Brathwaite Celebrates West Indies' Historic Victory in Pakistan

Brathwaite Celebrates West Indies’ Historic Victory in Pakistan

West Indies bowler Jomel Warrican led his team to its first victory over Pakistan in more than 35 years on Monday morning, with captain Kraigg Brathwaite calling it an “outstanding” performance.

The left-arm spinner of 32 took nine wickets to pursue an even-spaced win against host India on day three of the second test in Multan.
The skipper, Kraigg Brathwaite, enthusiastically praised Warrican, the Man of the Match and the series, for those 19 wickets.
“Jomel was outstanding,” said Brathwaite.
“Observing how he approached using his bowling skills and seeing the tension he created from ball one was incredible.
“With the bat, you can’t come to him more. He did a fantastic job with the bat as well. But bowling-wise, I know he’s worked hard over the years.”

Brathwaite said that Warrican’s performance was “amazing” as that of Shamar Joseph in Australia one year back, in which the debutant fast bowler led his team of West Indians towards a remarkable victory.
“This one is right up there. Both are amazing test wins,” said Brathwaite. “To come here, playing here in Pakistan, it’s never easy to win a Test match, so to have done that is fantastic.”

This comes as West Indies’ first in Pakistan since winning the Faisalabad Test in November 1990.
Pakistan took the first test by 127 runs. The second Test was also played in Multan.
The second Test victory helped propel West Indies to eighth place in the World Test Championship. Having begun the tournament in ninth place, they ended it in last place.
The loss plunged Pakistan from the eighth position to the last.
Warrican scored a crucial score of 36 not out during the opening innings, lifting the West Indies from a precarious 9-95 position to a resounding 163 all out.

Pakistan captain Shan Masood acknowledged that the runs by the West Indian tail were the turning point.
“We allowed them to score 109 runs for the last two wickets, and then we were 119-4 and then bowled out for 154 and conceded a nine-run lead that pushed us back,” Masood stated.

“We made mistakes and lost as a team,” Masood said. Masood has lost nine out of 12 Tests in his capacity as captain.
He also defended using dry pitches to help spin bowlers when playing at home.

“We’ve won three out of four Tests,” Masood said. Masood about Pakistan’s two victories against England and the following West Indies Test.
Pakistan’s batters also found conditions challenging to play on, leading to the possibility of having similar pitches for domestic games in which fast bowlers prevailed for the past two seasons.

“We have to replicate these conditions in our domestic matches so that our batters can also bat better in the future, but this is the strategy with which we have won a series against England,” Masood declared.