Windies beat Pak to level series

The West Indies registered a 37-run victory over  Pakistan in the second ODI and levelled their five-match series 1-1 here at the Providence  Stadium. Spinner Sunil Narine turned the match around for the West Indies in the late afternoon,  grabbing four wickets for 26 that steered them to victory here Tuesday. He was  also named Man of the Match.

Chasing 233 for victory, after the West Indies posted 232 for eight off their 50 overs,  Pakistan were restricted to 195 as the home team won with 13 balls to spare. Pakistan were unable to produce the acceleration they showed in the first match, when they  defeated the West Indies by 126 runs at the same venue, as the West Indies combined pace and  spin attack to keep them in check. They owed their total to a dogged but chancy 54, off 94 balls, from opener Nasir Jamshed, who  benefited from four chances before he was fifth out off the bowling of Pollard.

From 103 for three off 28 overs, Pakistan struggled to 164 for eight in the 44th over as Narine  sent back the aggressive Shahid Afiridi (5), Wahb Riaz (3) and Saeed Ajmal (1) cheaply. Captain Dwayne Bravo then formalised the result in the 48th over as he had wicketkeeper Umar  Akmal (50 off 46 balls) and tailender Asad Ali caught off successive deliveries. On a pitch that offered assistance to bowlers, the West Indies owed what proved to be a winning total.