Batting first after winning the toss, Pakistan put on a respectable 266 in 60 overs. Led by a fine 60 (108b) by Majid Khan and superb innings of 55 and 58 respectively by Mushtaq Mohammed and Wasim Raja, Pakistan had in fact threatened to score many more at one stage. The dismissals of Mohammed and Raja just when both were getting set to dominate the bowling pegged Pakistan back.

The West Indian bowling was not at its penetrative best but to be fair, it was some fine attacking batting led by Majid Khan that allowed Pakistan to get into a position of superiority. And with their well-balanced bowling attack, they had every chance of pulling off a win.

The West Indian innings got off to a poor start with Gordon Greenidge falling for just 4. Sarfaraz Nawaz (4/44) had struck the first of his blows! But the West Indies rebuilt through small partnerships all along with Clive Lloyd scoring 53 and Murray contributing 61 not out. When Viv Richards fell, the West Indies was in serious trouble at 99/5 and the crisis worsened when they were further reduced to 203/9.

Murray, though, was not giving up and he paired with Andy Roberts (24*) to score the remaining 64 runs. An impressive performance by Murray shepherding the tail towards the target and especially with the number 11 batsman.

When victory had been in sight, Pakistan had failed to grab it and the result was a West Indian win. This was perhaps the closest the West Indies had come to losing in the first two tournaments! But as history tells us, they always escaped!