Published on 12:00 AM, October 06, 2016

Azam's 3rd ton leads clean sweep

Pakistan's batsmen Babar Azam (R) and Sarfraz Ahmed run between the wickets. File Photo: AFP

Rising star Babar Azam hit his third successive hundred to anchor Pakistan's 3-0 clean-sweep of the West Indies with a comfortable 136-run win in the third and final one-dayer on Wednesday.

Azam smashed a 106-ball 117 while skipper Azah Ali score a 109-ball 101 as Pakistan compiled 308-6 before restricting West Indies to 172 in 44 overs on a flat Sheikh Zayed Stadium pitch.

SCORES IN BRIEF

PAKISTAN: 308 for 6 (Azhar 101, Babar 117; Joseph 2-62)

WEST INDIES: 172 all out in 44 overs (Ramdin 37, Brathwaite 32; Nawaz 3-40)

Result: Pakistan won by 136 runs and took the series 3-0.