Pakistan won the third T20i with 13 points against the West Indies to pack the series 2-1 in the Central Broward Regional Park Stadium Turf Ground in Lauderhill, Florida, on Monday 4 August.
Salman Agha won the Worp and chose to first hit the picturesque location on Monday. The Pakistan Opening Duo by Sahibzada Farhan and Saim Ayub Mixed caution with aggression and tried to lay a solid foundation for the visitors. Farhan was the more aggressive batter in the collaboration, while Ayub hit a Run-A ball in the Powerplay. They added 47 runs in the first six overs.
Farhan transferred his half century to just 34 balls in the 11th. A few overs later, when he hit 51, Romario Shepherd dropped him from his own bowling. Ayub received his 36 balls later in his 36 balls later. Shamar Joseph finally pulled the first blood for the West Indies while he sent Farhan gas for a 53-ball 74. The first-wicket partnership added 138 runs in 16.2 overs.
In the following, Roston Chase got better from Hasan Nawaz, who played a great cameee of 15 out of seven balls. Two wickets fell in the 19th when Mohammad Haris and Ayub had to take the long walk back to the pavilion. The latter scored 66 of 49 balls and held the innings together.
Faheem Ashraf and Khushdil Shah each hit a six in the final, which yielded 19 points. The tourists ended up in their 20 overs on 189/4.
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As an answer, Jewel Andrew made his intentions clear from the start and took 16 points from the first overflowed by Hasan Ali. Alick Athanaze would not lag behind while he hit 17 points second. While the first two overs of PowerPlay yielded 33 points, only 26 came from the next four. The Caribbean side also lost the Wicket of Andrew in the fifth, because he was fired immediately after he was dropped at the previous delivery.
Shai Hope did not get in the hall and was fired for seven. Athanaze scored his first T20i half century in the 11th over 31 deliveries. While West India had wickets in hand, Sufiyan Muqema did not allow the batters to walk away with the game. The left-arm wrist spinner threw four economic overs through the middle and ended with figures of 1/20.
In the 13th over, Ayub was responsible for the Wicket of Athanaze, who made 60 out of 40 balls, and this turned out to be the turning point. Sherfane Rutherford played a nice hand, scored a Quickfire half a century and skipped until the last. However, he had to get 25 points against the experienced Hasan Ali, and that was no easy task. In the end, the West -Indies were limited to 176/6.
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