Champions Trophy 2009: Pakistan won in low-scoring encounter
Pakistan made heavy weather of a five-wicket victory over West Indies in the Champions Trophy match in Johannesburg. Fast bowlers Mohammad Aamer and Umar Gul shared six wickets as Pakistan beat West Indies by five wickets in their Champions Trophy Group A match at the Wanderers on Wednesday.
West Indies, fielding a weakened line-up in the tournament despite their leading players ending a boycott last month over contractual disputes, were dismissed for 133. Pakistan stuttered in their reply before an unbeaten stand of 58 from Umar Akmal and Shahid Afridi guided them home with over 19 overs to spare.
West Indies chose to bat on a surface that encouraged bounce and movement from the seamers but were in turmoil from moment Dale Richards stopped his shot and was smartly caught in his follow-through by 17-year-old left-arm seamer Aamer.
Andre Fletcher was outdone by some extra life from Rana Naved and caught at backward point, and it was 14-3 when Dowlin was caught behind off the inside edge. Gul produced a probing spell of three for 28 in eight overs as he claimed the wickets of Devon Smith (18), captain Floyd Reifer (7) and Chadwick Walton (0), the latter two with successive deliveries.
There was resistance from the West Indies lower-order, however, as Darren Sammy scored 25 and Nikita Miller made 51, his maiden one-day international half-century. 
Because of the early finish of the West Indies innings, there was only a 10-minute break before the Pakistan reply, leaving them three quarters of an hour to bat before the official interval.
Tonge, in only his third one-day international, struck with his first ball, he bowled Imran Nazir for five with his first delivery and then had Kamran Akmal (5), Shoaib Malik (23) and Mohammad Yousuf (23) all caught behind by wicketkeeper Walton. But West Indies’ hopes of a dramatic victory dimmed as Umar Akmal played an astute innings, the 19 year-old stroking six fours in his unbeaten 41.
Pakistan beat West Indies by 5 wickets
West Indies Innings
| Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | |||
| Richards | c and b | Aamer | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Fletcher | c Imran Nazir | b Naved | 7 | 14 | 1 | 0 |
| DS Smith | c Umar | b Umar Gul | 18 | 28 | 2 | 0 |
| Dowlin | c Kamran Akmal | b Aamer | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Reifer | c Misbah | b Umar Gul | 7 | 23 | 0 | 0 |
| Bernard | b Aamer | 6 | 14 | 1 | 0 | |
| Sammy | b Saeed Ajmal | 25 | 37 | 5 | 0 | |
| Walton | lbw | b Umar Gul | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Miller | c Shoaib Malik | b Shahid Afridi | 51 | 57 | 6 | 1 |
| Best | st Kamran Akmal | b Saeed Ajmal | 8 | 19 | 1 | 0 |
| Tonge | not out | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | |
| Extras | 1nb 5w | 6 | ||||
| Total | all out | 133 | (34.3 ovs) | |||
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Pakistan Innings
| Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | |||
| Imran Nazir | b Tonge | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | |
| Kamran Akmal | c Walton | b Tonge | 5 | 12 | 1 | 0 |
| Shoaib Malik | c Walton | b Tonge | 23 | 39 | 2 | 1 |
| Mohammad Yousuf | c Walton | b Tonge | 23 | 31 | 4 | 0 |
| Misbah | c Walton | b Bernard | 6 | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| Umar | not out | 41 | 51 | 6 | 0 | |
| Shahid Afridi | not out | 17 | 25 | 1 | 0 | |
| Extras | 3nb 9w 2lb | 14 | ||||
| Total | for 5 | 134 | (30.3 ovs) | |||
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