Pakistan Cricket Team has won the 3rd T20 match by defeating the West Indies Cricket Team by 13 runs in a thrilling match. By winning the 3rd match Pakistan Cricket Team has also won the series by 2-1.
Let’s break down the key stats from the Pakistan vs West Indies 3rd T20I match.
Venue
Pakistan and West indies battled for 3rd T20I at the Central Broward Regional Park in Lauderhill, Florida on 19 July 2025.
Toss
Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat first.
Playing 11s
| Pakistan Team | West Indies Team |
| Sahibzada Farhan | Alick Athanaze |
| Saim Ayub | Jewel Andrew(wk) |
| Mohammad Haris(wk) | Roston Chase |
| Salman Ali Agha(C) | Shai Hope(C) |
| Hassan Nawaz | Sherfane Rutherford |
| Khushdil Shah | keacy Carty |
| Mohammad Nawaz | Jason Holder |
| Faheem Ashraf | Romario Shepherd |
| Hasan Ali | Gudakesh Motie |
| Haris Rauf | Akeal Hosein |
| Sufiyan Muqeem | Shamar Joseph |
First Innings(Pakistan’s Batting)
Having won the toss and elected to bat first, Pakistan began their innings with Sahibzada Farhan and Saim Ayub as their opening batsmen.
Power Play
West Indies bowlers went tight early by giving away just 7 runs in first two overs of the power play. In 3rd over of the power play. In third over Sahibzada Farhan managed to hit a Six on the 2nd ball and helped The Pakistan team to secure 9 runs from that over. After four over Men in Green were able to secure net total of 25 runs with the help of a Six on the last ball of 4th over secured by Sahibzada Farhan.
Sahibzada Farhan and Saim Ayub continued the charge and secured 10 and 12 runs from fifth and sixth over respectively which helped Team Pakistan to bring their net total of 47 runs on the board without any loss in the power play.
After eight overs Team Pakistan was standing at 59 runs without losing a wicket. Due to a consecutive four and Six on the fourth and fifth ball of 10th over by Sahibzada Farhan, the Green Shirts were able to score 82 runs at the halfway without any loss.
Fifties from both openers
On the first ball of the 11th over, Sahibzada Farhan took a single to secure his fifty, achieving the benchmark in just 34 balls. Consecutively it was his third T20I fifty. Meanwhile, Saim Ayub was’t far behind and hit a Six on the 3rd ball of the thirteenth over which helped the Pakistani Team to reach 100 runs. On the next ball he went for a four which helped him to secure a fifty as well. He scored this fifty in just 38 balls. This fifty was his 2nd in the series and overall 3rd T20I fifty.
With the help of a Six on the last ball of the fifteenth over Pakistan came across a total of 130 runs without losing a single wicket.
First Wicket
On the second ball of the sixteenth over Shamar Joseph finally broke the opening partnership as Sahibzada Farhan lost his wicket, caught by Shai Hope. Sahibzada Farhan scored 74 runs for the Green Shirts, facing just 53 deliveries.
After this wicket Hassan Nawaz came into the ground for batting. He is known for his aggressive batting style. On the last ball of the seventeenth over he smashed a Six to Shamar Joseph. In the very next over he smashed another Six on fourth ball. On very next delivery he went for the same shot again but lost his wicket to Roston Chase as he got caught by Romario Shepherd.
Last Two Overs of First Innings
Muhammad Haris came in at number four for batting from the Pakistani team and lost his wicket on the very first ball,While he was coming for the second run, he got run out by Gudakesh Motie.
On fifth ball Saim Ayub smashed a Six . On the very next delivery, he went for the boundary again but got caught by Rutherford. He scored 66 runs from just 49 balls for Pakistani Team. Last over proved to be the most expensive over as Pakistani Team secured 17 runs from this over. Team Pakistan secured 189 runs, losing 4 wickets in 20 overs and setting a challenging target of 190 runs for the West Indies.
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Second Innings(West Indies’s Batting)
Power Play
Jewel Andrew and Alick Athanaze took an aggressive start for the team West Indies Team. Jewel Andrew played a ground shot on the first delivery of the innings and secured three runs on it. He came back to strike for the third ball and smashed two back to back fours on the third and fourth deliveries of the first over. After a dot ball, he hit another four off Hasan Ali on the last ball of the over. This helped the West Indies to score 16 runs in the first over.
In the second over Athanaze joined the aggressive hitting and hit a four on the first ball of the second over. After a dot ball on the third ball of the second over, he charged Mohammad Nawaz with a Six. Guess what! another four on the very next ball. This yielded West Indies team 17 runs in the second over and helped to have a total of 33 runs on the board in just two overs without any loss.
In the third over Haris Rauf came into the attack. He gave only 5 runs in the third over. Fourth over was bowled by Faheem Ashraf. He gave only four run in his crucial over. This disciplined bowling helped in slow down the West Indies team. West Indies team was able to have only nine runs in these two overs. Which led the West Indies team to score 42 runs in four over without any loss.
First Wicket
On the second ball of the fifth over, Haris Rauf bowled to Jewel Andrew who aggressively tried again to heave it to the leg side. But unfortunately the shot didn’t come off, and Andrew was caught out by Hassan Ali. In this way Haris Rauf managed to break down the opening partnership of Jewel Andrew and Alick Athanaze. On the other hand Andrew scored 24 runs on just 15 balls with the help of three fours.
Athanaze, however, refused to surrender and punished Haris Rauf on the fourth ball of the same over, shifting the pressure back to Pakistani side. On the first ball of the fifth over, Athanaze managed to play for another four. This helped the West Indies to bring a score of 59 on the board for the loss of one wicket after six overs.
In the seventh over Mohammad Nawaz came into the attack and gave only 6 runs without causing any damage to West Indies. In the eighth over, Athanaze played a reverse sweep on the second ball that went for a four.
Second Wicket
In the ninth over, Mohammad Nawaz came into the attack again. This time he did his job when Hope tried to hit the second ball for a six but unfortunately was caught by Saim Ayub. He managed only 7 runs on 9 balls for West Indies.After this loss Rutherford came into the batting attack for the West Indies. After just one dot ball, he launched the fourth ball of the same over for a Six.
Fifty for Athanaze
In the tenth over, when Muqeem came into the attack, Athanaze took the charge and played the very first ball for a four. At the end of this over, he was just one run away from his half-century. On the first ball of the next over he took a single and completed his fifty. This was his first T20I fifty. He achieved this benchmark from just 31 deliveries.
In the same over, Rutherford on the very next delivery beautifully timed the ball for a four. At the end of eleventh over West Indies were able to bring 98 runs on the board. West Indies were able to cross the threshold of 100 runs in the 12th over.
At this point of the match , it had been 12 balls till we have seen a boundary. Athanaze was waiting for an opportunity and found it, Saim Ayub came into the attack again. Athanaze came to the strike on the third ball and smashed the ball for a four. Not stopping there, he hit the very next ball for another four. These back to back fours raised a wave of excitement in the crowd again.
Wicket of Athanaze
However, Athanaze’s momentum did not last longer. He tried to go for another big shot on the final ball of the same over and the ball skewed in the air. Khushdil Shah cashed this opportunity and Athanaze had to go back to the dressing room. He played a brave inning of 60 runs on just 40 balls. This also marked Saim Ayub’s first wicket for giving 25 runs in three overs. With this loss team West Indies was standing at 110 with the loss of three wickets after thirteen overs.
After Athanaze’s wicket Roston Chase came for batting to join Rutherford. However, Athanaze’s wicket was not an end to the aggression of West Indies’s batting line as Sherfane Rutherford was still on the ground. Rutherford played the second ball of the 13th over for a four. After the end of the Muqeem’s over Saim Ayub came into the bowling attack again. Chase played the second ball of Ayub’s over for four shifting the pressure back to Saim Ayub again. Rutherford joined the party by hitting a massive Six of ninety five meters on the fourth ball of the same over. This shot led the West Indies team to score 130 runs for the lost 3 wickets.
At this stage of match West Indies required 60 runs on 30 balls. 16th over was bowled by Hasan Ali. In the first four balls of this over Hasan Ali gave only 3 runs. Then the match became interesting when Rutherford smashed two back to back fours on the last two remaining ball. As a result West Indies required 49 runs in four overs. In seventeenth over West Indies scored only eight runs.
Roston Chase Retired
At this stage, West Indies required 41 runs in just 18 balls. Chase, who was quite struggling decided to retired to bring in Jason Holder. West Indies required an experienced person to handle the situation so they decided to go with Jason Holder. However, Muqeem with a flipper bowled him as the ball hit the leg stump. He returned to the pavilion without scoring after facing just two deliveries. Under pressure West Indies only managed to score only 3 runs from the eighteenth over.
Last two overs
At this point, West Indies required 38 run in just 12 balls. Haris Rauf was given the ball for the nineteenth over. He gave just Six runs in the first four deliveries. However, for the fifth delivery, he missed his length completely and the ball went for a full toss outside out stump. Rutherford dragged the ball towards the leg side with his immense power for an eighty one meter Six. Along with a single on the last ball West Indies scored 13 runs from the nineteenth over. This six helped Sherfane Rutherford to achieve the milestone of his fifty runs.
In the final over West Indies required 25 runs. Pakistan decided to go with Hasan Ali. He successfully missed the very first delivery of his over. On the second delivery, Rutherford attempted a big shot, the ball went straight to long-on where Sahibzada Farhan took the catch. Rutherford tried his best until the last over and scored 51 runs on just 35 deliveries with the help of 4 fours and 3 sixes.
Gudakesh Motie came to the crease as the next batsman. Without wasting any balls he smashed the very first delivery that he faced for a four. On the fifth ball of the last over which was his third delivery, he launched the ball for a Six. In the end, the West Indies managed to score 176 in 20 overs while chasing a target of 189 runs and Pakistan won the match by 13 runs.
Conclusion
Sahibzada Farhan and Saim Ayub played a knockout opening partnership of 138 runs Pakistan. Farhan was the top scorer with 74, while Saim Ayub scored 66 and Hassan Nawaz added 15 runs that led the team Pakistan to set a target of 189 runs in twenty overs for the West Indies Team. Jason Holder, Roston Chase and Shamar Joseph each took one wicket for the West Indies team.
In the chase, Jewel Andrew(24) and Alick Athanaze helped West Indies team for an aggressive start. Alick Athanaze scored 60(highest from West Indies), while Sherfane Rutherford scored 51 runs for West Indies.From team Pakistan, Hasan Ali, Muhammad Nawaz, Haris Rauf, Saim Ayub and Sufiyan Muqeem, each took one wicket for team Pakistan. Which helped team Pakistan to won the match by 13 runs.
This win helped Pakistan to win the series by 2-1. Sahibzada Farhan was named Man of the Match. Meanwhile, Mohammad Nawaz was awarded Man of the Series.
FAQs
Who scored most runs in the match?
Sahibzada Farhan scored most runs. He scored 74 runs in just 53 balls.
Who scored most runs for the West Indies team?
Alick Athanaze was the highest scorer from the West Indies team in the third T20I. He scored 60 runs in just 40 balls.
Which player was named Man of the Match?
Sahibzada Farhan awarded as Man of the Match for the third T20I.
Who won the man of the series award for Pakistan vs West Indies T20I Series?
Mohammad Nawaz awarded as the Man of the Series for Pakistan vs West Indies T20I series. He took the award for taking most wickets in the series. He had taken 7 wickets.
Which team won the 2025 Pakistan vs West Indies T20I series?
Pakistan won the 2025 T20I series against the West Indies. After winning the last thrilling match of the series Pakistan secured the series by 2-1.