Pakistan, Aug. 10 -- An unbeaten 104-run partnership between debutant Hasan Nawaz and Hussain Talat - playing his second game - helped a nervous Pakistan overcome a stutter to chase down 281 in the penultimate over and take a 1-0 lead in the ODI series with a five-wicket win.

West Indies had put up 280 through three half-centuries in the first innings, but Pakistan's spinners contained them to keep them to a below-par score with Shaheen Shah Afridi (4 for 51) and Naseem Shah (3-55) mopping the hosts up at the death.

Pakistan's pursuit was far from convincing, struggling to pace the innings too. Babar Azam (47) and Mohammad Rizwan (53) each fell after promising, if placid, starts, and West Indies found themselves burrowing into the lower...