England have been in an escallating form of late in the limited-overs format © Getty Images
European giants England take on South-Asian giants Pakistan in the third and final Twenty20 International (T20I) at the Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium on Monday. England have been in an escallating form of late in the limited-overs format, as they convincingly beat Pakistan in the just concluded ODI series by a margin of 3-0, while they also won the T20I series against them in the opening two ties of the series and also pose a potential threat to the hosts for making it 3-0 and aim for a clean sweep as well as register an enthralling whitewash, thus earning a massive boost before the ICC World T20 in 2016. LIVE CRICKET SCORECARD: Pakistan vs England 2015, 3rd T20I at Sharjah
The previous T20I matches went down to the wire and audience will be hoping that they will witness a cliff-hanger on Moday too. England will bank on fast bowlers Liam Plunkett and Chris Woakes to take key wickets. James Vince, Joe Root and Sam Bilings will hold the strings for England in their batting department. Bilings played a blinder in the first T20I and English fans will want that his good form continues in the final match as well. LIVE CRICKET UPDATES: Pakistan vs England 2015, 3rd T20I at Sharjah
For Pakistan, Mohammad Hafeez and Shoaib Malik will have to shoulder responsibilities of stabilising the Pakistan innings, if they lose early wickets. Shahid Afridi did an excellent job with both bat and ball in the previous match. He picked up 3 wickets and scored a 8-ball 24. Wahab Riaz will spearhead the attack while Sohail Tanwir and Anwar Ali will have to give him good support. Pakistan vs England 2015, 3rd T20I at Sharjah, Preview
Squads:
Pakistan: Ahmed Shehzad, Mohammad Hafeez, Mohammad Irfan, Anwar Ali, Sarfraz Ahmed (wk), Wahab Riaz, Aamer Yamin, Mohammad Rizwan, Shoaib Malik, Bilal Asif, Shahid Afridi (c), Imran Khan jnr, Rafatullah Mohmand, Sohail Tanvir, Sohaib Maqsood, Umar Akmal.
England: Moeen Ali, Reece Topley, Jason Roy, James Vince, Chris Woakes, Jos Buttler (wk), David Willey, Alex Hales, Liam Plunkett, Adil Rashid, Joe Root, Sam Billings, Stephen Parry, Eoin Morgan (c), Chris Jordan.