FAISALABAD: The West Indies has enough bench strength to beat Pakistan in the five-match one-day series despite narrowly losing the second game by two wickets, captain Brian Lara said on Saturday.

The first match of the series at Rawalpindi on Tuesday was washed out due to rain. Pakistan squeezed past the West Indies at Faisalabad by two wickets while chasing a small target of 152 runs to take a 1-0 series lead. ``We knew from the start we could win this series,'' Lara said a day before the third One-Day International.

No injury worries

Both Lara's knees were heavily strapped for Saturday's practice session, but he said there was no cause for concern. ``I'm fine, just getting some treatment,'' Lara said. ``It's been a long tour and we have been away for quite some time. Hopefully everybody will be available for tomorrow, including myself.''

Pakistan will miss batsman Younis Khan for Sunday's game because his elder brother Farman died after a failed liver transplant in Germany on Thursday.

The teams:

Pakistan (from): Inzamam-ul-Haq (Capt.), Mohammad Yousuf, Imran Farhat, Mohammad Hafeez, Yasir Hameed, Abdul Razzaq, Shoaib Malik, Kamran Akmal, Umar Gul, Mohammad Sami, Rao Iftikhar, Rana Naved, Danish Kaneria and Abdul Rehman.

West Indies (from): Brian Lara (Capt.), Chris Gayle, Runako Morton, Daren Ganga, Lendl Simmons, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Dwayne Smith, Marlon Samuels, Ian Bradshaw, Corey Collymore, Daren Powell, Jerome Taylor, Dave Mohammed and Denesh Ramdin.

Umpires: Nigel Llong (England) and Asad Rauf (Pakistan). TV Umpire: Zameer Haider (Pakistan). Match referee: Alan Hurst (Australia). — AP

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