The Asian Age

Pak clinch T20 series

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Kingstown, July 29: Pakistan held off a desperate late surge by the West Indies to take the second and final Twenty20 internatio­nal by 11 runs at the Arnos Vale Stadium in St Vincent on Sunday.

In restrictin­g the hosts to 124/ 9 in reply to their total of 135/ 7, the tourists took the series 20 and moved up to second in the internatio­nal rankings behind Sri Lanka. — AFP

SCORECARD Pakistan: A. Shehzad c Simmons b Pollard 44, M. Hafeez c Simmons b Badree 10, U. Amin c&b Sammy 7, H. Sohail c&b Badree 1, U. Akmal ( not out) 46, S. Afridi c Samuels b Narine 6, H. Azam st Charles b Narine 1, S. Tanvir c Bravo b Narine 0, Z. Babar ( not out) 11. Extras: ( b2, lb4, w3) 9. Total: ( for 7 wkts, in 20 overs) 135. FoW: 1- 24, 2- 39, 3- 42, 4- 78, 5- 96, 6- 109, 7- 109 Bowling: Sammy 4- 020- 1, Badree 4- 0- 16- 2, Narine 4- 0- 26- 3, Best 2- 0- 16- 0, Bravo 4- 0- 350, Pollard 2- 0- 16- 1. West Indies: J. Charles c Akmal b Tanvir 0, C. Gayle c Afridi b Hafeez 1, M. Samuels c Akmal b Tanvir 1, L. Simmons b Afridi 3, DJ Bravo c Azam b Zulfiqar 35, S. Narine c Amin b Ajmal 28, K. Pollard c Sohail b Zulfiqar 23, D. Sammy c Afridi b Ajmal 1, C. Barnwell ( run out) 10, T. Best ( not out) 17, Badree ( not out) 1. Extras: ( lb1, w2, nb1) 4. Total: ( for 9 wkts, in 20 overs) 124. FoW: 1- 2, 2- 2, 3- 4, 4- 17, 5- 64, 6- 94, 7- 94, 8- 105, 9- 105. Bowling: Hafeez 4- 0- 91, Tanvir 4- 0- 20- 2, Zufiqar 4- 0- 37- 2, Afridi 3- 0- 29- 1, Ajmal 4- 0- 212, Ali 1- 0- 7- 0.

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