Pakistanis give World win
NZPA Melbourne. A troubled W.S.C. World XI hA B tl5 seue< J by u m «Sbificent un beaten partnership of 158 run s between Pakistan’s Asif Iqbal and * n ' 0 *£ v * ’t a dram atic victory over the W.S.C West Indians in Melbourne. rJiz? 6 " Im f air Khan mined hi, fellow countryman at the crease, the World side was a son-, 81 for five m reply to the West InS°mpulsory closure total of 2JB lor nine.
~601 ILe Pakistanis demoralised tne powerful West Indian attack and recorded their partnership m a sizzling 107 minutes Scores:—
W.S.C. West Indies 238/9 (V 7 °l J - Snow 3/56) lost to W.S.C. W’orid XI 239/5. The official crowd at the night game reached 17,923—bringing the three day V.F.L. Park ag gi egate up to 52.831.
The crowd for Tuesday’s match between the Australians and the West Indians, set a new World Series record of 24,638.
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