KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) - Dwayne Smith claimed three wickets at the expense of 36 runs to follow up an explosive 32 runs batting off 15 balls as the West Indies launched the 2007 Cricket World Cup with an uplifting 54-run victory over Pakistan on Tuesday. 

Pakistan, chasing the West Indies' total of 241 for nine off 50 overs, slumped to 187 all out off 47.2 overs. Shoaib Malik lashed six fours and one six tolad with an innings of 62 off 54 balls. 

Smith, 23, took the key wickets of Mohammad Yousuf, Inzamam-ul-Haq and Kamran Akmal to delight a near-capacity crowd of close to 20,000 and claim the man of the match award. 

Daren Powell supplied the wickets of both openers on his way to two for 42. Dwayne Bravo iced the win with three for 42. 

In action Wednesday, Canada plays Kenya in Group C and Australia tackles Scotland in Group A. 

Earlier, Marlon Samuels hit 63 off 70 balls to anchor the West Indies innings after the hosts were sent in by Inzamam. The in-form right-hander stroked five fours and three sixes and shared a crucial 91-run partnership with captain Brian Lara. 

Ramnaresh Sarwan (49) and Lara (37) gave middle-order support before Smith revved up the late innings with three fours and a six. 

Rao Iftikhar led the Pakistani bowling with a career-best three for 44, while Umar Gul took 2-38 and Mohammad Hafeez returned 2-39. 

The West Indies began defence of a challenging but not overwhelming total emphatically as Powell and Jerome Taylor had Pakistan struggling at 39 for three off 10.3 overs. 

Imran Nazir slashed a six over backward point but soon edged Powell to wicketkeeper Denesh Ramdin. 

The experienced Younis Khan also fell to a Ramdin catch as he chased a short, wide ball outside off stump and tried to pull it into the leg side. 

Powell also accounted for Hafeez, who drove to mid-on where Lara pouched an easy catch. 

Inzamam and Yousuf, with over 600 one-day internationals between them, added 60 off 18.3 overs to revive the innings. 

But just as they were set for an assault, Smith removed both. 

Yousuf edged for Ramdin's third catch, while Inzamam came across his stumps and adjudged lbw. 

Smith removed Kamran Akmal first ball to virtually seal the result. The wicketkeeper sliced a drive to backward point, where Bravo dived forward to grasp the first of two brilliant catches. 

Malik provided some late hope from 116 for six, but the tailenders could not supply the necessary support. 

Bravo rounded off the match with three wickets, including one superb left-handed return catch to remove Gul. 

It was a more uncertain start for the West Indies, opening the first World Cup in the Caribbean. 

Opener Chris Gayle snicked behind where Akmal gloved the first of his four dismissals. 

Shivnarine Chanderpaul and Sarwan cautiously added 57 for the second wicket before Iftikhar removed both within 13 runs. 

Chanderpaul gave Akmal his second wicket while Sarwan, one short of his half-century, edged a drive to first slip at 77 for three. 

Samuels and Lara rebuilt the innings in a stand of 91 off 104 balls that contained some scintillating stroke-play and that energized the large crowd at the revamped Sabina Park. 

Lara, who hit a century in the opening match in 2003, scored 37 off 56 balls with three fours and a six before two Hafeex wickets sparked a minicollapse. 

Lara under-edged a sweep off to Akmal and Samuels soon followed as he holed out to long on. 

Denesh Ramdin was out cheaply on his 22nd birthday before Smith supplied much-needed big-hitting to boost the late innings. 

The under-pressure right-hander inspired a charge as the West Indies took 57 runs off the last five overs. 
Last man Corey Collymore ended the innings emphatically with a huge six over long on

 

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