2nd ODI: Pak v. WI: Pakistan win the series!

Pakistan beat WI by 24 runs in the 2nd ODI played on November 14, 2008 at Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi. Both teams are playing in 3 ODIs in the netural venue due to security concerns in Pakistan.

Winning the toss and batting first, Misbah's half century and Kamran Akmal's 45 helped Pakistan to put a decent total of 232. Not sure what happened to WIs as they were bundled out for 208 with 7 more deliveries which needed 25 runs to equal the series.

Chanderpaul's century couldn't help WI though he was playing in one end, the wickets were falling on the other end. Umar Gul was the pick of the bowler picking 3 wickets. The other disaster for WIs were the poor running between the wickets. Marshal and Findlay were run out for 1 and 12 respectively.

Sohail Tanvir picked Gayle for a duck in the first over. In the fifth over, he picked the other opener Chattergoon also for a duck. For his two wickets and for scoring 26 crucial runs in batting, he was given man of the match award.

Earlier, struggling at 7 for 2, Younis Khan and Misbah put on 51 runs for the 3rd wicket. Later, Kamran Akmal and Shahid Afridi added 52 runs for the 6th wicket to put a moderate schoolf of 232.

Scoreboard:

Match: 2nd ODI
Venue: Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi
Teams: Pakistan and West Indies
Captains: Shoaib Malik and Chris Gayle
Toss: Pakistan won the toss and decided to bat
Match Result: Pakistan won by 24 runs
Series Result: Pakistan leading by 2-0
Man of the Match: Sohail Tanvir (Pakistan)

Pakistan 232 all out in 49 overs (Salman Butt 7, Khurram Manzoor 0, Younis Khan 34, Misbah-ul-Haq 52, Shoaib Malik 10, Kamran Akmal 45, Shahid Afridi 28, Sohail Tanvir 26, Iftikhar Anjum 7, Umar Gul 13, Saeed Ajmal 4 not out, Extras--6 (lb 3, w 2, nb 1), Powell 8-0-50-3, Taylor 9-1-38-3, Baker 10-0-35-1, Miller 10-0-39-1, Gayle 10-0-44-0, Sarwan 2-0-23-0)

Fall of Wickets: 1-7 (Salman Butt, 1.6 ov), 2-7 (Khurram Manzoor, 2.3 ov), 3-58 (Younis Khan, 13.6 ov), 4-87 (Shoaib Malik, 22.5 ov), 5-125 (Misbah-ul-Haq, 33.1 ov), 6-177 (Kamran Akmal, 40.5 ov), 7-179 (Shahid Afridi, 41.2 ov), 8-199 (Iftikhar Anjum, 45.2 ov), 9-218 (Sohail Tanvir, 47.5 ov), 10-232 (Umar Gul, 48.6 ov)

West Indies 208 all out in 48.5 overs (Gayle 0, Chattergoon 0, Sarwan 45, Chanderpaul 107 not out, Marshall 1, Findlay 12, Baugh 3, Taylor 0, Miller 12, Powell 6, Baker 0, Extras--22 (lb 6, w 16), Sohail Tanvir 9-0-32-2, Umar Gul 9.5-3-44-3, Iftikhar Anjum 9-0-40-1, Shahid Afridi 10-0-42-1, Saeed Ajmal 9-1-38-1, Shoaib Malik 2-0-6-0)