PROVIDENCE, Guyana: Captain Darren Sammy led his team to its first Test win in more than two years Sunday, taking five wickets as West Indies beat Pakistan by 40 runs after lunch on the fourth day. The victory ended a dreadful run of form for West Indies, which had not won in 17 Tests dating back to February 2009. Chasing 219 in its second innings for victory, Pakistan collapsed to be all out for 178 in just 73 overs after it had resumed on 80-3. Sammy ripped through the Pakistan middle and lower order, finishing with figures of 5-29 and was named Man of the Match. “It's a good feeling. This is about West Indies cricket, we as a team needed this performance, it was total team effort and it was good to come out with a win,” said Sammy. Ravi Rampaul also took advantage of the difficult batting surface to take 4-48 as West Indies cleaned up the last six Pakistan wickets for 43 runs in a low-scoring match where only one player managed to make a half-century. West Indies made an early breakthrough when Rampaul clean bowled Asad Shafiq for 42. Misbahul Haq continued with Umar Akmal, putting on a 52 run stand. But Sammy brought himself into the attack and removed Misbah lbw for 52 before trapping Mohammad Salman in a similar manner to complete a double wicket maiden that turned the game. There were a total of 20 lbw dismissals in the match, a record number for a Test. Critics may question both the quality of the batting surface and some of the batting on display but for success-starved fans in the Caribbean, it was an enthralling Test which ended with a much
