MULTAN CRICKET STADIUM: West Indies Cricket Team, that scored 163, dismissed the hosts for 154 in first innings of the 2nd and final Test Match being played here Saturday (25th January, 2025).
At stumps West Indies, that scored 163 runs in the first innings, was leading by 9 runs. Pakistan scored 154 runs.
Noman Ali, who took six WI scalps (for 41 runs), became the first Pakistani spinner to score hat-rick in test cricket. Sajid Khan dismissed 2 for 64 and Abrar Ahmed took a wicket for 24. Debutant pacer Kashif Ali sent Mikyle Louis back to pavilion for four in his first over.
Squads:
Green Shirts: Shan Masood (Skipper), Muhammad Huraira, Babar Azam, Kamran Ghulam, Saud Shakeel, Mohammad Rizwan, Salman Ali Agha, Sajid Khan, Noman Ali, Abrar Ahmed, Kashif Ali.
West Indies: Kraigg Brathwaite (Skipper), Joshua Da Silva, Alick Athanaze, Keacy Carty, Justin Greaves, Kavem Hodge, Tevin Imlach, Amir Jangoo, Mikyle Louis, Gudakesh Motie, Anderson Phillip, Kemar Roach, Kevin Sinclair, Jayden Seales, and Jomel Warrican.
Green Shirts managed to beat West Indies by 127 runs in the 1st of the 2-match series here on 19th Jan 2025.
Scoreboard:
Pakistan scored 230 runs in the first innings and 157 runs in the second innings.
West Indies scored 137 runs in the first innings and 123 runs in the second innings (all out).
Green Shirts: 230 all out, 68.5 overs (Saud Shakeel 84, Mohammad Rizwan 71; Jayden Seales 3-27, Jomel Warrican 3-69, Kevin Sinclair 2-61, Gudakesh Motie 1-48) and 157 all out, 46.4 overs (Shan Masood 52, Mohammad Huraira 29, Kamran Ghulam 27; Jomel Warrican 7-32)
West Indies: 137 all out, 25.2 overs (Jomel Warrican 31 not out, Jayden Seales 22, Gudakesh Motie 19; Noman Ali 5-39, Sajid Khan 4-65) and 123 all out, 36.3 overs (Alick Athanaze 55; Sajid Khan 5-50, Abrar Ahmed 4-27)
Player of the match: Green Shirt Sajid Khan
Pakistan lead the 2-match test series by 1-0.
After winning the match skipper of the Green Shirts, Shan Masood, talked to the journalists at a Presser: “We will do what we need to take 20 wickets and win the match. We don’t even play domestic cricket in these conditions. It’s a new thing for us as well. We changed it during the England series because we wanted our team to win. We should appreciate the hard work of our bowlers, who got us 20 wickets consistently.”
Green Shirts scored 109 runs for loss of 3 wickets on the second day of the 1st match of 2-match Test series was being played here on dry and grassless pitch 18th Jan, 2025.
In the first innings the Green Shirts scored 230 runs while the the equipe of West Indies managed to muster only 137 runs up. The organisers had to call it a day due to bad light. At the stumps Pakistani team was leading by 202 runs. Shan Masood’s bat yielded 52 (70) while Mohammad Huraira who remained not out made 29 (58).
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