West Indies secure historic Test win in Pakistan after 35 years
The loss leaves Pakistan at the bottom of the World Test Championship standings.
Spinner Jomel Warrican took five wickets as the West Indies claimed a historic Test victory in Pakistan for the first time in nearly 35 years on Monday.
The West Indies triumphed in the second Test in Multan, winning by 120 runs on day three to level the series 1–1. Pakistan had secured a 127-run victory in the first Test, also held in Multan.
Warrican was instrumental in the win, finishing with nine wickets in the match and 19 in the series, effectively giving Pakistan a taste of their own medicine on sharply turning pitches. The victory marks the West Indies' first Test win in Pakistan since November 1990, when they prevailed in Faisalabad. Their subsequent tours in 1997 and 2006 had ended without a win.
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Resuming their innings on 76–4 and chasing a target of 254, Pakistan's hopes of victory rested on Saud Shakeel. However, Kevin Sinclair dismissed the left-hander for 13, caught in the slip, further denting the hosts' already slim chances.
Captain Babar Azam top-scored with 31, while Mohammad Rizwan added 25 as Pakistan were bowled out for 133.
Warrican made an early breakthrough on day three, bowling nightwatchman Kashif Ali with a straighter delivery for just one. This left Pakistan in dire straits at 76–6. Rizwan then shared a 39-run partnership for the seventh wicket with Salman Ali Agha, but Warrican trapped Salman leg-before for 15 and subsequently bowled Rizwan, reducing Pakistan to their last two wickets.
Gudakesh Motie, who finished with figures of 2–35, removed Noman Ali for six before Warrican fittingly sealed the victory by bowling Sajid Khan for seven.
The loss leaves Pakistan at the bottom of the World Test Championship standings, in ninth place, while the West Indies move up to eighth.
Meanwhile, defending champions Australia will face South Africa in the WTC final at Lord's in June.
