Associated Press

Kingstown, May 19:

Fast bowler Abdul Razzaq claimed four for 29 to help Pakistan floor West Indies by 59 runs in the first one-day cricket international at Arnos Vale on Wednesday. West Indies, coming off a 5-0 series sweep at the hands of South Africa, slumped to its seventh successive defeat. Since it won the Champions Trophy — second only to the World Cup — last September, West Indies has lost 10 of 11 one-dayers.

Sent in, Pakistan was limited to 192 off 44.3 overs, but West Indies was bowled for 133 in 45.2 overs.

Rana Naved chipped in with two early wickets to put the skids under the home team, while leg-spinner Shahid Afridi (2-28) and Shabbir Ahmed (2-19) also backed up Razzaq’s man of the match performance. Naved broke through in the fifth over when Xavier Marshall (3) top-edged a hook to wicketkeeper Kamran Akmal.

Chris Gayle spanked five fours in 22 off 21 deliveries, including three in one over from Rao Iftikhar. But Naved made another decisive strike with a short ball that Gayle miscued into the leg side.

The middle order struggled against disciplined Pakistan bowling. Afridi’s introduction brought a wicket from his first ball, ending Runako Morton’s laboured 13 off 48 balls. Dwayne Bravo top-scored with 27 and added 39 for the eighth wicket with Ian Bradshaw (17).

Earlier, Pakistan opener Salman Butt topscored with 43, and his team’s innings was given a rousing start by Afridi, who hit three boundaries in 24 off 21 balls.

But his bizarre run out injected life into the West Indian effort. Afridi would have made a second run but in stretching for his crease, he lost his bat and wicketkeeper Browne broke the stumps from Corey Collymore’s return.

Browne also accounted for Shoaib Malik (13), who edged Bradshaw at 55-2. Yousuf Youhana and Butt shared 40 for the third wicket before the second of three run outs started a slide. Butt fell seven runs short of a half-century when he slashed Bravo’s medium pace to backward point.

Youhana struck 30 off 46 deliveries before he was undone by some swift work by Browne. The innings fell away after that with Gayle delivering two telling blows with the wickets of captain Inzamam-ul-Haq (23) and Younis Khan (9) in the same over. The lower order could not rally and only Razzaq with 22 off 31 balls passed double figures.

Offspinner Gayle led the bowling with 3-48 off 10 overs. Bradshaw ended with 2-27.