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Abu Dhabi: Pakistan have already taken an unassailable 2-0 lead, going into the third T20I against West Indies and targets clean sweep in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday.
The current West Indies team is missing a number of players who were part of its successful World T20 campaign in March-April in India, including the likes of Chris Gayle, Andre Russell and Darren Sammy, which has left it with a less experienced side.
Pakistan inflicted a nine-wicket defeat in the first match and followed it up with a 16-run win in the second, using its spinners to good use to rattle West Indies in both matches in Dubai.
Imad Wasim, the left-arm spinner, was particularly impressive, picking up six wickets in the two matches at an average of 5.33 and an economy of 4.00. Pacers Sohail Tanvir and Hasan Ali too have picked up wickets to support the spin assault from Wasim and Mohammad Nawaz.
But the third contest will be held at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi, and it will be interesting to see what kind of track is prepared at the venue.
In batting, Sarfraz Ahmed, the captain, and Shoaib Malik, who became only the third cricketer from the country to score more than 1500 T20I runs, took care of the batting responsibilities during a crucial fourth-wicket partnership in the second encounter, while Babar Azam and Khalid Latif have racked up runs in both matches to ensure the host goes in to this match high on confidence.
Having won the World T20 in April, West Indies have had a mixed five months of international cricket. They did well in the tri-nation series at home, where they made it to the final in a tournament that also had Australia and South Africa.
They were then thrashed in the Test series against India and the followed it up with a T20I series win against the same opponents in USA.
Dwayne Bravo has been the only to score a half-century in the series so far, but it will take more notable contributions from the Caribbean batsmen to avenge the first two losses and build up momentum for the rest of its time in the United Arab Emirates.
The T20I series will be followed by three One-Day Internationals, the first of which will be played in Sharjah on September 30.
Teams from:
Pakistan: Sharjeel Khan, Khalid Latif, Babar Azam, Shoaib Malik, Sarfraz Ahmed (capt and wk), Umar Akmal, Mohammad Nawaz, Imad Wasim, Sohail Tanvir, Wahab Riaz, Hasan Ali, Mohammad Rizwan, Mohammad Amir, Rumman Raees, Saad Nasim.
West Indies: Evin Lewis, Johnson Charles, Andre Fletcher (wk), Marlon Samuels, Dwayne Bravo, Nicholas Pooran, Kieron Pollard, Carlos Brathwaite (capt), Sunil Narine, Jerome Taylor, Samuel Badree, Jason Holder, Rovman Powell, Kesrick Williams, Chadwick Walton.
Match facts
Tuesday September 27, 2016
Start time 2000 local (1600 GMT)
