Key points
- Farhan scored 74 and Saim Ayub made 66 runs against West Indies
- West Indies Alick Athanaze made 60 runs against Pakistan
- Pakistan won the series opener by 14 runs
ISLAMABAD: Saim Ayub and Sahibzada Farhan combined for a 138 opening partnership and Pakistan defeated the West Indies by 13 runs on Sunday to win their T20 International Series.
Pakistan won the series opener by 14 runs but dropped the second match by two wickets to set up a Sunday night decider at Lauderhill, Florida.
Following winning the toss and decided to bat first, Pakistan were rewarded with a powerhouse performance by Ayub and Farhan.
Pakistan went 189 for four as Farhan hammered the hosts for 74 runs on 53 balls, smashing five sixes and three fours, while Ayub lasted 19 overs, finishing on 66 from 49 balls with two sixes and four fours, according to AFP.
Farhan was caught by West Indies skipper Shai Hope at long off from a delivery by Shamar Joseph on the second ball of the 17th over.
Hasan Nawaz was caught in the deep by Romario Shepherd after hitting two sixes in his seven ball 15 run innings.
Mohammad Haris was run out for only two runs by Gudakesh Motie to start the 19th over and Ayub finally exited on the last ball of the penultimate over, Jason Holder’s delivery grabbed by Sherfane Rutherford at sweeper cover.
190 to win
Set 190 to win, West Indies struck for 30 runs on the first 10 balls from Hasan Ali and Mohammad Nawaz, AFP reported.
Jewel Andrew was caught by Hasan Ali at long on, bowled by Haris Rauf for 24, the first West Indies wicket falling at 44.
Ayub caught Hope bowled out by Nawaz for seven in the ninth over with the hosts still 116 runs from victory.
Alick Athanaze lasted 13 overs before being taken for 60, caught by Khushdil Shah bowled by Ayub with West Indies on 110, needing 80 runs off the last 42 deliveries.
Chase was retired on the last ball of the 17th over and his replacement, Holder was bowled out by Sufiyan Muqeem two balls later for a duck, leaving West Indies 41 runs with 16 balls remaining.
Rutherford smashed a six to reach a fifty with seven balls remaining before exiting on 51 as West Indies could not pull off another last-over comeback.
