Windies women beat Pakistan in Twenty20

The West Indies have beaten Pakistan by two wickets to take an unassailable 2-0 in their Twenty20 series, with the visitors now poised for a clean sweep.

The West Indies women's team have defeated Pakistan in a Super Over tiebreaker to take an unbeatable 2-0 lead in the three-match Twenty20 series.

The Pakistan Cricket Board are staging the series is in a bid to showcase their ability to host international matches following a deadly 2009 terrorist attack against the Sri Lanka test team in Lahore.

For the second consecutive day on Friday, cricket passed without incident as West Indies fought back to finish 6-132 in reply to Pakistan's 4-132.

The visitors scored a dominant 0-18 in the one-over decider with Deandra Dottin smashing two sixes and a four against off-spinner Sana Mir

Shakera Selman then dismissed Aliya Riaz and Nida Dar as Pakistan were limited to one run in response.

West Indies won the series opener on Thursday by 71 runs and will go for a clean sweep in the finale on Sunday.

West Indies regular captain Stefanie Taylor will join the team in Dubai for the three-match ODI series next week as she didn't come to Pakistan due to security fears.


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