Akmal and Malik script a thriller
Those who say 50-overs cricket has lost its ticker needed to look no further than the Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi for a humdinger
12/11Result
1st ODI (D/N), Pakistan v West Indies ODI Series at Abu Dhabi, Nov 12 2008
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![West Indies]( "West Indies")
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![Pakistan]( "Pakistan")
295/6 (49.5/50 ov)
Player of the Match
12/11Result
1st ODI (D/N), Pakistan v West Indies ODI Series at Abu Dhabi, Nov 12 2008
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![West Indies]( "West Indies")
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![Pakistan]( "Pakistan")
295/6 (49.5/50 ov)
Player of the Match
Match Day
Snatched win from jaws of defeat - Malik
Shoaib Malik, the Pakistan captain, has said Kamran Akmal, with his last-over heroics that allowed Pakistan to edge past West Indies in the first ODI, had "snatched a win from the jaws of defeat"
Pakistan v West Indies, 1st ODI, Abu Dhabi
Match home for the first ODI between Pakistan and West Indies in Abu Dhabi
Akhtar ruled out of first ODI
Shoaib Akhtar has been ruled out of the first one-dayer against West Indies in Abu Dhabi due to a calf injury