Pakistan would like to clean sweep the West Indies on Thursday in the third T20 match being played at the National Stadium in Karachi. Pakistan has played major cricket in the series so far as West Indies are badly hit by the outbreak of COVID-19 in the camp.
Officials said on Thursday that five more members of the West Indies cricket team – including three players – have tested positive for Covid, leaving the rest of their tour of Pakistan in limbo.
Shai Hope, Akil Hossein and Justin Greaves, along with assistant coach Roddy Estwick and physician Dr Akshay Mansingh all tested positive and must remain in self-isolation for ten days, or until they return negative results, the PCB said on Thursday. informed.
Four members of the touring party tested positive on Saturday, taking the total to nine since arriving for the Twenty20 and limited-overs series last week.
Meanwhile, Pakistan took an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series after beating West Indies by nine runs in the second Twenty20 International in Karachi on Tuesday.
Mohammad Rizwan top-scored for the home team with 38 runs in the second match and helped Pakistan reduce to 172-8 before being bundled out for 163 in 20 overs.
The win gives Pakistan another series with the last game on Thursday in Karachi.
Pakistan captain Babar Azam praised Shadab Khan as the man of the match for his superb scoring.
“Shadab (with the bat) had a very good ending and then the bowlers also did well – especially Shaheen (Shah Afridi),” Azam said.
“The idea was to set a target and defend, and play according to the conditions and the wicket.”
West Indies captain Pooran admitted that silly mistakes were made during the run-chase.
Pooran said, “It was tough for us. It was a big improvement from the first game but I thought we lost here because of silly mistakes. Irresponsible even myself.”
The three ODIs are to be played on 18, 20 and 22 December.
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