3rd T20I: Imad-inspired Pakistan complete 3-0 whitewash over Windies

Hosts beat visitors by eight wickets after left-armer's inspirational bowling

Abdul Majid September 27, 2016
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Sarfraz Ahmed celebrates Imas Wasim's second wicket. PHOTO: AFP
Pakistan continued their winning run under new T20I captain Sarfraz Ahmed as they beat World T20 champions West Indies by eight wickets in the third match to complete the whitewash in the series at Abu Dhabi on late Tuesday.

Set a paltry target of 104, Pakistan were assisted by Shoaib Malik's unbeaten 43 off 34 balls. Babar Azam (27*) and Khalid Latif (21) also made important contributions.

For West Indies, in the bowling department, debutante Kesrick Williams was the only successful bowler as he accounted for both Pakistani openers Sharjeel Khan (11) and Latif in the same over.

Earlier, Everyone had placed their bet on Pakistan to whitewash West Indies after the hosts restricted the visitors to 103-5.

Sarfraz Ahmed, after opting to bowl first, once again was assisted by Imad Wasim's magic. The left-arm spinner bagged three wickets in his four overs and was once on a hat-trick in his second over.

Later, pace variation from the Pakistani bowlers did not allow West Indies to run riot against the hosts who were set a target of 104 by the visitors.

No Windies batsman looked to connect the bat with the ball consistently. Marlon Samuels was the top-scorer for the visitors with 42 off 59 balls courtesy only three boundaries.

The Windies innings was composed of only six boundaries and one maximum.

Imad gave only 21 runs in his four overs, with his last six balls reaping 10 runs.

Post-match presentation

Man-of-the-match and Man-of-the-series Imad Wasim: Nothing, I just work hard and keep faith in the Almighty. It is not a purple patch. I read the batsmen's footing and try not to offer them width. I think I take pride in my batting, I will not let the team down with the bat too.

Carlos Brathwaite: Pakistan are deserving winners. We will try to put in a better performance in the 50-over format. We need to come better in the 50-over format. I got to review my own performance as captain.

Sarfraz Ahmed: First of all want to thank Almighty. Boys worked very hard in these humid conditions. Coaching staff worked really hard on the fielding, batting and bowling. Our focus was to not be complacent and we were targeting a 3-0 win. We didn't want a good team to stand back up on its feet. All bowlers bowled well. I try to keep things simple. I am hopeful we will win the ODI series too.

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Over 15.1: PAK 108-2



Captain Brathwaite.

Over 15: PAK 102-2

Narine goes for five runs and Pakistan need only two runs for the whitewash.

Over 14: PAK 97-2







DJ Bravo in for his last over.

Over 13: PAK 86-2

Sunil Narine goes for four runs in his over.

Over 12: PAK 82-2



DJ Bravo.

Over 11: PAK 72-2

Singles and doubles - Pakistan get seven off the over.

Sunil Narine.

Over 10: PAK 65-2

Only four runs off his over.

DJ Bravo now.

Over 9: PAK 61-2



Captain Carlos Brathwaite now.

Over 8: PAK 49-2

Four runs scored off his over by Shoaib Malik and Babar Azam. He ends with figures of 4-15-2.

Williams in for his last over. What a debut for this guy.

Over 7: PAK 45-2

 

Spin time! Sunil Narine is in. Only five off the over.

Over 6: PAK 40-2





Williams now.



Over 5: PAK 36-0



DJ Bravo replaces Taylor.

Over 4: PAK 30-0

Only four off his over.

Williams.

Over 3: PAK 26-0







Taylor in for his second.

Over 2: PAK 14-0

Three runs off the last over.

Kesrick Williams now. Starts with three dots, two more.

Over 1: PAK 11-0



Jerome Taylor with the ball, Sharjeel Khan and Khalid Latif with the bat. With only 104 to chase, will Pakistan come out all guns blazing?

Over 20: WI 103-5





Amir bowls the last over.

Over 19: WI 98-5

Three runs only. You don't expect THAT from the world champions.

Tanvir to bowl the penultimate over.

Over 18: WI 94-5

Only four runs off the over. This doesn't look like a World T20 champion West Indies side. Politics ruining the show for West Indies - as always.

Amir again.



Over 17: WI 87-5





Sohail Tanvir for his third.

Over 16: WI 77-5

Only two off the over. Good bowling from the youngster in his debut match.

Rumman Raees in for his third.

Over 15: WI 75-5

Only four runs off his over.



Amir back for his second over.



Over 14: WI 71-5



Only four runs off Rumman Raees second over.

Over 13: WI 67-5





Nawaz on now.

Over 12: WI 58-4





Rumman Raees - the debutant - comes on to bowl now.

Over 11: WI 54-4

Ten runs off the over by Imad. Haven't seen that in the whole series.

FOUR! Samuels cuts and that too hard to beat the cover fielder.

Imad in for his last over.

Over 10: WI 44-4



Shoaib Malik in for his second. Sarfraz relying on spin again.

Over 9: WI 36-4

Three runs and the third wicket for Imad.



Imad to Bravo.

Over 8: WI 31-3

Three runs off the over.



Shoaib Malik with his off-spin now.



Over 7: WI 28-3

Only two from the over.

Nawaz with his left-arm spin again.



Over 6: WI 26-3



Mohammad Amir has the ball now after resting in the first two matches. He got married recently.



Over 5: WI 21-3

FOUR! Bravo nudges it towards fine leg.

Two Windies veteran out on the crease now - DJ Bravo and Marlon Samuels.



Another left-arm spinner in action - Mohammad Nawaz.

Over 4: WI 16-2

Only three runs off his over.

Sohail Tanvir.

Over 3: WI 13-2







Imad once more.

Over 2: WI 12-0





Sohail Tanvir is the second new-ball bowler.



Over 1: WI 6-0

Six runs off the over. Windies, impressively, not relying on boundaries from the word go.

Imad Wasim once again has the ball in his hands for the first over. Johnson Charles and Andre Fletcher are going to open the Windies innings.



Toss

Sarfraz Ahmed: We will bowl first. We hope to make it 3-0 today.

Carlos Brathwaite: Looking for better utilisation of powerplay. We have a lot of pride to play for; a lot of fans waiting for our win. Two changes.
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COMMENTS (5)

Parvez | 8 years ago | Reply So, dropping Afridi and Hafeez proved to be good for Pakistan cricket.
Fiz | 8 years ago | Reply Clean sweep. Congrats! A rocking performance minus Wahab riaz.
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