Kraigg Brathwaite's 82 was the backbone of West Indies Under-15's winning total.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – West Indies gave an inspired all-round performance to defeat Pakistan by 89 runs in the CLICO Under-15 International Championship Round-Robin Series final at the Queen's Park Oval yesterday.

Chasing the home side's challenging total of 228 for seven off 50 overs, the Pakistanis struggled in front of a decent crowd and were stifled out for 139 in 42.5 overs.

Leading the victory charge for West Indies were prolific opening batsman Kraigg Brathwaite, who notched another half-century, and impressive all-rounder Ramon Senior, who struck 50 and bagged four wickets for 24 runs to claim the Player Of The Match award.

Only Pakistani skipper Muhammad Babar impressed with 51 off 60 balls, with six fours.

The others failed to negotiate West Indies' probing six-pronged pace and spin attack.

In pursuit of their victory target, the Pakistanis were off to a poor start. With the first ball of their innings, opener Muhammad Naeem was trapped in front by Kyle Mayers.

The visitors never recovered and there was a constant trek to and from the pavilion, as the talented Senior broke the back of their middle-order. He also held two brilliant catches, including that of Babar, who was the seventh batsman to be dismissed.

Earlier, openers Braithwaite and John Campbell gave their team a good start, posting 66 runs after captain Steven Katwaroo chose to bat on a placid track.

However, with the introduction of leg-spinner Usman Qadir, Campbell was caught in the deep by Zafar Gohar for 37 off 44 deliveries which included five fours.

Senior joined Brathwaite and the pair batted intelligently against the probing spin of Qadir. They added 85 off 156 balls for the second wicket, before Senior was stumped by wicketkeeper Faizan Khan off Gohar's bowling for an even 50 off 86 balls, with five fours and one six.

The 15-year-old Brathwaite continued to carry the fight against the opposition attack.

He saw the dismissals of Sunil Ambris (2), Kyle Mayers (5) and Derone Davis (12) before he was the sixth wicket to fall with the total on 202, run out for a solid 82.

The right-handed batsman faced 128 balls and struck three fours.

Brathwaite ended both – knockout and league – phases of the series with a total of 548 runs.

Qadir was the pick of the Pakistanis bowlers with the impressive figures of three for 25 from ten overs.

Former West Indies Test fast bowler Kenny Benjamin, the assistant coach of the regional team, praised the team's performance and spoke very highly of Brathwaite's batting and Senior's bowling. (CMC)

Scoreboard:

WEST INDIES

K Brathwaite run out 82

J Campbell c Gohar b Qadir 37

R Senior st F Khan b Gohar 50

S Ambris run out 2

K Mayers c Gohar b Qadir 5

D Davis st F Khan b Qadir 12

A Saunders run out 14

D Nelson not out 11

K Hodge not out 7

Extras (lb2, w5, nb1) 8

TOTAL (for 7 wkts - 50 overs) 228

Fall of wickets: 1-66, 2-151, 3-154, 4-173, 5-190, 6-202, 7-210.

Bowling: 6-0-41-0 (3w); Basharat 6-2-23-0; Qadir 10-2-25-3 (1nb); Ahsan 10-1-47-0 (1w); Gohar 10-0-45-1 (1w); Nawaz 8-0-45-0.

PAKISTAN

M Naeem lbw Mayers 0

*M Babar c Senior b Davis 51

A Ali run out 8

K Abass lbw Senior 2

M Nawaz c Ambris b Senior 0

Z Gohar c Ambris b Senior 0

+F Khan c & b Senior 12

U Qadir c Depeiza b Nelson 21

A Mirza b Hodge 17

N Basharat c Senior b Nelson 1

S Nagvi not out 6

Extras (16w, 2nb, 2b, 1lb) 21

TOTAL (all out - 42.5 overs) 139

Fall of wickets: 1-0, 2-32, 3-49, 4-49, 5-53, 6-83, 7-91, 8-116, 9-117.

Bowling: Mayers 4-0-28-1 (11w); Depeiza 2-0-17-0 (4w); Senior 10-1-24-4; Davis

10-1-32-1 (1nb); Nelson 9-2-21-2; Hodge 7.5-2-14-1 (1w, 1nb).

Result: West Indies won by 89 runs.

Player Of The Match: Ramon Senior (West Indies)

Toss: West Indies

Umpires: Murray Erasmus (South Africa) and Nadir Shah (Bangladesh).