Player of the Match
Player of the Match
2510dThe Report by Sidharth Monga

Akmal, bowlers give Pakistan T20 series

Umar Akmal's 46 off 36 gave Pakistan the final surge to take them to 135, which their bowlers made look like 185 on a slow, dry and used pitch to give them the Twenty20 series to go with the ODI spoils

Match Centre

Statistics

Best performances - Batsmen

Umar Akmal
Umar Akmal
46(36) 3x4 - 1x6
Control %75%
  • Productive Shot
  • leg glance
  • 29 runs
  • 1x4 - 1x6
0 0 9 9 6 0 5 17
Ahmed Shehzad
Ahmed Shehzad
44(46) 4x4 - 2x6
Control %72%
  • Productive Shot
  • leg glance
  • 16 runs
  • 2x4 - 1x6
4 1 6 3 7 3 18 2

Best performances - Bowlers

SP Narine
SP Narine
O4
M0
R26
W3
Eco6.50
RHB
OFFLEG
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
S Badree
S Badree
O4
M0
R16
W2
Eco4.00
RHB
OFFLEG
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF

Match Details

Toss

Pakistan , elected to bat first

Player Of The Match

Player Of The Series

Series result

Pakistan won the 2-match series 2-0

Match number

Season

Hours of play (local time)

14.00 start, First Session 14.00-15.20, Interval 15.20-15.40, Second Session 15.40-17.00

Match days

28 July 2013 (20-over match)

TV Umpires

Reserve Umpire

Match Referee

Scorer: Sanjay Murari | Commentator: George Binoy

END OF OVER:
20 | 11 Runs | WI: 124/9 (12 runs required, RR: 6.20)

  • Tino Best17 (9b)
  • Samuel Badree1 (1b)
  • Sohail Tanvir4-0-20-2
  • Saeed Ajmal4-0-21-2

5.15 pm Pakistan move up to No. 2 - behind Sri Lanka - in the ICC rankings for T20 teams. Their bowlers were outstanding today. Ahmed Shehzad and Umar Akmal gave them a par score to defend and the bowlers stifled and dismantled the West Indies top order. The contest was over inside the first six overs of the chase.

That brings to an end Pakistan's fruitful tour of the Caribbean. They go home with an ODI and T20 trophy. For West Indies, a disappointing home season comes to an end. They beat Zimbabwe a few months ago, but did not make the tri-series final (India and Sri Lanka did) and then suffered two series defeats against Pakistan.

Dr. Dot: "That score doesn't come CLOSE to displaying just how badly the Windies got beaten. Sad, really. I feel sorry for their fans."

Ali: "For me Ajmal was the best bowler in the 2nd innings he stopped the runs when the runs were flowing from other end!"

Akhtar Farooq: "Good thing was that we witnessed excellent matches, close contest in ODI and T20. This is what perfect entertainment is."

Here's the presentation ceremony ...

Sammy: "We could have restricted them, but they played well in the end. We lost a lot of wickets in our first six overs, and then it was a difficult task for Pollard and Bravo to come and score at 12-13 runs an over. We just didn't bat well enough at the start. I think we as a batting team have to give ourselves a chance. We have different types of players and I can't tell them how to go about batting, but when you have a difficult pitch, you have to give yourselves a chance and capitalise in the end." Sammy is saying these wickets suit Asian teams touring the Caribbean, slow, dry surfaces that assist spin more than pace.

Umar Akmal is the Man of the Match.

Ali Imt: "Great series this was, pretty close contests. Wish there was a Test series as well, would have been the Icing on the cake."

Zulfiqar Babar, in his debut series, is the Player of the Series.

Hafeez comes up to collect the series trophy. "It was a tough tour, credit goes to the team and the coaches for their hard work. We did not play well in the last two tours so we needed this victory. Once we scored 135, we had four spinners in our team and we were confident. Thanks to Misbah, we got the momentum from the ODI series and carried it into the T20s. I'm really happy to see youngsters coming into the team, like Umar Amin. And Zulfiqar Babar also performed."

And that brings us to the end of this series. We hope you've enjoyed our coverage of it. That's all we've got for you today, thank you for all your emails. It's time to get some sleep. Cheers!

19.6
1
Sohail Tanvir to Best, 1 run, and that's that, Pakistan take the series 2-0. The last ball is carved out through cover for a single

The Pakistan players are allowing themselves a smile now.

19.5
0
Sohail Tanvir to Best, no run, it's a slower ball that nearly shaves leg stump after Best fails to connect with his swing

Gautam: "Its great to see Umar Akmal behind the stumps, energizing the team. Did very well with the bat too today. Been a while since a wicket-keeping Akmal did well for Pakistan on all fronts."

19.4
0
Sohail Tanvir to Best, no run, it's in the blockhole outside off stump, Best can't get bat on it and he swings his bat in frustration after missing the shot
19.3
6
Sohail Tanvir to Best, SIX, Best is reducing the margin of defeat here, he clears his front leg, gets under a slower ball and blitzes it over the straight boundary. Or have I spoken too soon?
19.2
2
Sohail Tanvir to Best, 2 runs, clears his front foot and slogs through midwicket, he's not timed it well so they can run two because the fielder has to run in from the boundary to get to the ball
19.1
0
Sohail Tanvir to Best, no run, the slower ball outside off stump, Best swings hard but misses
  • Akmal, bowlers give Pakistan T20 series

    Umar Akmal's 46 off 36 gave Pakistan the final surge to take them to 135, which their bowlers made look like 185 on a slow, dry and used pitch to give them the Twenty20 series to go with the ODI spoils

West Indies 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st2CH GayleJ Charles
2nd0CH GayleMN Samuels
3rd2MN SamuelsLMP Simmons
4th13LMP SimmonsDJ Bravo
5th47DJ BravoSP Narine
6th30DJ BravoKA Pollard
7th0DJG SammyDJ Bravo
8th11DJG SammyCD Barnwell
9th0DJG SammyTL Best
10th19TL BestS Badree