Match 2: Pakistan vs West Indies, Champions Trophy 2009

Poor show by west Indians and yea, the pitch has some thing for the bowlers too. Pakistan bowlers did use well the ball. At one time it seems that West Indies will not go over 70 runs as their situation is 47 for the loss of 7 wickets by the virtue of NO Miller's half century west Indian's scored passed 130. In starting Pakistan also looses early wickets but managed well to bat through.

West Indies innings (50 overs maximum)		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
DM Richards	c & b Mohammad Aamer	1	2	4	0	0	25.00
0.6 gone! Aamer continues to take wickets in his first over, caught and bowled, a slightly overpitched ball coming into the pads, Richards looked to drive it past the bowler, checked his drive, and the ball lobs towards the bowler, who jumps and takes an overhead catch 2/1
ADS Fletcher	c Imran Nazir b Naved-ul-Hasan	7	17	14	1	0	50.00
3.6 Pakistan have two! Fletcher hacks it towards backward point where Imran Nazir takes an easy shoulder-high catch, it was a back of a length ball, not exactly one he should have been playing off the front foot, Fletcher decides to go through with his shot and can't get it away over the fielder 11/2
DS Smith	c Umar Akmal b Umar Gul	18	43	28	2	0	64.28
10.3 and it works, Smith offers a simple catch to Umar Akmal at second slip, Gul extracts some extra bounce, that back of a length ball was coming into Smith as well, who can only glove the ball as he fends at it, the ball pops and sails to second slip, Smith done in by the commentator's curse 36/4
TM Dowlin	c †Kamran Akmal b Mohammad Aamer	0	2	2	0	0	0.00
4.5 The West Indies top order is crumbling here to some top-quality pace bowling, Dowlin is the man to go this time, that ball was cutting sharply into him after pitching outside off, it was very close to his body but he decides to goes for the cut, only gets a bottom-edge to the keeper 14/3
FL Reifer	c Misbah-ul-Haq b Umar Gul	7	47	23	0	0	30.43
14.3 the procession continues, this is making a mockery of the "eight best teams" concept the ICC wanted, extra bounce does the job yet again, Reifer fends at one close to his body, top edges it to first slip 47/6
DE Bernard	b Mohammad Aamer	6	10	14	1	0	42.85
13.3 off stump is lying on the ground, Aamer has his third, that moves into the batsman just a bit and sneaks between Bernard's bat and pad, we could have a very short match on our hands here 43/5
DJG Sammy	b Saeed Ajmal	25	44	37	5	0	67.56
24.5 Ajmal strikes in his first over, a lot of flight from Ajmal, the batsman yorks himself by getting on the front foot, the batsman misses the ball and offstump is knocked back 85/8
CAK Walton	lbw b Umar Gul	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
14.4 Oh my goodness, that's another one down, a full delivery that was coming into the batsman, who looked to turn it to the leg side, he misses that was going on to hit middle and leg, umpire Harper sends Walton on his way for a golden duck. 47/7
NO Miller	c Shoaib Malik b Shahid Afridi	51	73	57	6	1	89.47
34.3 that's the end of the innings, Miller comes down the track and his big hit only finds Shoaib Malik at long-on 133/10
TL Best	st †Kamran Akmal b Saeed Ajmal	8	26	19	1	0	42.10
31.1 Pakistan strike first ball after drinks. Tino Best was drawn out of the crease by Ajmal, the turn beats the batsman, Akmal whips off the bails, and Best's stay at the crease is over 121/9
GC Tonge	not out	4	8	9	0	0	44.44

Extras	(w 5, nb 1)	6

Total	(all out; 34.3 overs)	133	(3.85 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-2 (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)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
Mohammad Aamer	7	1	24	3	3.42	(1w)
0.6 to Richards, gone! Aamer continues to take wickets in his first over, caught and bowled, a slightly overpitched ball coming into the pads, Richards looked to drive it past the bowler, checked his drive, and the ball lobs towards the bowler, who jumps and takes an overhead catch 2/1 4.5 to Dowlin, The West Indies top order is crumbling here to some top-quality pace bowling, Dowlin is the man to go this time, that ball was cutting sharply into him after pitching outside off, it was very close to his body but he decides to goes for the cut, only gets a bottom-edge to the keeper 14/3 13.3 to Bernard, off stump is lying on the ground, Aamer has his third, that moves into the batsman just a bit and sneaks between Bernard's bat and pad, we could have a very short match on our hands here 43/5
Naved-ul-Hasan	7	0	26	1	3.71	(1nb, 2w)
3.6 to Fletcher, Pakistan have two! Fletcher hacks it towards backward point where Imran Nazir takes an easy shoulder-high catch, it was a back of a length ball, not exactly one he should have been playing off the front foot, Fletcher decides to go through with his shot and can't get it away over the fielder 11/2
Umar Gul	8	2	28	3	3.50	(2w)
10.3 to Smith, and it works, Smith offers a simple catch to Umar Akmal at second slip, Gul extracts some extra bounce, that back of a length ball was coming into Smith as well, who can only glove the ball as he fends at it, the ball pops and sails to second slip, Smith done in by the commentator's curse 36/4 14.3 to Reifer, the procession continues, this is making a mockery of the "eight best teams" concept the ICC wanted, extra bounce does the job yet again, Reifer fends at one close to his body, top edges it to first slip 47/6 14.4 to Walton, Oh my goodness, that's another one down, a full delivery that was coming into the batsman, who looked to turn it to the leg side, he misses that was going on to hit middle and leg, umpire Harper sends Walton on his way for a golden duck. 47/7
Shahid Afridi	8.3	0	39	1	4.58
34.3 to Miller, that's the end of the innings, Miller comes down the track and his big hit only finds Shoaib Malik at long-on 133/10
Saeed Ajmal	4	0	16	2	4.00
24.5 to Sammy, Ajmal strikes in his first over, a lot of flight from Ajmal, the batsman yorks himself by getting on the front foot, the batsman misses the ball and offstump is knocked back 85/8 31.1 to Best, Pakistan strike first ball after drinks. Tino Best was drawn out of the crease by Ajmal, the turn beats the batsman, Akmal whips off the bails, and Best's stay at the crease is over 121/9


Pakistan innings (target: 134 runs from 50 overs)		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
Imran Nazir	b Tonge	5	3	6	1	0	83.33
1.1 Fantastic start for Tonge, makes an absolute mess of Imran Nazir's stumps, a wildly ambitious shot attempted by Nazir, looking to whip a full-length ball behind square, he misses and middle stump is uprooted 5/1
Kamran Akmal	c †Walton b Tonge	5	24	12	1	0	41.66
5.1 Tonge strikes again with the first ball of the over, Akmal nicks it to the keeper, a back of length ball outside off, Akmal wanted to hammer it past extra cover, only manages to get an outside edge 21/2
Shoaib Malik	c †Walton b Tonge	23	59	39	2	1	58.97
13.3 Malik is gone, a thin edge through to the keeper, Tonge increases his length a touch, Malik wafts at it outside off, kisses the ball through to Walton 54/3
Mohammad Yousuf	c †Walton b Tonge	23	44	31	4	0	74.19
15.1 Tonge's dream evening continues, he gets rid of Yousuf this time, Pakistan can't make a mess of this one, can they? it was a legstump delivery that Yousuf was looking to glance, the ball grazes the thigh pad through to the keeper, umpire thought there was some glove involved and gave him out 61/4
Misbah-ul-Haq	c †Walton b Bernard	6	37	22	0	0	27.27
22.3 Game on, Misbah's stay at the crease is over, he fishes at a delivery outside off, only to nick it to Walton, who snaffles his fourth catch of the day 76/5
Umar Akmal	not out	41	78	51	6	0	80.39

Shahid Afridi	not out	17	47	25	1	0	68.00

Extras	(lb 2, w 9, nb 3)	14

Total	(5 wickets; 30.3 overs)	134	(4.39 runs per over)

Did not bat Naved-ul-Hasan, Mohammad Aamer, Umar Gul, Saeed Ajmal

Fall of wickets1-5 (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)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
DJG Sammy	7	0	29	0	4.14

GC Tonge	10	3	25	4	2.50	(2nb, 1w)
1.1 to Imran Nazir, Fantastic start for Tonge, makes an absolute mess of Imran Nazir's stumps, a wildly ambitious shot attempted by Nazir, looking to whip a full-length ball behind square, he misses and middle stump is uprooted 5/1 5.1 to Kamran Akmal, Tonge strikes again with the first ball of the over, Akmal nicks it to the keeper, a back of length ball outside off, Akmal wanted to hammer it past extra cover, only manages to get an outside edge 21/2 13.3 to Shoaib Malik, Malik is gone, a thin edge through to the keeper, Tonge increases his length a touch, Malik wafts at it outside off, kisses the ball through to Walton 54/3 15.1 to Mohammad Yousuf, Tonge's dream evening continues, he gets rid of Yousuf this time, Pakistan can't make a mess of this one, can they? it was a legstump delivery that Yousuf was looking to glance, the ball grazes the thigh pad through to the keeper, umpire thought there was some glove involved and gave him out 61/4
TL Best	6.3	0	50	0	7.69	(1nb, 5w)

DE Bernard	7	0	28	1	4.00	(3w)
22.3 to Misbah-ul-Haq, Game on, Misbah's stay at the crease is over, he fishes at a delivery outside off, only to nick it to Walton, who snaffles his fourth catch of the day 76/5

Match details

Toss West Indies, who chose to bat
Points Pakistan 2, West Indies 0

ODI debut CAK Walton (West Indies)
Player of the match Umar Akmal (Pakistan)

Umpires SJ Davis (Australia) and DJ Harper (Australia)
TV umpire SJA Taufel (Australia)
Match referee J Srinath (India)
Reserve umpire BF Bowden (New Zealand)