Goodbye Pakistan, welcome CPL

Sun, Jul 28, '13 by TONY BECCA

The West Indies versus Pakistan one-day international series has come and gone, the Caribbean Premier League, a T20 showpiece, is two days away, and West Indians, wherever they are, should be disappointed and ecstatic as they say goodbye to one and welcome the other.

The one-day series, which ended in St Lucia on Wednesday and which was hot and cold for most of the time, was exciting some of the time. It provided brilliant cricket a few times, it was disappointing because of the action and the way the West Indies lost, and that, according to the final count, easily in the end.

The five-match series was, however, quite interesting, and with one match tied and one match going to the penultimate ball, it could really have gone either way.

With a little luck, it could have been 3-2 to the West Indies.

In the end, the contest, played between two highly unpredictable teams, ended 3-1 in favour of Pakistan with the one tied match.