Champions Trophy: Pakistan vs West Indies

After a high-scoring opening match of the ICC Champions Trophy 2013, the second match, played between West Indies and Pakistan, was a low-scoring affair. Pakistan were put in to bat by the West Indies and lost quick wickets; however, a partnership between Jamshed and captain Misbah steadied the ship. Misbah played a captain’s knock, being unbeaten on 96 and Pakistan were all out for 170. West Indies, chasing a small total, also lost 8 wickets before finally winning the match

Statistical Highlights of the Match

# Kennington Oval or The Oval hosted its 52nd ODI match.

# Pakistan and West Indies met for the 121st time in ODIs. West Indies have won 67 of them, Pakistan won 52 and 2 ended in a tie.

# West Indies were playing their 22nd match in ICC Champions Trophy, which is a record by any team. Next on the list are India and Sri Lanka with 20 matches.

# Pakistan were playing their 16th match in ICC Champions Trophy which is the joint lowest among the top 8 ranked teams (England also has played only 16).

Pakistan Innings

# Asad Shafiq was dismissed for his fourth duck in his 40-match ODI career. His previous three were all golden ducks.

# Kemar Roach bowled four maiden overs out of his ten overs. He is the fifth bowler after Muttiah Muralitharan vs WI in 2000, Pedro Collins vs Kenya in 2002, Mervin Dillon vs Ban in 2004 and Iftikhar Anjum vs SA in 2006 to deliver four maidens in a CT match.

# Kemar Roach‘s 3/28 are the third best figures for WI vs Pak in Champions Trophy.

# Nasir Jamshed and Misbah-ul-Haq became the 9th and 10th Pakistan batsmen to score 50+ scores in Champions Trophy.

# Nasir Jamshed brought up his seventh ODI fifty.

# Shoaib Malik, who is the most experienced Pakistan player in this tournament, could manage only a golden duck. His fourth golden duck and 13th overall duck in ODI career.

# Misbah-ul-Haq scored his 24th ODI fifty. He hasn’t scored a century yet!

# Misbah-ul-Haq, who made 96*, overcame his previous best score of 93* vs NZ in 2011.

# Misbah-ul-Haq became only the third Pakistan player to score 50 or more runs in an innings after age of 39. The other two are Younis Ahmed (58 vs Ind at Kolkata in 1987) and Imran Khan (72 vs Eng at MCG in 1992 WC Final).

# Misbah’s 96* is the seventh highest score by a player over 39 years of age. Four of them by Sanath Jayasuriya, which include three 100s, and two by Geoff Boycott.

# Misbah’s 96* is the 12th nervous 90s score in Champions Trophy history and the first by a Pakistani player.

# Misbah is second on the list of most ODI runs with out a century and most ODI fifties without a century.

# Most runs without an ODI hundred are Wasim Akram’s 3717 runs, while Misbah has 3482 runs.

# Most fifties without an ODI hundred are Andrew Jones’s (NZ) 25 half centuries, while Misbah has 24.

# Misbah completed 50 sixes in his ODI career. Only the 11th Pakistani player to achieve this.

# Misbah, after his 96*, averages 47.00 as captain for Pakistan in 43 matches. No other Pakistan captain averages more than him among those who captained 40 or more ODIs. Overall, only MS Dhoni (56.57) and Kumar Sangakkara (47.45) average more than Misbah in that cut-off.

# Sunil Narine completed 50 wickets in his ODI career in his 29th match. He is the 30th West Indian to take 50 or more ODI wickets.

# Sunil Narine is the fourth fastest spinner to 50 ODI wickets. The three fastest are Ajantha Mendis (19), Shane Warne (25) and Saqlain Mushtaq (28).

# Sunil Narine is the fourth joint fastest West Indian to 50 ODI wickets. The four fastest are Patrick Patterson/Curtley Ambrose (26), Ian Bishop (28) and Andy Roberts (29)

# Pakistan’s total of 170 is their third lowest total in Champions Trophy.

West Indies Innings

# Chris Gayle hit the 194th six in his ODI Career. He is fourth on the list of most ODI sixes.

# Kamran Akmal effected five dismissals (4 catch + 1 stumping) in this match. Equaled the record for most dismissals in a match in Champions Trophy with Kumar Sangakkara, Adam Gilchrist and Tim Paine.

# Darren Bravo was dismissed for the sixth duck of his ODI career. None of them have been golden ducks.

# Kamran Akmal now has 14 dismissals in Champions Trophy. He overcame Moin Khan’s 11 dismissals to effect the highest number of dismissals by a Pakistan wicketkeeper.

# Dwayne Bravo took three catches in this match. He is the tenth player to take three catches in a match in Champions Trophy. No one has taken four catches, and Ross Taylor and JP Duminy are the only two players to take three catches in more than one game

# Mohammad Amir’s 3/32 are the third best bowling figures for Pak vs WI in CT history.

# Pakistan conceded ten byes during their bowling. This is only the third time a team has conceded ten byes in a CT match. The other two occasions are Aus vs SL in 2002 and Ken vs Ind in 2004.

# West Indies won the match by two wickets, which is the joint-closest victory in terms of wickets in Champions Trophy history. Only three times before has a team won by two wickets: SA beat WI in 2002, WI beat Eng in 2004 and Aus beat Pak in 2009.

# With this win, West Indies registered their 13th win in Champions Trophy history, which is the most by any team, followed by Australia with 12 wins.

# West Indies also has the most losses along with Pakistan among the top-ranked teams in the Champions Trophy. Both have nine losses.

# West Indies has played most matches in Champions Trophy, and therefore has the most wins and most losses too.

# West Indies won their ninth match at The Oval, England. No other overseas team has won more than them here.

# With this victory, West Indies once again prove their dominance over Pakistan in ODIs as it was their 67th win against them in 121 ODIs, the fifth win in six matches in England, and the third win in four matches in Champions Trophy.