WI beat Pak by five wickets, level series
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Roston Chase and Justin Greaves led West Indies to a five-wicket victory over Pakistan with 10 balls to spare in the rain-curtailed second one-day cricket international, thus levelling the three-match series at 1-1.

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Chaseโ€™s 49 not out off 47 balls included two sixes and the winning boundary as West Indies scored 184-5 in 33.2 overs on Sunday. The hosts were chasing a revised target of 181 runs in 35 overs under the DLS method after multiple rain interruptions saw Pakistan’s innings end at 171-7 in 37 overs. Right-arm fast bowler Jayden Seales took 3-23 in seven overs.

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West Indies stumbled from 101-3 after 18 overs at Brian Lara Stadium in Tarouba, Trinidad and Tobago, to 111-5 off 24 overs, including the wicket of Sherfane Rutherford, who hit a 33-ball 45 with three sixes and four fours. Chase and Greaves (26 off 31) shared a 77-run unbroken partnership for the sixth wicket.

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West Indies earlier chose to bowl first and Hasan Nawaz again played a key role for Pakistan with 36 not out off 30 deliveries after his unbeaten 63 in the ODI opener.

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Hasan’s knock on Sunday included three sixes, two of them in what turned out to be the last over of Pakistanโ€™s innings after more rain. Hussain Talat got 31 off 32 balls but most Pakistan batters were much slower, including captain Mohammad Rizwan who was trapped lbw by Gudakesh Motie for a 38-ball 16.

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Pakistan had beaten West Indies in the first one-day international on Friday by five wickets. The third and final match in the ODI series is scheduled for Tuesday. Pakistan had earlier won the Twenty20 series against West Indies, 2-1, in Florida.



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