West Indian started after a delay of 20 minutes due to rain.
Late charge by skipper Misbah-ul-Haq (96 n.o.) failed to take Pakistan over the 200-mark. Misbah kept running out of partners on the other end as West Indies bowlers took wickets at regular intervals.
From the beginning, Pakistan batsmen were unable to break the shackles put into place by West Indian bowlers.
Kemar Roach had started the rot with his aggressive spells which saw Pakistan struggling at 15/3.
Pakistan's downfall started with the wicket of opener Imran Farhat (2). Roach had bowled a length delivery which Farhat had tried to cut but, instead, got a healthy edge towards the slips where skipper Dwayne Bravo took it with one-hand.
Next to go was much experienced batsman Mohammad Hafeez (4). Roach bowled a quick but fuller delivery, wide off the crease. Hafeez completely missed the line and was cleaned bowled.
Roach's third victim was Asad Shafiq. The West Indies pacer bowled a short-pitch bouncer to the batsman who tried to cut the bowl but was taken by Ravi Rampaul at short-leg.
The lanky pacer ended his spell with impressive figures of 28/3.
After getting off to a shaky start, skipper Misbah-ul-Haq along with opener Nasir Jamshed (50) tried to consolidate the crumbling Pakistan innings by putting up a 90-run partnership for the fourth wicket. It was the highest partnership for Pakistan in the game.
Both Misbah and Jamshed completed their half-centuries to give their dug-out a sigh of relief. But Jamshed gave his wicket away straight after reaching his seventh ODI fifty when he failed to drive a Sunil Narine delivery over the covers. Ravi Rampaul took a simple catch in the long-off.
Next man to bat Shoaib Mallik did not understand the need of the hour to stay put and lofted the ball at mid-wicket straight to Dwayne Bravo. Mallik went for a duck giving Narine his second wicket.
Kamran Akmal (2) was the next person to walk back to the pavillion after failing to pick the carrom ball and edging it back to the wicket-keeper.
With the dismissal of Akmal, Pakistan's tailenders came into play but they too were not able to contribute much to the scoreboard.
Wahab Riaz was run out as he tried to back up Misbah too far and while Saeed Ajmal too got run out trying to take a run where there was none. Chris Gayle took a superb catch in the slips off a Dwayne Bravo delivery to dismiss Junaid Khan who went back to the pavilion without adding any runs to the scoreboard.
Last batsman Mohammad Irfan tried to give his skipper the much-needed support to help Pakistan get to a decent total. But a short-ball by Rampaul saw Irfan out and Mibah gutted as he was denied his century after fighting hard for his team.
Earlier, West Indies captain Bravo won the toss and chose to bowl against Pakistan.
Teams
Pakistan: Imran Farhat, Nasir Jamshed, Mohammad Hafeez, Asad Shafiq, Misbah-ul-Haq (capt), Shoaib Malik, Kamran Akmal (wicket-keeper), 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 (wicket-keeper), Sunil Narine, Ravi Rampaul, Kemar Roach
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