Toss: UAE opted to bat vs West Indies

UAE received the toss and opted to take first strike within the third ODI in Sharjah of their quest to avert a 3-0 sweep.

Athanaze was the main run-getter on the Under-19 World Cup in 2018, forward of Shubman Gill. But early in his home profession he was dropped by Windward Islands. That snub fuelled him to work even tougher to turn into one of many mainstays of Windward Islands' batting and the captain of the staff. In the Super50 Cup, West Indies' 50-over home match, Athanaze was Windward Islands' prime scorer, with 292 runs in six innings at a median of 48.66 and strike price of 96.05, and sixth-highest total.

Allrounders Dominic Drakes and Odean Smith made means for Kevin Sinclair and Keemo Paul. Sinclair can be West Indies' fourth spin-bowling choice alongside Kevem Hodge, Yannic Cariah and stand-in captain Chase.

Legspinner Karthik Meiyappan, although, returned to the XI after leaking 55 runs in 4.2 overs within the sequence opener whereas vice-captain Vriitya Aravind took again the wicketkeeping gloves from Aryansh.

UAE: 1 Muhammad Waseem (capt), 2 Lovepreet Singh, 3 Vriitya Aravind (wk), 4 Rameez Shahzad, 5 Ethan DSouza, 6 Rohan Mustafa, 7 Ali Naseer, 8 Aayan Afzal Khan, 9 Karthik Meiyappan, 10 Junaid Siddique, 11 Mohammad Jawadullah

West Indies: 1 Alick Athanaze, 2 Johnson Charles (wk), 3 Shamarh Brooks, 4 Raymon Reifer, 5 Keacy Carty, 6 Kavem Hodge, 7 Roston Chase (capt), 8 Yannic Cariah, 9 Kevin Sinclair, 10 Akeem Jordan, 11 Keemo Paul