Pakistan eyening series win

BRIDGETOWN, Apr 27 (AFP): Ahmed Shehzad has thanked the Pakistan management team for showing confidence in him following his World Cup calamity which almost cost him a trip to the Caribbean. The 19-year-old opening batsman was speaking after he made 102 - his second One-day International century- to lead Pakistan to a seven-wicket victory over West Indies Monday to take a 2-0 lead in the five-match series. Shehzad failed to score consistently in five matches in the World Cup, and was dropped, leading to questions about his place in the squad for the tour of the Caribbean. But the Pakistan selectors and the team management continued to show faith in him and Monday's hundred was a down-payment on that investment. Pakistan will now focus on winning the third ODI Thursday at Kensington Oval here, and take an unbeatable lead in the series. The Pakistanis have outplayed West Indies in every department, with their spin bowlers in particular finding the conditions in St. Lucia so favourable they restricted the home team to modest totals of 221 for six and 220 all out, and their batting hardly troubled by the hosts' tame attack of which Devendra Bishoo has taken four of the five wickets that have fallen. West Indies, on the other hand, have stunned observers by resisting the urge to tamper with their squad, and have named an unchanged roster for the match.