West Indies claimed a series-clinching one-day international win over UAE at a canter in Sharjah on Tuesday night. But the home team can at least celebrate the arrival of a new young player of great substance in the form of Ali Naseer.
For the second time in the space of three nights, the Caribbean side overpowered their hosts. Brandon King and Johnson Charles both made fifties, and Kavem Hodge and Roston Chase took two wickets each as West Indies won the second ODI by 78 runs.
It was also the second time in successive matches that Naseer showed fight and skill in an otherwise doomed batting effort for the UAE.
Having made a breezy half-century on debut on Sunday, the teen all-rounder repeated the feat two days later. Naseer hit three sixes and six fours in his innings of 57 from 53 balls to add some respectability to UAE’s run chase.