West Indies 124 for 3 (Matthews 58, Campbelle 21, Baig 1-22) beat Pakistan 121 for 7 (Muneeba 55, Matthews 3-26, Henry 1-15) by seven wickets
Having missed out on chasing a near-identical rating within the first T20I, Pakistan opted to bat first this time, solely to see their innings fall into early peril. Gull Feroza struggled to get the ball off the sq. in a tortuous 29-ball 14 with Chinelle Henry specifically inflicting her appreciable bother. She struck to take away Sidra Ameen early, with the stress of run-scoring falling onto Muneeba, and in consequence, Pakistan limped to a mere 33 within the powerplay.
Muneeba injected some impetus into the innings, however her 47-ball 55 was the one Pakistan effort that went at higher than a run a ball. An encouraging third-wicket partnership with Nida Dar was felled at an important second within the sixteenth over, simply as Pakistan could have felt that they had the platform to launch on the dying. A masterful closing over by Matthews noticed three wickets fall and simply 5 runs scored as Pakistan’s effort ended tamely, the house aspect hobbling to 121 on a pitch that seemed prefer it provided considerably extra.
Matthews apart, although, West Indies by no means actually managed to get on prime of the Pakistan bowlers both. The guests did get off to a quick begin, flying to 38 within the first 5, nevertheless it was one thing of a one-woman present, with Matthews putting all 5 of West Indies’ boundaries on this time. When the spin trio of Nashra Sandhu, Tuba Hassan and Nida Dar got here on, Pakistan briefly regained some management, with West Indies lowered to scoring at simply over six an over for the following six overs.
However it was wickets Pakistan wanted, and West Indies had been by no means required to take the dangers that gave them a glimpse. By the point Sadia Iqbal prised Matthews out, West Indies wanted simply 34 to win, and had greater than seven overs to do it in. When Shemaine Campbelle was cleaned up by Tuba, there could have been the faintest glimmer of hope for the house aspect, however the guests had been a lot too scientific, and had run Pakistan out of highway by then. When Chedean Nation sealed the win with a boundary, either side had been going via the motions, and there was a way of a formality being accomplished.
The third of 5 T20Is is on 30 April in Karachi, with a win for West Indies guaranteeing a sequence victory.
