West Indies v Pakistan

The Windies are just seriously all over the place at the moment! They are just struggling all round and this really is pathetic. Lara's now dropped (or rested if you like) so if this doesn't work this literally could be the end of the cricketing scene in that part of the world. I don't agree with leaving Lara out but i suppose they had to do something. They're on to break their own record of the most consecutive defeats.

Well done to Pakistan who seem to be growing from strength to strength.

West Indies squad for the Test series - no surprise that Lara is back, perhaps surprising is the inclusion of Bradshaw, normally a ODI specialist...:

Shivnarine Chanderpaul (captain), Courtney Browne (vice captain), Ian Bradshaw, Dwayne Bravo, Corey Collymore, Fidel Edwards, Chris Gàyle, Wavell Hinds, Reon King, Brian Lara, Daren Powell, Ramnaresh Sarwan, Devon Smith.

You took the words right out of my mouth! Is there any level to Pakistan's unpredictability? They'll look to scrape a draw out of this but its unlikely. They'll need some help from the weather that's for sure. But there is 3 whole ays to go in this game so the Windies have to make sure they don't get skittled and end up leaving Pakistan a target of around 400 with 4 whole days to chase.

I think Pakistan are resigned to defeat in this series even if they do scrape a draw in this match they'll still go down overall i think.

Lara will surely be named Man Of The Series?

I think overall it just shows the true frustrations that must come about in Pakistani fans at this unbeleivable inconsistancy in their side in doing so well against India and then following up in the One Day series and with their recent good runs against the Windies after losing to them in the ICC Championship Semi-finals and then to fall apart in the Test series like this is just the opposite of what you'd expect.

Pakistan are now really dead set as an inconsistant team and are gonna struggle to shake that tag off with performances like this.

Game on?

Sarwan now comes to the crease and the next man to then be dismissed would bring Lara to the crease.

Still after that comes Chandrapaul who seems to be in the form of his life.

Windies are in the driving seat and at the moment are cruising to victory.

The comeback is complete as WI are all out 143. Pakistan win by 136 runs and level the series 1-1. Not surprisingly the man of the match was Kaneria while man of the series went to Lara.

Overall Assessment of the tour:

Pakistan were much the better side in the ODI series which they rightfully won 3-0. Probably say No 2 in ODI right know behind Australia.

While in the test matches Pakistan missed the experience of Inzamam, Youhana and Malik and that shows as Pakistan wer crushed in the 1st test match.

While in the second test match with Inzamam and Malik returning Pakistan needed to win just to salvage a draw and returning captains knock in the 2nd innings (or u got say the dropped catch by the wicketkeeper Browne) turned out to be the turning point of the game. 

Conclusion:

Had Inzamam been playing in the first test Pakistan would have either won or at the very least would have got the draw, but it just shows how much Pakistan rely on Inzamam. Thats why there are not that high in the rankings in Test match cricket.