Pakistan’s intent of making ready a rank-turner for the Take a look at project towards West Indies backfired because the vacationers managed to entice the hosts in their very own spin internet on a dusty Multan pitch. Windies spinner Jomel Warrican took 5 wickets because the West Indies received a Take a look at match in Pakistan for the primary time in almost 35 years on Monday. The West Indies received the second Take a look at in Multan by 120 runs on day three to attract the sequence 1-1.
Pakistan received the primary Take a look at by 127 runs, additionally in Multan. Courtesy of the 1-1 sequence outcome, Pakistan dropped to absolutely the backside of the ICC World Take a look at Championship factors desk.
The Shan Masood-led facet is positioned ninth within the standings with 5 wins and 9 losses from 14 matches. It was the primary time for the reason that begin of the WTC format that Pakistan completed a marketing campaign on the absolute backside.
West Indies thrashed Pakistan in Pakistan by trapping them in their very own spin internet
Pakistan end at backside of WTC 2025 factors desk.
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Windies spinner Warrican completed with 9 wickets within the match — 19 within the sequence — to present the hosts a style of their very own drugs on spin-friendly pitches.
Pakistan skipper Masood admitted that his facet’s struggles towards West Indies’ tail-enders resulted in them dropping the second match.
“I believe the one possibility left was to convey the quick bowler on and have a crack (on if he might have finished something higher on the primary day). They batted effectively, however that is one thing that we’ve got to study. Now we have struggled to get the tail out right here, one thing that we did effectively in Australia, however we additionally struggled in South Africa. Even within the sport we misplaced proper now, the primary day, we have been ready the place we wished to be, only one unhealthy efficiency, it led to a domino impact, however you possibly can’t neglect the best way we’ve got performed proper by way of Now we have realised that one further partnership can have a giant impact on video games, that is what we wish to study shortly.
“It is a sport of all stakeholders, recognize the gamers to be prepared to throw themselves into the den with out getting used to it (on their batting failure). We did win 3 of the 4 Checks on such pitches, we did effectively on the primary session right here as effectively. It is necessary to see some encouraging indicators – when Saud and Rizzy bought their fifties, I bought a 60-ball fifty within the first Take a look at, Babar contributed as effectively. We would not get these huge a whole lot, however you could be proactive, Brathwaite took the sport on together with his 50 and that is what we want to concentrate on and possibly be higher going additional,” he stated.
The final time the West Indies received a Take a look at in Pakistan was in Faisalabad in November 1990, having gone winless on their 1997 and 2006 excursions.
Resuming on 76-4 and chasing 254, Pakistan’s hopes of victory rested on Saud Shakeel however Kevin Sinclair had the left-hander caught within the slip for 13 to additional dent the house staff’s fading possibilities.
Babar Azam top-scored with 31 whereas Mohammad Rizwan made 25.
With AFP Inputs
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