West Indies vs Pakistan, 2nd ODI at Providence, Jul 16 2013 - Match Result

Well, that is all from our coverage for the second ODI. The teams now travel to St. Lucia for the third ODI of the series. Thanks for all your comments and feedback. Abhishek Purohit and Devashish Fuloria signing off. Please do check Siddharth Ravindran's match report..Till the next game, ciao ciao.

Presentation

Dwayne Bravo: "This win means a lot of us, the team really needed this to get our confidence back. To be honest, we lost Gayle early, but Charles and Bravo did a fantastic job to revive the innings. It is not a 250 or a 260 wicket. Batting last on this surface is always a tricky one. Darren got to fifty which really helped us to post a good total. But then I told Polly to bat deep in the innings and told him that if we get 230-240 that would be good. Narine is the no. 1 in the world. He had an off day in the first game. Saeed Ajmal also had a bad day, but Narine is the no. 1 bowler and he bounced back today."

Sunil Narine is the Man of the Match for his four-wicket haul. He says, "I just had to give it my all. I just bowled a little quicker because on this pitch, some were staying low and some were bouncing, so it was not an easy pitch. My finger (which was injured) is 90% ok."

Misbah: "It was a good total on this pitch. i got the feeling that it got slower and slower and it got turn, so credit to them, they bowled well. There was not much difference in the pitch between the innings, but I think they handled the bowlers better. For us, it was wrong shot selection and we kept losing wickets at the wrong time during the chase. We have been winnings games while chasing, we won in South Africa that way, but today, we just played some bad shots."

West Indies have found a way to square the series after being blinded in the first ODI by the Afridi show. Pakistan didn't lose any wickets upfront unlike the first ODI, but their start was slow as the West Indian pacers exerted tremendous control. But just when you thought they were opening up, they started losing wickets. Jamshed survived a few chances on his way to a half-century, but it was a laboured effort and apart from holding one end, didn't really do much for the team. The chase was in control however till Jamshed and Misbah were around, but then came Narine, almost unplayable today. He took Hafeez and Afridi plus two other bonus wickets.

Haseeb Elahi: "Good day for the Windies. They've now got the series level. Good come back by the home team. And unfortunately Pakistan has another complete middle order disaster today!"

DP: "Its interesting to note that the margin of victory is the same as the number of extras (38) given away by Pakistan.." ---- Well almost..

yasir: "Also same number of run margin PAK women team won today... 38 it is"

47.5

Dwayne Bravo to Asad Ali, OUT

It's game over! Asad Ali, with not much left, comes down the pitch and gives it all with a heave, but only gets it as far as Pollard at deep midwicket

Asad Ali c Pollard b DJ Bravo 2 (10b 0x4 0x6 18m) SR: 20

47.4

Dwayne Bravo to Umar Akmal, OUT

oh no, he has fallen immediately after getting to his landmark! And with that, Pakistan have lost their final hope. He goes after a length delivery, but holes out at long-off

Umar Akmal c Samuels b DJ Bravo 50 (46b 5x4 1x6 61m) SR: 108.69

47.3

Dwayne Bravo to Umar Akmal, SIX runs

oh wow! He charges out and throws the kitchen sink at this length delivery, whacks it very high over deep midwicket. Holder at the boundary gets a hand to it, but parries it over.. That's his half-century as well

Kashif Rashid: "Pakistan is missing the trick here.. The batting order is all wrong which leaves too much to get in the end. Your top three batsmen should be in the top four which means that Nasir, Misbah and Umer Akmal should be there. Hafeez and Asad should come after. Umer is comfortable at an 80 strikerate but he always has more to get. He needs to go up the order so that there is less to get later. Simple"

47.2

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Dwayne Bravo to Umar Akmal, no run

he moves outside leg stump and punches the length delivery to off, but he finds the man at cover

47.1

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Dwayne Bravo to Umar Akmal, no run

he gets his front leg out of the way and tries to whack the slower delivery, but ends up dragging it to square leg

Round the wicket

Over47

13 runs

PAK 189/8CRR: 4.02 RRR: 14.66

Asad Ali 2 (9b)Umar Akmal 44 (42b 5x4)

KA Pollard1/35 (6)

46.6

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Pollard to Asad Ali, no run

he swings his bat, but makes no connection as he has played too early to the slower delivery

46.5

Pollard to Umar Akmal, 1 run

now he swats the length delivery down to deep backward square leg to hand over the strike to Asad

46.4

Pollard to Umar Akmal, FOUR runs

a slower and low full toss on the middle stump, Umar is off balance as he is retreating to the leg side, but he manages to slice it past the diving backward point fielder

46.3

Pollard to Umar Akmal, FOUR runs

more smart stuff from Umar. He was expecting a full delivery, goes down on his knee and ramps it fine on the leg side

46.2

Pollard to Umar Akmal, FOUR runs

now he finds a boundary with a flat batter forceful swat through cover, there was no one in the deep

46.1

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Pollard to Umar Akmal, no run

he bowls a full delivery on the stumps, the batsman digs it out to midwicket

sri: "Fuloria, are you reverse jinxing or are you not really a big fan of young umar? "All dependent on Asad Ali.." "I pin my hopes on Wahab Riaz"" -- Sri, Umar Akmal needs someone at the other end..

Over46

3 runs

PAK 176/8CRR: 3.82 RRR: 14.25

Asad Ali 2 (8b)Umar Akmal 31 (37b 2x4)

DJ Bravo0/3 (1)

45.6

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Dwayne Bravo to Asad Ali, no run

goes for the big slog, but he is too early as the ball arrives a little after he is done with the swing.

Awais: "the Pakistan think tank should realize now that in no way we can chase targets by that same approach of starting slow to save wickets (which they still don't do spite of playing slow) and leaving it for the lower order sloggers and tailenders to finish. They need to brave and aggressive from very first ball!"

45.5

Dwayne Bravo to Umar Akmal, 1 run

full delivery on off stump, the batsman drives it firmly to long off

45.4

Dwayne Bravo to Asad Ali, 1 run

another slower ball, the line is just outside leg stump and the batsman manages to get some bat on it to guide it fine on the leg side

45.3

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Dwayne Bravo to Asad Ali, no run

now he charges down the pitch, but the offcutter goes between his bat and pad

45.2

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Dwayne Bravo to Asad Ali, no run

a good yorker and it hits the batsman's shoes en route to the keeper, struck him outside the line of leg stump

45.1

Dwayne Bravo to Umar Akmal, 1 run

he bowls a full delivery outside off, the batsman drives it to long-off for a single

Five overs, 60 to go.. All dependent on Asad Ali.. Dwayne Bravo comes on from round the wicket

Here's another Asad: "In times like these I miss the likes of Tanvir and Gul"

Over45

7 runs

PAK 173/8CRR: 3.84 RRR: 12.00

Umar Akmal 29 (35b 2x4)Asad Ali 1 (4b)

KA Pollard1/22 (5)

44.6

Pollard to Umar Akmal, 1 run

he makes room by moving outside leg and drives it to long-off to keep the strike

ajay: "What score does WI need to restrict pakistan to get bonus point. Oh wait, tri series is over long time back huh."

44.5

Pollard to Asad Ali, 1 run

throws his bat at this fuller one and ends up slicing it towards cover for a single

44.4

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Pollard to Asad Ali, no run

short delivery outside off for Asad first up, and the batsman is beaten as he tries to guide it fine on off. He is not impressed with himself for missing out on that shot

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