Dominant Pakistan secure T20 series
Sohail Tanvir completed 50 T20I wickets and finished with 3 for 13 in four overs as  Pakistan beatWest Indies in  2nd T20I in Dubai, yesterday. © Getty Images
Sohail Tanvir completed 50 T20I wickets and finished with 3 for 13 in four overs as Pakistan beatWest Indies in 2nd T20I in Dubai, yesterday. © Getty Images

ANOTHER below-par batting display from West Indies enabled Pakistan to open up an unassailable 2-0 lead in their three-match Twenty20 international series with a 16-run victory in Dubai.The World T20 champions were skittled for just 115 in Friday’s opening T20, Imad Wasim’s five-wicket haul setting Pakistan on their way to a comfortable triumph.
Twenty-four hours later, Pakistan were invited to bat first and posted 160-4 as Khalid Latif (40), Shoaib Malik (37) and skipper Sarfraz Ahmed (46) made useful contributions.
West Indies then slumped to 89-7 in reply and some late defiance from Sunil Narine (30 off 17 balls) provided little consolation as the tourists finished on 144-9, Sohail Tanvir returning outstanding figures of 3-13.
Pakistan made a slow start themselves and had only four runs on the board when Sharjeel Khan (2) played on to Samuel Badree in the third over of the match.
However, although Badree (1-24) and captain Carlos Brathwaite (1-24) kept things tight, Pakistan were able to post a healthy total.
Latif provided initial momentum by dominating a 54-run stand with Babar Azam (19), who holed out to long-on from Brathwaite’s first delivery.
Having been put down by Nicholas Pooran at deep backward square on 22, Latif was run out in the 12th over, but Sarfraz and Shoaib shared 69 in quick time prior to the latter falling to Dwayne Bravo (1-38) in the final over.
West Indies soon found themselves in deep trouble on 19-3, Johnson Charles falling cheaply to Wasim before Tanvir struck in successive overs to remove Evin Lewis and Marlon Samuels.
Only 45 runs were on the board at the halfway stage of the innings, by which point Bravo had also departed to Mohammad Nawaz.
Andre Fletcher (29) and Kieron Pollard (18) briefly rallied, but their dismissals in the same Hasan Ali (3-49) over signalled the end of West Indies’ hopes.
Five boundaries from Narine, including a six off Hasan, came too late in the day and the Windies’ top scorer was out to the final ball of the match. (Omnisport.com).

PAKISTAN
Sharjeel Khan b Badree 2
Khalid Latif run out 40
Babar Azam c Pollard b Brathwaite 19
Shoaib Malik c Pollard b Bravo 37
*+Sarfraz Ahmed not out 46
Umar Akmal not out 1
Extras (lb10, w5) 15
TOTAL (4 wkts, 20 overs) 160
Did not bat: Mohammad Nawaz, Imad Wasim, Wahab Riaz, Sohail Tanvir, Hasan Ali.
Fall of wickets: 1-4 (Sharjeel Khan, 2.2 overs), 2-58 (Babar Azam, 8.1), 3-85 (Khalid Latif, 11.4), 4-154 (Shoaib Malik, 19.2)
Bowling: Badree 4-0-24-1 (w1), Taylor 4-0-28-0 (w2), Narine 4-0-36-0 (w1), DJ Bravo 4-0-38-1 (w1), Brathwaite 4-0-24-1.

WEST INDIES
J Charles c Umar Akmal b Imad Wasim 10
E Lewis c Sharjeel Khan b Sohail Tanvir 3
+A Fletcher b Hasan Ali 29
M Samuels c wkp Sarfraz Ahmed b Sohail Tanvir 1
DJ Bravo b Mohammad Nawaz 18
K Pollard c wkp Sarfraz Ahmed b Hasan Ali 18
*C Brathwaite c Umar Akmal b Hasan Ali 8
N Pooran c Mohammad Nawaz b Sohail Tanvir 4
S Narine c Umar Akmal b Wahab Riaz 30
J Taylor not out 10
Extras (w7, nb6) 13
TOTAL (9 wkts, 20 overs) 144
Did not bat: S Badree.
Fall of wickets: 1-12 (Charles, 2.3 overs), 2-15 (Lewis, 3.4), 3-19 (Samuels, 5.3), 4-45 (Bravo, 10), 5-82 (Fletcher, 14.2), 6-83 (Pollard, 14.5), 7-89 (Pooran, 16), 8-119 (Brathwaite, 18.2), 9-144 (Narine, 20)
Bowling: Imad Wasim 4-0-18-1, Sohail Tanvir 4-0-13-3 (w1), Mohammad Nawaz 3-0-19-1, Shoaib Malik 1-0-3-0, Hasan Ali 4-0-49-3 (w2), Wahab Riaz 4-0-42-1 (w4, nb2).

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