Well this is the grand finale, it has been a very long time on the road and it comes to an end as all things must come to an end.
It's been a long, hard fight on the road, three and a half months but unfortunately the tour ended on a disappointing note. We started well in Malayisa and then went on to India and finished here in Pakistan. First of all to touch on the last couple of Pakistan games, it was disappointing in both forms of the game but I think it was a good experience here, even for me being here for the first time.
A long and hectic tour now comes to an end. I was expecting us to win a lot more matches but it's always hard to beat a team playing well at home. They have the advantage over us because they are used to their conditions.
At the end of the day when you look back at our games we played good cricket in sessions but we should have been playing good cricket continuously and putting the opposition under pressure all the time.
West Indies head coach Bennett King spoke with the media ahead of the final One Day International against Pakistan in Karachi. Following are excerpts from his comments.
On the final One Day International:
This is a series drawing match, the players showed some good form the other night (in Multan) and we're looking forward to this match. We had a look at the (Karachi) wicket and it looks pretty flat. It doesn't look as if it's containing much moisture and might not aid the fast bowlers like it did in the previous match but we're looking forward to it. We'll pick the side that we think is capable of winning and we will get out there and compete.
West Indies fast bowler Daren Powell, who came in for high praise from captain Brian Lara and who secured his best bowling figures in the fourth ODI against Pakistan in Multan said that he was impressed with his own performance. Powell, coming in for his first game, after a flu virus forced leading pacer Corey Collymore to sit out while Jerome Taylor was rested, picked up 3 for 33 from 10 overs.
He made the following comments on Thursday in Karachi as the team enjoyed a day off from training after the players spent most of the night traveling from Multan after the day night game:
West Indies batsman Marlon Samuels scored a sizzling unbeaten 99-ball century against Pakistan in the fourth One Day International in Multan. Samuels said that he considers it a special knock especially since he stayed to the end of the innings and ensured that the Windies were home safely in overhauling the Pakistani total of 209.
Following are comments from Samuels on the evening after the game and just before the team departed Multan for Karachi where the final ODI will be played on Saturday:
