On a pitch tailor-made for spinners, an epic contest unfolded between West Indies and Pakistan in the second Test at Multan. While Pakistan hoped to pull the game in their favour by producing a rank-turner wicket, West Indies rose against the odds to secure a historic victory. For the Windies, Jomel Warrican was the pick of the bowlers, bagging 9 wickets in the match. Of all the wickets that Warrican took, the dismissal of Pakistan spinner Sajid Khan was unarguably the most entertaining, as the Windies all-rounder got to give an epic send-off to the batter.

It was Sajid who had given Warrican a send-off in the second innings after the Pakistan spinner dismissed the West Indies star. In the second innings, Warricon took revenge by dismissing Sajid and produced a ‘you can’t see me’ send-off which the Pakistan star had done earlier in the match.

The video of Warrican’s send-off to Sajid has since gone viral on social media.

34 years in the making!

West Indies claim their first win in Pakistan since 1990 to level the series!

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Warrican was also named the Player of the Series for his all-round show. After the game, he said: “Speeds were very important, bowling slower was very effective and once I worked it out, it worked to my advantage. I just backed myself, backed my ability to find the boundaries and rotate strike. We were backing ourselves to win the game, we had the belief after having bowled them out for a cheap total in the first innings. Variation in pace, hitting the same length over and over, just bowling consistently in the same area was the key for success.”

Courtesy of the defeat in the second Test at Multan, Pakistan finished bottom of the World Test Championship points table for the first time ever. 

Pakistan vs West Indies, 2nd Test Day 2, Live Updates: After bundling out Pakistan for 154, West Indies will begin their second innings on Day 2 of the ongoing second Test in Multan. Currently, the visitors are leading by nine runs after a historic first day with the ball. The spinner dominated Day 1 with Noman Ali achieving a hat trick for the home side. Jomel Warrican took 4-43 and Gudakesh Motie 3-49 as Pakistan were bowled out for 154 at the close, replying to the West Indian first innings total of 163. (Live Scorecard)

West Indies crashed to a 127-run loss against Pakistan in the first Test in Multan, but it wasn’t on a sour note for all players of the team. In fact, despite the crushing defeat, West Indies bowlers Gudakesh Motie, Jomel Warrican and Jayden Seales set a record – not with the ball, but with the bat. The trio set the record of the first instance in the 148 years of Test cricket history, since the first Test match in March, 1877, when the three last batters made the highest scores for the team in an innings.

In their first innings, West Indies were tottering at 66/8, but managed to post 137 in the end thanks to the efforts of their number 9, 10 and 11 batters. Motie, coming in at No. 9, scored 19 runs, No. 10 Warrican top-scored with 31 and No. 11 Seales hit 22.

No other batter in the top eight crossed more than 11, making this the first instance in Test cricket history that the three highest scores in an innings have come from the last three batters.

It was also only the third time in Test cricket history that the top two run-scorers in an innings were the last two batters.

Hilariously, all three batters got out for ducks in the second innings, as West Indies collapsed to 123 all out and lost the game by a massive margin.

Despite the defeat, it was a memorable Test match for Warrican. Having picked up three wickets in the first innings, Worrican picked up his best-innings figures of 7/32 in the second, ending with career-best Test match figures of 10/101.

The second Test between Pakistan and West Indies starts on January 25, also at Multan. West Indies need to win the match to avoid finishing last in the World Test Championship (WTC) 2023-25 cycle table.