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Pakistan beat West Indies for T20 series win

DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - SEPTEMBER 24:  Sohail Tanvir of Pakistan celebrates wirh teammates after dismissing Evin Lewis of West Indies during the second T20 International match between Pakistan and West Indies at Dubai International Cricket Stadium on September 24, 2016 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.  (Photo by Francois Nel/Getty Images)
DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES – SEPTEMBER 24: Sohail Tanvir of Pakistan celebrates wirh teammates after dismissing Evin Lewis of West Indies during the second T20 International match between Pakistan and West Indies at Dubai International Cricket Stadium on September 24, 2016 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. (Photo by Francois Nel/Getty Images)

Dubai, Sep 25: Pakistan outclassed world champions the West Indies by 16 runs in the second Twenty20 match in Dubai on Saturday to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-game series.

Pakistan scored 160-4 in their 20 overs after they were sent in to bat with skipper Sarfraz Ahmed (46 not out), Khalid Latif (40) and Shoaib Malik (37) amongst the runs.

They then restricted the West Indies to 144-9 with left-arm paceman Sohail Tanvir taking 3-13, also completing 50 wickets in the shortest format. Medium pacer Hasan Ali grabbed 3-49.

Andre Fletcher made 29 while Sunil Narine top-scored with 30 for the West Indies.

Pakistan won the first match — also in Dubai — by nine wickets on Friday.

Both teams kept the same eleven from Friday’s first match which Pakistan won by nine wickets.

The third and final match will be played in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday.

 

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