Pakistan plunder Windies bowling
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Set 260 for victory in 45 overs, in reply to West Indies' 259 for four, Pakistan reached the target with 11 balls to spare as Inzamam struck the winning runs, steering Carl Hooper to the third-man boundary.
The 28 year-old Inzamam, who was involved in the run outs of Rameez Raja and Basit Ali, batted responsibility and also shared an important unbroken fourth-wicket stand of 131 with Asif Mujtaba who was not out 45. Inzamam's 90 came off 100 balls and included eight fours.
Pakistan were given a flying start by openers Aamir Sohail (42) and Rameez Raja (43) as they put on 71 for the first wicket, their third consecutive half century opening stand in the series.
Sohail was first out as he lofted pacer Ian Bishop for Curtley Ambrose to take an easy catch at midon while, with the score on 100, Rameez was stranded in mid-pitch after a mix-up with Inzamam and West Indies captain lob the ball to wicketkeeper Junior Murray to effect the run out.
Young Basit and Inzamam put on 30 before Basit failed to beat Brian Lara's throw from the deep while attempting a second run. There were no further successes for the West Indies although they came close when Jimmy Adams failed to hold a difficult chance from Mujtaba off Walsh at long-on with 30 runs required.
The victory was Pakistan's second over West Indies in their last 11 meetings and came after West Indies captain Richardson had won the toss and opted to bat. Form batsman Brian Lara, the match winner in the first two games, was sent back cheaply but opener Desmond Haynes and Phil Simmons hit half centuries to power West Indies past 250.
West Indies reached their total off 45 of the allotted 50 overs as the Pakistanis, who were subsequently fined, failed to bowl the required number by the cut-off time. Haynes, who slammed 68, and Simmons, an unbeaten 80, filled the void admirably after the prolific Lara was caught behind for five with just 33 runs on the board.
Lara, who had scored 114 in the first one-day game and 95 not out in the second on Friday, got a tickle on a delivery down the leg-side from Aamir Nazir and was taken by Latif.
Haynes, who stemmed a lengthy run of poor form with his half century, and the aggressive Simmons, who counted seven fours in his knock, then added 82 for the second wicket to give the innings momentum.
Once Haynes was caught hooking, captain Richie Richardson sustained the run flow with powerful strokeplay and threatened to destroy the Pakistani bowling attack.
The West Indies captain scored 46 of a 67-run third wicket partnership with Simmons before he fell to left-arm spinner Aamir Sohail.
Richardson's 46 came off just 28 balls, and included eight boundaries. and provided the platform from which 141 runs were plundered from the final 15 overs.
West Indies, who lead the five match series 2-1, played an unchanged team while Pakistan omitted injured batsman Javed Miandad and off-form leg-spinner Mushtaq Ahmed.
