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07/28 16:19 CDT Jayden Seales takes 5-20 as West Indies bowls out Pakistan for
120 to win the 1st test by 90 runs
Jayden Seales takes 5-20 as West Indies bowls out Pakistan for 120 to win the
1st test by 90 runs
TAROUBA, Trinidad (AP) --- Pakistan captain Babar Azam made an unbeaten 58 and
shared a rearguard stand of 49 with No. 11 Mohammad Abbas to delay the end
before West Indies completed a 90-run win in the first test Tuesday to lead the
two-match series.
After being set 211 to win when West Indies' second innings ended at 181,
Pakistan slumped to the brink of defeat at 71-9 in the face of accurate bowling
from Jayden Seales, who took 5-20.
Babar finally found a stoic partner in Abbas and the last pair held out for 12
overs to frustrate the hosts. Abbas was the last man out for 23 shortly after
tea on the fourth day when Pakistan was 120.
Babar's half-century stood out in stark relief against a poor Pakistan batting
effort. When he reached his half-century from 81 balls, Pakistan was 88-9 and
the rest of its batters had contributed only 38 runs.
"We played good cricket in the last few days but today we were not up to the
mark as a batting unit," Babar said. "We lost back-to-back wickets. We will
look to make sure it doesn't happen in the next matches.
"The surface is good and we expected the new ball to move for which we were
prepared," he added. "But I think they bowled very well and used the conditions
nicely."
Pakistan's collapse followed the template of its first innings in which it
reached 244-4 with a century by Shan Masood then lost its next six wickets for
38 runs to be all out for 282, conceding a 29-run first innings lead. West
Indies made 311 batting first.
In two Pakistan innings, Masood's was the only century and there were
half-centuries by Imam-ul-Haq, who made 63 in the first innings, and Babar.
Otherwise, only six Pakistan batters reached double figures in the match.
Abbas' 23 was the joint fourth-highest score by a Pakistan batter.
Masood suffered a hand injury while batting in the first innings and was forced
to drop from No. 3 to No. 8 in the order Tuesday, which was a major setback for
Pakistan.
West Indies resumed Tuesday at 126-7, with a lead of 155 runs. Shamar Joseph
went from 22 not out overnight to 38 and Kemar Roach from 5 to 18 as West
Indies pushed its lead beyond the psychological barrier of 200 runs.
That proved more than adequate as Pakistan lost Imam-ul-Haq (3) in the third
over to set the visitors' second collapse of the match in motion.
Babar provided solidity at one end but, of Pakistan's top six batters, only
Mohammad Rizwan with 11 reached double figures. Taking out Babar and Abbas, the
Pakistan scoreboard read 3, 3, 0, 11, 0, 2, 3, 4 and 0.
Pakistan folded in the face of Seales' early assault and contributions of 2-27
from Roach and 2-12 from Justin Greaves. Seales returned to make the final
breakthrough, trapping Abbas lbw in the 41st over to finish with his fifth
five-wicket bag in tests.
Greaves, who took 5-27 in Pakistan's first innings, was player of the match.
"We came in and tried to be just as disciplined as possible," Greaves said. "I
mimicked Mohammad Abbas' fuller lengths when he bowled against us in the first
and second innings and it pretty much worked out for us."
Abbas took 3-63 and 5-22 for Pakistan.
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