Pakistan 472 and 225 for 5 dec beat West Indies 264 and 189 (R Hinds 46, Waqar 4-44, Razzaq 3-33) by 244 runs to win the series 2-0
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West Indies rolled over and died one more time, slumping to a fifth successive Test defeat and a second consecutive series brownwash, as Pakistan sealed the short series at Sharjah 2-0. Abdur Razzaq, Saqlain Mushtaq and Waqar Younis all played parts, but West Indian ineptitude was the story of the day. At one point today, they lost three lower-order wickets for one run and then the last two with the scoreboard static. It was all too much for their supporters.

The umpires, Darrell Hair and Shakeel Khan, chipped in with three debatable decisions that weren't quite howlers - but if there is a team in world cricket that needs the benefit of the doubt at the moment, it is West Indies.

The morning at Sharjah had brought a refreshing buzz that had quickly snowballed into a din. In one stand, schoolgirls (joined at one point by Mervyn Dillon's wife) screamed hysterically; in another, the boys danced monstrously, as Pakistan added a moderate 74 runs in the first session. West Indies had claimed three wickets, but that was never going to matter much.

Dillon sent back the overnight batsmen, Younis Khan and Taufeeq Umar, in consecutive overs. Younis was caught by Daren Ganga at mid-off for 71, then Dillon appealed Taufeeq out for 69. A length delivery had pitched millimetres outside his leg stump and was heading marginally outside off, when Taufeeq, a left-hander, shaped up for an ambitious cut and was rapped on the front pad. Shakeel had nodded his head in disapproval of the appeal, but as Dillon's demand grew louder and longer, up went Shakeel's finger.

Inzamam-ul-Haq made a bored 6 before launching into a startlingly uncalculated swipe off Pedro Collins, to be caught at midwicket. Waqar delayed his declaration until Yousuf Youhana finished a silky fifty, but a target of 434 in nearly five full sessions was more than sporting.

Waqar himself made the first strike. In only his second over, he had Chris Gayle lbw for 4, shouldering arms to a ball he never expected to swing back into him. Waqar could have had a second early wicket, but Shahid Afridi at third slip fumbled a mindless slash from Wavell Hinds who proceeded to compile a mixed 34. Ultimately, he was taken nicely behind the wicket by stand-in keeper Taufeeq Umar (Rashid Latif had copped a blow on his face from a Kaneria delivery that leapt wickedly off a length) off Saqlain Mushtaq.

Daren Ganga, who shaped nicely for 21, was adjudged lbw by Hair to a Shoaib Akhtar that was destined to miss leg. Carl Hooper's was closer. He had been defeated by the change of pace and the sharp turn from Saqlain, but was hit on the pads fractionally outside off ... but Shakeel didn't think so. Hooper made 1. Shivnarine Chanderpaul went next, lbw to Razzaq for 19, when the ball was angling away past off. It was Hair at work again.

A big-hearted (and big-built) sixth-wicket stand between Ryan Hinds and Ridley Jacobs ensued. Hinds manfully absorbed two blows on the helmet from Razzaq, then greeted Waqar's second spell with a straight-drive and an off-drive for successive fours - but then Waqar switched to over the wicket and immediately trapped him in front for 46 off only 55 balls.

The slide had started. Razzaq bowled an old-ball spell that would have even shamed Waqar, to remove Dillon (lbw for 0) and Dinanath Ramnarine (bowled for 0 – his eighth successive runless innings). Cameron Cuffy pottered around comically for a while, but eventually Waqar blew him away for 15 and then took care of Pedro Collins without much ado.

Younis Khan was made Man of the Match for his two fine innings of 153 and 71.

Teams
Pakistan 1 Taufeeq Umar, 2 Shahid Afridi, 3 Younis Khan, 4 Inzamam-ul-Haq, 5 Yousuf Youhana, 6 Abdur Razzaq, 7 Rashid Latif (wk), 8 Waqar Younis (capt), 9 Saqlain Mushtaq, 10 Shoaib Akhtar, 11 Danish Kaneria.

West Indies 1 Daren Ganga, 2 Chris Gayle, 3 Wavell Hinds, 4 Shivnarine Chanderpaul, 5 Carl Hooper (capt), 6 Ryan Hinds, 7 Ridley Jacobs (wk), 8 Dinanath Ramnarine, 9 Mervyn Dillon, 10 Cameron Cuffy, 11 Pedro Collins.

Rahul Bhattacharya is a staff writer with Wisden.com India.

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