After winning the toss, the Pakistan team decided to batting first at the flat wicket of Gros Islet in St. Lucia. But this decision was not quite wise, as the Paki team lost their 3 wickets at a score of 19 runs only.
Pakistan have lived upto their reputation of being unpredictable. A swashbuckling partnership from the Akmal brothers is what it took to lift themselves out of a hole, after being 23/3 in 7 overs.
The SA bowlers got a touch complacent after a good start but a poor spell from van der Merwe opened the floodgates for Pak to post a competitive total.
One would also get a feeling that Pak threw it away towards the end as they lost wickets consistently after Umar Akmal and Afridi fell.
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