Mohammed Aamer and Umar Gul picked 3 wickets. The stand-in skipper Afridi and Naved-ul-Hasan picked a wicket each while Saeed Ajmal picked 2. The tight bowling bundled West Indies for 133 in the 35th over.
Chasing an easy target, Pakistan would have hoped a solid and comfortable finish. But they lost both the openers to Tonge with just 21 on the board. Shoaib Malik and Mohammad Yousuf steadied the innings for sometime both were dimissed by Tonge again.
Pakistan were in trouble when Misbah was also dismissed with just 76 on the board. Couple of more wickets would have put them in deep trouble. Sensible batting by Umar Akmal and captain Afridi brought them back to the match and gave them the crucial 2 points.
The injury of Umar Akmal in his right hand is a cause of concern for Pakistan. When he tried to avoid a straight bouncer, he got hit in his glove. He was treated immediately and he carried on with the batting. His unbeaten 41 won him the man of the match!
Scoreboard:
Match # 2, Group A
Date: Wednesday Sep 23, 2009
Teams: Pakistan v. West Indies
Captains: Afridi and Reifer
Toss: West Indies, decided to bat
Venue: New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
Result: Pakistan won by 5 wickets with 117 balls remaining
Points: Pakistan 2; West Indies 0
Man of the Match: Umar Akmal off Pakistan
West Indies Innings:
| Batsman | How Out | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s |
| D Richards | c & b M Aamer | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| A Fletcher | c I Nazir b Naved-ul-Hasan | 7 | 14 | 1 | 0 |
| D Smith | c U Akmal b Umar Gul | 18 | 28 | 2 | 0 |
| T Dowlin | c K Akmal b M Aamer | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| F Reifer | c Misbah b Umar Gul | 7 | 23 | 0 | 0 |
| D Bernard | b M Aamer | 6 | 14 | 1 | 0 |
| D Sammy | b S Ajmal | 25 | 37 | 5 | 0 |
| C Walton | lbw b Umar Gul | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| N Miller | c S Malik b S Afridi | 51 | 57 | 6 | 1 |
| T Best | st K Akmal b S Ajmal | 8 | 19 | 1 | 0 |
| G Tonge | not out | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Extras | (w 5, nb 1) | 6 | - | - | - |
| Total | all out in 34.3 overs | 133 | - | - | - |
Fall of Wickets: 1-2 (Richards, 0.6 ov), 2-11 (Fletcher, 3.6 ov), 3-14 (Dowlin, 4.5 ov), 4-36 (Smith, 10.3 ov), 5-43 (Bernard, 13.3 ov), 6-47 (Reifer, 14.3 ov), 7-47 (Walton, 14.4 ov), 8-85 (Sammy, 24.5 ov), 9-121 (Best, 31.1 ov), 10-133 (Miller, 34.3 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W |
| M Aamer | 7 | 1 | 24 | 3 |
| Naved-ul-Hasan | 7 | 0 | 26 | 1 |
| Umar Gul | 8 | 2 | 28 | 3 |
| S Afridi | 8.3 | 0 | 39 | 1 |
| S Ajmal | 4 | 0 | 16 | 2 |
Pakistan Innings: (134 to win in 50 overs)
| Batsman | How Out | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s |
| I Nazir | b Tonge | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| K Akmal | c Walton b Tonge | 5 | 12 | 1 | 0 |
| S Malik | c Walton b Tonge | 23 | 39 | 2 | 1 |
| M Yousuf | c Walton b Tonge | 23 | 31 | 4 | 0 |
| Misbah | c Walton b Bernard | 6 | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| Umar Akmal | not out | 41 | 51 | 6 | 0 |
| S Afridi | not out | 17 | 25 | 1 | 0 |
| Extras | (lb 2, w 9, nb 3) | 14 | - | - | - |
| Total | for 5 wkts in 30.3 overs | 134 | - | - | - |
Fall of Wickets: 1-5 (Imran Nazir, 1.1 ov), 2-21 (Kamran Akmal, 5.1 ov), 3-54 (Shoaib Malik, 13.3 ov), 4-61 (Mohammad Yousuf, 15.1 ov), 5-76 (Misbah-ul-Haq, 22.3 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W |
| D Sammy | 7 | 0 | 29 | 0 |
| G Tonge | 10 | 3 | 25 | 4 |
| T Best | 6.3 | 0 | 50 | 0 |
| D Bernard | 7 | 0 | 28 | 1 |
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