ICC Champions Trophy: West Indies win by 2 wickets

West Indies made 172 runs in 40 overs against Pakistan's 170.

LONDON: West Indies won the Group B opener of the ICC Champions Trophy against Pakistan at The Oval on Friday.

West Indies went on to make 172 runs in just 40 overs defeating Pakistan by 2 wickets, ESPN cricinfo reported.

"Credit goes to West Indies who bowled well," said Misbahul Haq. "We could have gone to 240-250 but we kept on losing wickets."

Triple strikes by Kemar Roach and Sunil Narine had helped West Indies dismiss Pakistan for just 170.

Kemar Roach was declared the Man of the Match.

"Pakistan are a tough side to pay against. Definitely my rhythm was on today. I am proud of myself and the team," said Roach.

Fast bowler Roach reduced Pakistan to 15 for three before off-spinner  Narine, the world's top-ranked one-day international bowler, later took three wickets for three runs in 10 balls to leave them 110 for six.

Pakistan captain Misbah-ul-Haq, survived two close calls off successive balls on nought that, had they gone against him, would have left his side 19 for four.

But he went on to top-score with 96 not out, the 39-year-old's career-best in 118 one-day internationals, surpassing his unbeaten 93 against New Zealand at Napier in 2011.

Misbah also shared a fourth-wicket stand of 90 with opener Nasir Jamshed (50).

However, they were the only two Pakistan batsmen to make it past double figures with the next best score, six, shared by Wahab Riaz and extras.

Roach finished with three for 28 and Narine three for 34 as Pakistan were dismissed with two overs of their innings left.

Six balls after Dwayne Bravo won the toss, he took a brilliant diving second slip catch to dismiss Imran Farhat off Roach.

Mohammad Hafeez was clean bowled middle stump and Asad Shafiq fell for nought when he uppercut to Ravi Rampaul at third man as Roach took three for five in 14 balls.

Misbah, on nought, survived a West Indies reviewed appeal for lbw from Roach.

Next ball Roach thought he had Misbah caught behind  with Davis raising his finger.

But square leg umpire Nigel Llong told Misbah to wait while the catch was checked on replay and wicket-keeper Denesh Ramdin was ruled not to have had full control of the ball before fumbling it. Jamshed completed a 91-ball fifty with two fours.

But, soon afterwards he rashly holed out off Narine. Narine then had Shoaib Malik (nought) chipping to Bravo at short mid-wicket and Kamran Akmal caught behind by Ramdin.

Misbah, on 67 when last man Mohammad Irfan came in, drove Rampaul for a straight six and went into the nineties with a similar shot off Narine.

But he was denied a maiden century when Irfan mistimed a slower ball from Rampaul to Bravo at short mid-on.

Pakistan: Imran Farhat, Nasir Jamshed, Mohammad Hafeez, Asad Shafiq, Misbah-ul-Haq (capt), Shoaib Malik, Kamran Akmal (wkt), Saeed Ajmal, Wahab Riaz, Junaid Khan, Mohammad Irfan

West Indies: Chris Gayle, Johnson Charles, Darren Bravo, Marlon Samuels, Ramnaresh Sarwan, Dwayne Bravo (capt), Kieron Pollard, Denesh Ramdin (wkt), Sunil Narine, Ravi Rampaul, Kemar Roach

Umpires: Steve Davis (AUS) and Nigel Llong (ENG)

TV umpire: Tony Hill (NZL)

Match referee: Chris Broad (ENG)