Shehzad guides Pakistan to T20 victory

Pakistan beat the West Indies by seven wickets to complete a 3-1 victory in their four-match Twenty20 series.

Pakistan have beaten the West Indies by seven wickets to complete a 3-1 Twenty20 series victory in Port of Spain.

Chadwick Walton top-scored with 40 and Marlon Samuels added 22 but the Windies slumped to 83 for seven as Hasan Ali and Shadab Khan took two wickets each in economical spells.

Some late hitting from Carlos Brathwaite, who made 37 from 24 balls, gave the hosts a total of 124 for eight to bowl at but it looked unlikely to be enough, and so it proved.

Kamran Akmal fell to Samuels for 20 but Ahmed Shehzad pressed on in partnership with Babar Azam to take Pakistan to the brink of victory.

Shehzad made his half-century but with the target down to 15, both were dismissed in quick succession by Kesrick Williams, who bowled Shehzad behind his legs for 53 with the last ball of one over and had Azam caught by substitute Rovman Powell with the first ball of his next.

Sarfraz Ahmed survived the hat-trick ball and Shoaib Malik was dropped before the pair saw Pakistan across the line with an over to spare.