PAK beat WI: Pakistan register 7 wicket win; clean sweep WI

PAK beat WI: Pakistan registers 7 wicket win; clean sweeps Windies 3-0: Babar Azam and Mohd Rizwan struck fifties as Pakistan successfully chased 208 run target set by West Indies in the 3rd and final T20I here at National Stadium in Karachi. With the win, the hosts also completed a 3-0 clean sweep over Windies and registered their 20th win of 2021 in this format. Follow Pakistan vs West Indies live updates on InsideSport.IN

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PAK beat WI: M Rizwan and Babar Azam shine as Pakistan register 7 wicket win; clean sweep Windies 3-0

Congratulations Pakistan! 🇵🇰🇵🇰#PAKvWI pic.twitter.com/hIBPvzoFuN

— Pakistan Cricket (@TheRealPCB) December 16, 2021

Chasing 208, Pakistan got off to a good start as openers Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan put on 60 runs inside the first six overs. At the halfway mark, Pakistan’s score read 98/0, with the hosts needing 110 runs to win from the final 10 overs.

Babar and Rizwan put on 158 runs for the opening wicket, and this saw both batters going past their fifty-run mark. Babar departed after scoring 79 while Rizwan was sent back to the pavilion after scoring 86. In the end, Pakistan registered a seven-wicket win with seven balls to spare.

What an opening pair! 🇵🇰👏 pic.twitter.com/XRLsNbrIuK

— Pakistan Cricket (@TheRealPCB) December 16, 2021

Earlier, Nicholas Pooran’s 64-run knock helped West Indies post 207/3 in the allotted twenty overs. Opting to bat first, the visitors got off to a quickfire start as openers Brandon King and Shamarh Brooks put on 66 runs inside the first six overs.

Pakistan finally got the breakthroughs of King (43) and Brooks (49) to reduce West Indies to 99/2 in the 10th over. King was dismissed by Mohammad Wasim while Brooks was scalped by Shahnawaz Dahani.

Skipper Nicholas Pooran smashed 64 from 37 balls with the help of two 4s and 6 sixes and as a result, Windies posted a total of more than the 200-run mark.

PAK beat WI: M Rizwan and Babar Azam shine as Pakistan register 7 wicket win; clean sweep Windies 3-0

Pakistan Innings: 208/3 (18.5)

Batsmen		R	B	4S	6S	SR
Mohammad Rizwan (WK)	c Nicholas Pooran b DC Drakes	87	45	10	3	193.33
Babar Azam (C)	c Romario Shepherd b Odean Smith	79	53	9	2	149.06
Fakhar Zaman	c Shamarh Brooks b Romario Shepherd	12	8	2	0	150.00
Asif Ali	Not out	21	7	2	2	300.00
Iftikhar Ahmed	Not out	1	1	0	0	100.00
Extra	8 (b 0, w 7, nb 1, lb 0)
Total	208/3 (18.5)
Yet To Bat	Haider Ali, SH Khan, Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Wasim, M Hasnain, Shahnawaz Dahani

BOWLING	O	R	W	ECON
Gudakesh Motie	4	29	0	7.25
Romario Shepherd	3.5	53	1	13.83
Dominic Drakes	4	37	1	9.25
Odean Smith	3	34	1	11.33
Hayden Walsh	2	30	0	15.00
Oshane Thomas	2	25	0	12.50

Fall Of Wickets	FOW	Over
Babar Azam	1-158	15.1
Mohammad Rizwan	2-183	17.2
FK Zaman	3-195	18.1

West Indies innings: 207/3 (20)

Batsmen		R	B	4S	6S	SR
Brandon King	b Mohammad Wasim	43	21	7	2	204.76
Shamarh Brooks	c Iftikhar Ahmed b Shahnawaz Dahani	49	31	2	4	158.06
Nicholas Pooran (WK/C)	c Mohammad Nawaz b Mohammad Wasim	64	37	2	6	172.97
Darren Bravo	Not out	34	27	3	0	125.93
Rovman Powell	Not out	6	6	0	0	100.00
Extra	11 (b 0, w 5, nb 2, lb 4)
Total	207/3 (20)
Yet To Bat	Odean Smith, Romario Shepherd, DC Drakes, G Moti-Kanhai, Oshane Thomas, Hayden Walsh

BOWLING	O	R	W	ECON
Mohammad Nawaz	3	36	0	12.00
Mohammad Hasnain	4	49	0	12.25
Shahnawaz Dahani	4	23	1	5.75
Mohammad Wasim	4	44	2	11.00
Shadab Khan	4	36	0	9.00
Iftikhar Ahmed	1	15	0	15.00

Fall Of Wickets	FOW	Over
Brandon King	1-66	5.6
Shamarh Brooks	2-99	9.4
Nicholas Pooran	3-192	17.4

Excellent contributions from the top 4 batsmen, led by skipper Nicholas Pooran @nicholas_47 highest T20I score to set a target of 208 for @TheRealPCB 🇵🇰 🎯

The boys aiming to finish the series on a high #MenInMaroon #PAKvWI pic.twitter.com/6xKQmzB5jH

— Windies Cricket (@windiescricket) December 16, 2021

Third T20I: West Indies win toss, elect to bat first.
Two changes in Pakistan XI, Dahani and Hasnain replace Shaheen Shah Afridi and Haris Rauf. #PAKvWI #HumTouKhelainGey pic.twitter.com/VALmopMKn6

— Pakistan Cricket (@TheRealPCB) December 16, 2021

@18:08: PAK vs WI 3rd T20I Playing XI:

West Indies (Playing XI): Brandon King, Shamarh Brooks, Nicholas Pooran(w/c), Rovman Powell, Darren Bravo, Odean Smith, Romario Shepherd, Dominic Drakes, Hayden Walsh, Oshane Thomas, Gudakesh Motie

Pakistan (Playing XI): Mohammad Rizwan(w), Babar Azam(c), Fakhar Zaman, Haider Ali, Iftikhar Ahmed, Asif Ali, Shadab Khan, Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Wasim Jr, Mohammad Hasnain, Shahnawaz Dahani

@18:01: Toss update: West Indies have won the toss and have opted to bat first

Third and final #PAKvWI T20I starts at 6pm.
Pakistan aiming for a clean sweep, @windiescricket hoping to salvage a win with the series already lost. #HumTouKhelainGey pic.twitter.com/51WrjB2fzR

— Pakistan Cricket (@TheRealPCB) December 16, 2021

Following PCR tests administered on Wednesday in Pakistan, Cricket West Indies (CWI) can confirm that five more members of the West Indies touring party have tested positive for COVID-19 and will now undergo a period of self-isolation.

Three players: wicketkeeper/batsman Shai Hope, left-arm spinner Akeal Hosein, allrounder Justin Greaves; along with Assistant Coach Roddy Estwick, and Team Physician Dr Akshai Mansingh returned positive results in the latest round of testing carried out by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB).

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All three players will therefore miss the upcoming matches and all five individuals will remain isolated from the rest of the West Indies squad and are now under the care and supervision provided by the medical officials. They will remain in isolation for ten (10) days or until they return negative PCR test results.

Earlier, Left-arm pacer Sheldon Cottrell, all-rounders Roston Chase, Kyle Mayers, and a non-coaching staff member “returned positive tests in Karachi and will therefore be unavailable to participate in the upcoming Pakistan series,” the CWI had said in a statement.

After 3 players tested positive for COVID-19, only 12 players were left to play the T20I series and ODI series. Now with more players testing positive, West Indies might not end up with 12 players for the final game. Thus, extra players who are part of the ODI squad might end up playing the final T20I encounter. Shamarh Brooks, Justin Greaves, Raymon Reifer and Anderson Phillip are not part of the T20I squad.

“The risk of COVID-19 infection is impossible to remove completely from a cricket tour, in spite of the fact that many of our players have been living in bio-secure bubbles almost continuously since before the CPL,” CWI chief executive Johnny Grave had said.

Meanwhile, Pakistan squad members have tested negative which comes as a relief to the hosts.

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Pakistan T20I Squad:

Babar Azam (c), Shadab Khan, Fakhar Zaman, Haider Ali, Haris Rauf, Iftikhar Ahmed, Khushdil Shah, Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Mohammad Wasim Jr, Shaheen Afridi, Shahnawaz Dahani, Usman Qadir, Mohammad Hasnain, Asif Ali

West Indies T20I Squad:

Nicholas Pooran (c & wk), Darren Bravo, Dominic Drakes, Shai Hope, Akeal Hosein, Brandon King, Gudakesh Motie, Romario Shepherd, Odean Smith, Oshane Thomas, Hayden Walsh, Rovman Powell