Pakistan whitewash Windies with 8 wickets win
Pakistan whitewash Windies with 8 wickets win
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The host nation, Pakistan produced another imperious performance to defeat West Indies by eight wickets in the third and final Twenty20 international in Karachi. Completing a 3-0 clean sweep of the series. The West Indies fared better with the bat compared with the first two matches, reaching 153-6 in their 20 overs after winning the toss. Opener Andre Fletcher scored a 43-ball 52 runs knock his team`s only half-century on this tour. It was not enough, however, as Pakistan got to the total comfortably, with opener Babar Azam scoring a rapid 40-ball 51 runs.

The hosts scored 61 runs at the end of the power-play overs with left-handed opener Fakhar Zaman smashing two sixes and six boundaries in his 17-ball 40 innings. He miscued a drive off Rayad Emrit and was caught behind, but Azam and Hussain Talat continued Pakistan`s domination with a 52-run stand. Talat finished with 31, and Asif Ali scored 25 not out as Pakistan chased down the target in 16.5 overs. Earlier, Fletcher added an invaluable 72 runs for the second wicket with Marlon Samuels who scored a 25-ball 31 with two sixes and as many boundaries.

On Tuesday, Two players made their T20 debuts in the final T20Is teenage paceman Shaheen Afridi for Pakistan and Andre McCarthy for the West Indies. Pakistan won the first match by 143 runs and the second by 82 runs. Karachi hosted all three T20s, the first international matches in the city in nine years.

Brief Scores: Windies 153/6 in 20 overs (Andre Fletcher 52, Denesh Ramdin 42*; Shadab Khan 2-27, Mohammad Nawaz 1-26) lost to Pakistan 154/2 in 16.5 overs (Babar Azam 51, Fakhar Zaman 40; Rayad Emrit 1-24, Odean Smith 1-28) by 8 wickets

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