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Pakistan triumph despite Lara ton | |
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Brian Lara's 33rd Test century was not enough to prevent Pakistan strolling to a nine-wicket victory over West Indies on the fourth day in Lahore. | |
Lara made 122 but West Indies slumped to 291 all out, leaving Pakistan only 12 runs left to get following their first-innings 485. | |
Pakistan lost Mohammad Hafeez but Imran Farhat and Younis Khan saw them home. | |
Veteran left-hander Lara is now only two behind Sachin Tendulkar's world record of 35 Test hundreds. | |
Lara added 137 with Shivnarine Chanderpaul for the fifth wicket before falling lbw to Hafeez after facing 215 balls and stroking 19 fours. | |
Chanderpaul went on to make 81 but his demise, following cheap dismissals for Dwayne Bravo and Denesh Ramdin, left West Indies on 278-8. | |
A brave 15 from Dave Mohammed and eight from Jerome Taylor could only delay the inevitable as Pakistan paceman Umar Gul took 4-99 off 29 overs and Shahid Nazir ended with 3-63 off 20 overs. | |
Lara and Chanderpaul came together when night-watchman Fidel Edwards was caught at slip off Nazir for 10 to leave the score on 101-4. | |
Lara was dropped in the gully by Hafeez on 48, with Gul the unlucky bowler, and he made Pakistan pay by reaching three figures off 180 balls, with 16 boundaries. | |
But an attempted sweep shot led to his downfall and with Lara back in the dressing room, Pakistan were quick to press home the advantage. | But an attempted sweep shot led to his downfall and with Lara back in the dressing room, Pakistan were quick to press home the advantage. |
Bravo managed only two before he went leg-before to Gul, the pace bowler's eighth victim of the match, and leg-spinner Danish Kaneria then had Ramdin caught by Farhat for a single. | |
It could have been even worse for West Indies but keeper Kamran Akmal fumbled a stumping chance after Chanderpaul, on 56, was lured down the pitch by Kaneria. | It could have been even worse for West Indies but keeper Kamran Akmal fumbled a stumping chance after Chanderpaul, on 56, was lured down the pitch by Kaneria. |