Captain Shai Hope and fast bowler Jayden Seales were “Full Ah Energy” at the Brian Lara Cricket Academy yesterday. And in keeping with the theme for the One-Day International series against Pakistan, the energised their team and their ecstatic fans in Tarouba with a century and six wickets respectively as West Indies convincingly beat the Pakistanis by 202 runs in the third ODI to clinch the rubber 2-1. “It’s a very proud feeling for me personally; something that we always speak about in the dressing room, trying to create history. We are a very strong team but we just need to continue being more consistent,” Hope said afterwards. It was a breakthrough win for Hope’s side who scored the first ODI series victory by a WI side against Pakistan in 34 years. Sir Richie Richardson, the match referee for this series, was the last Windies skipper to savour a series win back in 1991, when his side won 2-0 in Pakistan. And yesterday, he witnessed two outstanding performances from players of the present generation. Asked to bat first by Mohammad Rizwan after he lost the toss, and coming to the crease at 57 for two when Evin Lewis (37, 54 balls) departed at the end of the 14th over, Hope slowly but then spectacularly transformed an innings in stagnation. His 18th ODI century—120 not out—was a lesson in pacing and determination. With even the normally turbo-charged Lewis struggling for fluency on a pitch that again assisted the bowlers, Player-of-the-Match Hope steadily built momentum. First, he put on 45 off 68 balls for the fourth wicket with Sherfane Rutherford (15 off 40), and then a brisker 64 off 68 with Roston Chase, who produced another handy knock of 36 off 39 with three fours and two sixes before he was bowled by incisive seamer Naseem Shah (10-0-72-2) in the 40th over with the total on 177 for five. It was at this point, with Gudakesh Motie joining him, that Hope changed gears. And the match. Using both precision and power, the WI skipper willed his team into a formidable position with a flurry of boundaries. In all, Hope counted ten fours and five sixes as he pushed the team total first past 200, then 250, and in the end to an unlikely 294 for six. Motie fell seven runs after Chase to leave the score 184 for six, but Justin Greaves, as he had done in the second ODI, saw the innings through. He and Hope added a hurricane 110 off 50 balls in the sunshine, with Greaves contributing 43 off 24. The Shah could not get his yorkers to work as well as they had done earlier, and he came in for some punishment as did his colleagues, with 110 runs coming in the last ten overs of the innings. Even when he reached his century with a driven boundary through extra cover, there was no exuberance from Hope. He knew the job was not done. His demeanour did not change much as he left the field and acknowledged the crowd and his team-mates at the end of the innings. But Seales then ensured his skipper’s great work was not produced in vain. Bowling with guile to go with his control of length, Seales produced his best figures in ODIs- 7.2-0-18-6 - as the Pakistan batting was swept away for 92 in 29.2 overs. Like Hope, he took on the responsibility of putting his team in charge. Starting with the dismissal of Saim Ayub, caught by Hope snicking the third ball of the innings, Seales effectively snuffed out Pakistan’s victory chances by removing the first four batters by the ninth over. Included in that group was Rizwan, given a “golden” first-ball “duck” by a peach of a Seales delivery that cut back to hit the off-stump as the Pakistan skipper offered no shot. Seales also trapped Babar Azam (nine) lbw and had Abdullah Shaffique caught at mid-on by Motie. When Hassan Nawaz was stumped by Hope off Motie, Pakistan were in deeper strife at 61 for five, still needing another 234 to win, with only five wickets left mid-way through the 20th over. Soon after, Chase had chipped in, bowling Hussain Talat (62 for six). Motie also got rid of top-scorer Salman Agha (30) to make it 70 for seven, and then Player-of-the-Series Seales returned to wrap things up, taking a return catch off Shah and bowling Hasan Ali. Ali fell in what proved to be the final, 30th over, as next ball, Abrar Ahmed was run out. Pakistan had messed up their chase. But they were forced into submission by two irresistible WI forces. Summarised scores: WEST INDIES 294-6, 50 overs (Shai Hope 120 n.o., Justin Greaves 43 n.o., Evin Lewis 37, Roston Chase 36, Keacy Carty 17, Sherfane Rutherford 15; Abrar Ahmed 2/34, Naseem Shah 2/72). vs PAKISTAN 92, 29.2 overs (Salman Agha 30, Mohammad Nawaz 23 n.o., Hasan Nawaz 13; Jayden Seales 6/18, Gudakesh Motie 2/37). —West Indies won by 202 runs.