ISLAMABAD: Pakistan will lock horns with the West Indies in the third and final fixture of the three-match series between the two sides today, Tuesday, at Trinidad and Tobago.
The three-match series between the two nations is tied at 1-1, with West Indies winning the last fixture between the two sides on Sunday. Pakistan had earlier beaten the West Indies by five wickets on Friday in the first ODI courtesy of a stellar knock by middle-order batter and ODI debutant Hassan Nawaz.
“The third and last one-day international between Pakistan and the West Indies will be played at Tarouba on Tuesday,” state broadcaster Radio Pakistan reported. “The match will start at 6:30 in the evening.”
Pakistan couldn’t clinch the series on Sunday after the West Indies successfully chased a target of 181 off 35 overs based on the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern (DLS) method in a rain-hit match. Player of the match Roston Chase and Justin Greaves put on an unbeaten 77-run stand off 72 balls to help the hosts beat Pakistan.
Pakistan had posted 171-7 in 37 overs batting first, on the back of valuable thirties from Hasan Nawaz and Hussain Talat in a stop-start innings with rain intervals in between.
The Green Shirts will be looking for former Pakistan captain Babar Azam to shrug off his poor form and score big for the visitors in the third ODI. After a promising start in the first ODI, Azam was bowled by Jayden Seales for 0 off 3 balls in the second match.
Mohammad Nawaz and Hasan Ali took two wickets each in the second ODI, with leg-spinner Abrar Ahmed returning figures of 1/23 from seven overs.
Pakistan had earlier clinched the preceding T20I series 2-1 against the West Indies last week.
