Younis Khan tries to work out how he got himself out in Trinidad

Pakistan's batsmen struggled to impose themselves on Canada in both teams' first World Cup warm-up, though the Test nation still won by 77 runs.

Batting first, Pakistan were reduced to 160-6 when all-rounder Shahid Afridi was bowled by John Davison for a duck.

But Mohammad Hafeez (61) and Kamran Akmal (56 not out) recovered things.

The match was reduced to 48 overs per side because a sightscreen was knocked down early on by strong winds, and Canada were all out for 196.

The early exchanges suggested Pakistan's troubled Cup preparations were preying on their minds.

Younis Khan was caught by wicket-keeper Ashish Bagai off the bowling of Anderson Cummins for 11 after he was surprsingly asked to open the batting.

Henry Osinde then dismissed Imran Nazir for 26 and Mohammad Yousuf followed him back to the pavilion for 21, after becoming an Umar Bhatti victim.

Inzamam-ul-Haq (59) held the middle order together, but Canada picked up further cheap wickets as Afridi and Shoaib Malik fell by the wayside.

It would have been an interesting match indeed had not Hafeez and Akmal picked up the pieces once Inzamam and Afridi had departed in quick succession.

For Canada, Cummins, Osinde and Sunil Dhaniram all took two wickets.

Pakistan were able to pick from just 13 players for the match in St Augustine.

The replacements for injured bowlers Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Asif have not yet landed in the Caribbean.

Mohammad Sami and Yasir Arafat are expected to arrive later in the week.

But the bowlers that were available for Pakistan acquitted themselves well.