Pakistan beat Windies to sweep T20 series

Pakistan have whitewashed West Indies in their Twenty20 series after an eight-wicket win secured a 3-0 series victory in Karachi.

Babar Azam.

Babar Azam scored his second straight half-century in Pakistan's third T20 victory over West Indies. (AAP)

Top-ranked Pakistan have swept West Indies 3-0 in their Twenty20 series with another thumping eight-wicket victory in the last match.

Pakistan rode Babar Azam's (51) second successive half century and Fakhar Zaman's 40 off 17 balls to reach 2-154 in 16.5 overs.

West Indies, batting first for the first time in the series, earlier made 6-153 after captain Jason Mohammed won the toss.

Pakistan continued to dominate a weakened West Indies bowling line-up with opening pair Azam and Zaman putting on 61 runs off only 32 balls.

West Indies opener Andre Fletcher earlier scored 52 off 43 balls and Denesh Ramdin provided late acceleration with a robust 42 off just 18 balls to give the tourists their best total in the series.

Mohammed's side lost the first match by a massive 143 runs before losing the second game by 82 runs, when Pakistan posted their highest ever Twenty20 score of 5-205.

It was Pakistan's seventh successive victory in a Twenty20 series since Sarfraz Ahmed was appointed captain after the World Twenty20 in 2016.

"We are trying to play our best cricket and if we continue to play in front of our home fans, we will only get better and better," Ahmed said.

"When I took over the captaincy I decided with coach Mickey Arthur that we will try to be consistent and give youngsters consistent chance.

"That's what we've been doing for the last two years and the results are coming."


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