Pak clinch T20 series
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.