Pakistan look to avoid series whitewash in final T20I against West Indies

Overview:

West Indies vs Pakistan, third T20I
Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound
4 July, 02:00 PM local

West Indies registered comfortable wins in both the T20Is to clinch the series with a game to spare. Going into the final match, the hosts will have to make changes to the playing XI after Chinelle Henry and Chedean Nation collapsed during the second T20I and had to be taken to the hospital.

Despite losing both games, Pakistan have a few positives heading into the final game of the series. The bowlers have done well in the series so far while Nida Dar's all-round exploits ensured that the visitors don't go down without a fight. A win in the third T20I will help Pakistan gather some momentum going into the five-match ODI series, starting 7 July.

Remember the last time

West Indies registered their first T20I series win since May 2019 when they beat Pakistan in the second game of the series by 7 runs via DLS method.

Having won the toss and electing to bat first, Windies got off to a flying start courtesy of Deandra Dottin's 12-ball 17. Fatima Sana, who was the pick of the bowlers for the visitors, sent the opener back to the pavilion off her first ball and put a leash on the scoring rate. The bowlers kept pegging the Windies back with regular wickets and the hosts were in a precarious position at 69/4 before Chedean Nation and Kyshona Knight bailed them out of trouble. Kycia Knight's Player of the Match performance of 20-ball 30 helped push the total to 125/6.

Pakistan got off to the worst possible start, losing captain Javeria Khan in the very first over of the innings as she ran herself out. Iram Javed looked in good touch before yet another run-out halted the Pakistan innings as they ended the Powerplay at 25/3. Nida Dar and Sidra Dar steadied the ship with a 42-run stand but once they got out in a span of two overs, Pakistan were playing catch-up and fell short of the DLS par score by seven runs.

What they said

West Indies head coach Courtney Walsh: "Feels very good, the girls have done us proud, they played some good consistent cricket throughout the series and they deserved to win the series. But still a fair amount of work to be done…. They deserve the series win and I’m hoping it doesn’t stop here."