West Indies President's XI v Pakistan - 3 day First Class match 1998/9 - Match Summary

West Indies President's XI v Pakistan - 3 day First Class match 1998/9 - Guyana

Pitch: 19

Toss: Pakistan

Despite Ijaz Ahmed's 85, Pakistan batted poorly in their 1st innings on a pitch which helped the bowlers throughout a low scoring match.
The visitors lost their last 6 wickets for 33 to be all out for 210 and put themselves under pressure against a competitive West Indies President's XI team.
Suraj Ragoonath scored 76 in the home team's reply, and solid contributions from the middle order gave them a 48 run lead.
Pakistan fast bowler Mohammad Zahid enjoyed the fast paced pitch, taking 4 wickets to keep the visitors in the game.
Half centuries to Saleem Malik and Shoaib Malik allowed Pakistan to declare 200 ahead in their 2nd innings, but West Indies President's XI lost early wickets and never attempted the chase, playing out time before bad light ended play.

Drawn

Man of the Match: K.L.T.Arthurton

Pakistan 210 all out (65.2 overs)
(Mohammad Wasim 30, Ijaz Ahmed 85, Saleem Malik 24, Shoaib Malik 22; R.Marshall 3-29, C.H.Gayle 2-25)

West Indies President's XI 258 all out (64.5 overs)
(S.Ragoonath 76, D.Rampersad 22, K.L.T.Arthurton 35, R.O.Hinds 40, R.Marshall 25, M.Sinclair 24*, O.D.Gibson 20; Mohammad Zahid 4-68, Kabir Khan 2-57, Mohammad Akram 2-34, Nadeem Khan 2-49)

Pakistan 247/8 declared (72.1 overs)
(Wajahutullah Wasti 36, Saleem Malik 51, Shoaib Malik 76, Atiq-uz-Zaman 39; P.I.C.Thompson 2-72, K.L.T.Arthurton 2-26)

West Indies President's XI 106/5 (34 overs)
(C.H.Gayle 21, L.A.Roberts 32, K.L.T.Arthurton 33*; Kabir Khan 2-39, Mohammad Akram 3-23)

Keith Arthurton's allround skills won him the Man of the Match award