West Indies emphatic 10-wicket victory over Pakistan, despite a Ramiz Raza's unbeaten hundred in a one-sided game of the fourth match of a Benson and Hedges World Cup.
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Pakistan scored 220-2 in 50 overs with top scorer by Ramiz Raja cracked a unbeaten 102 off 158-balls - which was his 6th ODI hundred, his first century against West Indies in ODIs and also his first hundred in World Cups - including 4-fours.
Javed Miandad hit a unbeaten 57 off 61-balls including 5-fours, Inzamam-ul-Haq cracked a 27 off 39-balls without a boundary and Aamer Sohail scored 23 off 44-balls contained 3-fours.
West Indies best bowler by Roger Harper and Winston Benjamin both took one-wickets.
West Indies chase down the target of 221 for without lost a wicket in 46.5 overs with top scorer by Desmond Haynes hit a unbeaten 93 off 144-balls including 7-fours.
Brian Lara retired hurt for 88 off 101-balls and Richie Richardson scored a unbeaten 20 off 40-balls without a boundary.
Brian Lara named Player of the match for his match-winning superb unbeaten 88 off facing 101-balls including 11-fours.
This match reported by The Canberra Times Staff (Third Party Reference from The Canberra Times)
Dual world champion West Indies shrugged off its recent lethargy yesterday and made the perfect start to the fifth one-day cricket World Cup.
The West Indians, undefeated at the first two tournaments in 1975 and 1979, failed to even qualify for the semi-finals in 1987 but showed they should be a force again with an emphatic 10-wicket victory over Pakistan at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
Chasing Pakistan's solid 2-220, the West Indies cruised to 0-221 with 3.1 overs to spare.
Veteran opener Desmond Haynes paced his side to victory with an unbeaten 93 while skipper Richie Richardson remained on 20 when Aaqib Javed sent down the second of two no-ball bouncers to end the one-sided contest.
The only cloud over the win was an injury to makeshift opener Brian Lara, who was struck on the right foot by Wasim Akram and forced to retire hurt on 88 with the score at 175.
The 21-year-old was taken to Epworth Hospital for a precautionary x-ray after the nail on his big toe was pushed back.
Lara won the man-of-the-match award and his move up the order to open in his side's 10-wicket victory showed he would be a vital cog in their World Cup efforts.
Pakistan lost captain Imran Khan before the start of play with a shoulder complaint and stand-in skipper Javed Miandad said his absence from the bowling attack had been crucial.
Needing 4.42 an over for victory, Haynes and Lara always had the target at their mercy although Haynes did have two lives in consecutive overs from Aamir Sohail, surviving at 35 and 49.
He edged Sohail's very first ball but wicketkeeper Moin Khan was slow to react and did not get a glove on the ball as it struck his knee.
In Sohail's next over, Haynes swung wildly and Sohail dropped a simple catch running back towards mid-off.
Lara reached his half-century first- needing just 63 deliveries compared with 83 for Haynes-playing superbly all around the wicket. He had struck 11 boundaries in his 88 before Akram landed a yorker flush on his right foot, forcing him from the field.
The opening stand of 175 was just seven runs short of the all-time World Cup record of 182 set by Alan Turner and Rick McCosker for Australia against Sri Lanka at the Oval in the very first World Cup in 1975.
The Pakistanis were at least able to post a competitive total thanks to a brilliant improvised innings from Javed.
Javed, who was in doubt before the tournament started with a back injury, remained unbeaten on 57 from only 61 deliveries while opener Rameez Raja batted through the innings for 102, his sixth one-day ton.
Javed repeatedly glanced balls towards fine-leg from outside his off-stump or backed away to square leg and slashed the ball through point.
Rameez became severely bogged down early in his knock and it took Javed's special mix of outrageous shot-making to kick-start the innings.
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