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World Cup flashback: Pakistan crash to gift West Indies final berth

The rest of the batting flopped and the Pakistan wagon crumbled for 250 in the 57th over with Roberts (2-41) and Richards (3-52) troubling the lower order. The Windies thus entered their second final on the trot

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West Indies' Colin Croft

West Indies' Colin Croft

World Cup memory
Pak crash to gift WI final berth

Pakistan and West Indies ended up being in the semi-final of the 1979 World Cup at The Oval. Asif Iqbal put the West Indies in and though the West Indies didn't exactly collapse, Asif's medium pace accounted for the top four batsmen — Gordon Greenidge (73), Desmond Haynes (65), Viv Richards (42), and skipper Clive Lloyd (37).

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