Win the toss, bat first, see Babar Azam score a century, post a huge score, and

defend it down. This has been the script in both the encounters. Though, the ser
ies has been sealed, the final one is by no means a dead-rubber. If Pakistan win
, they move up to eight, else they remain on 9th in the ODI rankings. The top ei
ght teams go into the World Cup directly (without playing qualifiers) and the de
adline for that is September 30th 2017. Though it is a long time ahead, both tea
ms will look to win as many matches as they can within that span. Catch us on 5t
h October when these two lock horns at Abu Dhabi, before they head for the Tests
. So much action awaits us. Until then, on behalf of Raju Peethala and Abhishek
Chaudhary, this is Abhinand signing off.Azhar Ali: "It was a wonderful team effo
rt. Specially with the bat. Losing two wickets early, it was a perfect innings f
rom Malik and Babar Azam. Everyone is fired up. We are improving. Good performan
ce wit the bat and ball. The fast bowlers were excellent too. With fast bowlers,
they can't bowl long spells. Riaz bowled around 6 overs in the last 14 overs. W
e need to improve our catching to become a better team. We are working hard on f
ielding. Hopefully I spend some time in the middle and score some runs in the ne
xt game."Jason Holder: "We didn't bowl as well as we wanted to. The pitch was go
od enough. It was difficult to go on from ball one. Difficult against the likes
of Riaz and Amir. It was tough to get going. Every game counts, we will take one
at a time. We'll refresh and come back."Babar Azam: "I am achieving the targets
given by the coach. I wanted to build partnerships. Malik backed me very much a
nd I didn't feel any pressure. Fitness is very important and is part of the game
. I'm glad to be finding some good form in this series."Babar Azam is awarded th
e Man of the MatchWest Indies can be as clueless in ODIs as clear they are in T2
0Is. 50-over cricket requires skill of a different kind. While it is not as grue
ling or demanding as Tests, it requires the skill of pacing the innings, both wh
ile batting and bowling. West Indies lack this one. They just cannot control the
pace. In these sweltering conditions of the UAE, the problem got aggravated. Af
ter losing the battle of their liking - T20Is - ODIs were always going to be tou
gh. Today, they started well, got a couple of wickets and threatened to choke th
e Pakistani batting. But once the innings reached mid-way, they let the hosts of
f the hook. 337 looked impossible to scale but despite some mediocre catching fr
om Pakistan, West Indies never threatened. Not when Bravo was flowing nor when S
amuels was going downtown. It's the lack of confidence which cost them another O
DI. Another sorry story of Caribbean cricket. They have lost the ODI series with
one game to go. Stay tuned for presentations.