West Indies' No.11 batsman Jason Holder pulled off a sensational tie in the third one-day international against Pakistan on Friday by clubbing 14 runs in the last over.
The home team were looking down the barrel at 9-215 but Holder belted seamer Wahab Riaz for a four and a six, and then ran two runs for a tie off the last delivery as the West Indies finished at 9-229. Misbah-ul-Haq earlier scored 75 in Pakistan's total of 6-229.
Offspinner Saeed Ajmal looked to have sealed the match for Pakistan with 3-36 by removing top-scorer Lendl Simmons (75) and captain Dwayne Bravo (13) in quick succession before Riaz came in for a hammering.
The series is tied 1-1 with the last two matches at St Lucia on Sunday and Wednesday.
"It's really disappointing. We were in a really good position but the way Holder played, he took the game away from us," Misbah said. "We bowled too many full deliveries to the tailender ... but hats off to them - they played really well."
Simmons, who hit seven fours and two sixes, and Marlon Samuels (46) added 91 runs for the fourth-wicket stand but it took them 132 balls as Ajmal gave away only 21 runs in his first nine overs and tied down both batsmen.
Fast bowler Mohammad Irfan removed Samuels in the 39th over and Ajmal tilted the balance when Ahmed Shehzad plucked a good diving catch from Simmons at midwicket and Bravo was clean bowled two balls later.
Sunil Narine gave the West Indies hope by hitting Ajmal for two boundaries and a six in the 48th over before he departed with his side needing 25 off the last 13 deliveries.
"I'm also disappointed ... it should never have reached that situation, given the number of batsmen we have," Bravo said.
"The number of dot balls in our innings was unacceptable. We need to come up with a plan to cut down on that."
Earlier, Misbah anchored Pakistan's innings with two half-century stands - adding 53 runs with Mohammad Hafeez (14) and a further 60 with debutante Haris Sohail (26).
After winning the toss and electing to bowl, West Indies seamers exposed the vulnerability of Pakistan's top order to short-pitched deliveries with Shehzad, Nasir Jamshed, Hafeez and Shahid Afridi all departing while attempting ambitious strokes.
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