Spinner Jomel Warrican took five wickets as the West Indies won a Test match in Pakistan for the first time in nearly 35 years on Monday.<\/p>\n
The West Indies won the second Test in Multan by 120 runs on day three to draw the series 1-1.<\/p>\n
Pakistan won the first Test by 127 runs, also in Multan.<\/p>\n
Warrican finished with nine wickets in the match \u201419 in the series \u2014 to give the hosts a taste of their own medicine on spin-friendly pitches.<\/p>\n
The last time the West Indies won a Test in Pakistan was in Faisalabad in November 1990, having gone winless on their 1997 and 2006 tours.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe haven\u2019t played in Pakistan for a number of years, but we haven\u2019t won here in a while, so to come here and do it as a young group is incredible,\u201d said West Indian skipper Kraigg Brathwaite.<\/p>\n
He praised the performance of star player Warrican, who scored 36 not out in the West Indies\u2019 first innings of 163 and took both the player of the match and player of the series awards.<\/p>\n
\u201cApart from his excellent bowling, he always says he\u2019s one of the best players of offspin in the Caribbean, so it\u2019s good to see him get some runs along with wickets.\u201d<\/p>\n
Pakistan skipper Shan Masood defended his side\u2019s spin ploy.<\/p>\n
\u201cOn the first day we were in the position we wanted \u2014 even better, maybe, when we had them eight down,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Resuming on 76-4 and chasing 254, Pakistan\u2019s hopes of victory rested on Saud Shakeel, but Kevin Sinclair had the left-hander caught in the slips for 13 to further dent the home team\u2019s fading chances.<\/p>\n
Babar Azam top-scored with 31 while Mohammad Rizwan made 25 as Pakistan were bundled out for 133.<\/p>\n
Warrican bowled nightwatchman Kashif Ali with a straighter ball for one, leaving Pakistan in tatters at 76-6.<\/p>\n
Rizwan added 39 for the seventh wicket with Salman Ali Agha before Warrican dismissed the latter leg before for 15 and then bowled Rizwan to bring the tourists within two wickets of victory.<\/p>\n
Gudakesh Motie, who took 2-35, removed Noman Ali for six while Warrican deservedly took the last wicket, bowling Sajid Khan for seven to seal the victory.<\/p>\n
The defeat sent Pakistan crashing to ninth and last in the World Test Championship table, while the West Indies finished eighth.<\/p>\n
Title-holders Australia face South Africa in the WTC final at Lord\u2019s in June.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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