T20: Pakistan wins first warm-up match

Pakistan won the first warm-up match against Windward 11 while the next warm-up is against Zimbabwe on Thursday at the same venue. Pakistan breezed to a 68-run win over Windward Islands in the first of their warm-up games at Gros Islet. Pakistan lost Salman Butt and Kamran Akmal early in their innings but Hafeez steadied the middle order and lead a late charge before he was bowled by Keron Cottoy for 57. Captain Shahid Afridi and Fawad Alam both reached the 20s before they were dismissed, and a late flurry by Misbah-ul-Haq, who smote two sixes in an eight-ball 17, boosted Pakistan's score in the closing overs. Ireland lost the 2ndt warm-up match to Afghanistan while the host team also met the same fate at the hands of black caps. Irish team set the target of 134 runs for the Afghans, who managed to achieve on the loss of 5 wickets. Meanwhile, the Kiwis defeated the West Indies with seven runs and Bangladesh lost one to England and South Africa defeated Sri Lanka.