Pak vs WI 1st ODI : West Indies begin without their top five players -Live

Afridi and Devon Smith

The news from the first ODI between Pakistan vs West Indies which will be played on Saturday, April, 23, 2011 at Gros Islet in St Lucia is that top players Chris Gayle, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Ramnaresh Sarwan, Kieron Pollard will be missing from the West Indies squad. The match will start at 09:30 a.m. local, 13:30 GMT.
The top five players of Wet Indies mentioned above are currently playing in the Indian Premier League in India. For Pakistan, Taufeeq Umar returns to the side and is likely to join Hafeez at the top of the order, Umar Gul, Younis Khan and Kamran Akmal have not been selected for this tour.
Pakistan is touring West Indies to play one T20, five ODI's and two test matches.

The only T20 game was won by the West Indies. West Indies have not beaten Pakistan in a ODI series since November 2011. It would be interesting to see how they play and win without their top five players.
The last time these 2 sides met in an ODI was in the recently concluded World Cup quarter-finals where Pakistan thrashed the Windies.