Player of the Match
Player of the Match

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Statistics

Best performances - Batsmen

Saud Shakeel
84(157) 6x4 - 0x6
Control %84%
  • Productive Shot
  • flick
  • 16 runs
  • 0x4 - 0x6
9 13 7 11 14 14 1 15
Mohammad Rizwan
Mohammad Rizwan
71(133) 9x4 - 0x6
Control %75%
  • Productive Shot
  • sweep shot
  • 23 runs
  • 2x4 - 0x6
0 4 11 5 12 7 3 29

Best performances - Bowlers

JA Warrican
JA Warrican
O18
M3
R32
W7
Eco1.77
RHB
OFFLEG
1W1W
2W1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W
1W
Noman Ali
Noman Ali
O11
M2
R39
W5
Eco3.54
RHB
OFFLEG
2W
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
2W

Match Details

Toss

Pakistan , elected to bat first

Player Of The Match

Series result

Pakistan led the 2-match series 1-0

Match number

Season

Hours of play (local time)

9.30 start, Lunch 11.30-12.10, Tea 14.10-14.30, Close 16.30

Match days

17,18,19 January 2025 (5-day match)

TV Umpires

Reserve Umpire

Match Referee

Points

Pakistan 12, West Indies 0

Scorecard Summary

PAKISTAN 230(68.5 OVERS)
1ST INNINGS

WEST INDIES 137(25.2 OVERS)
1ST INNINGS

PAKISTAN 157(46.4 OVERS)
2ND INNINGS

WEST INDIES 123(36.3 OVERS)
2ND INNINGS

Scorer: Sudeep Poojar | Commentator: Ashish Pant

That's that from Multan. Danyal is working hard on his report and post-match pieces which should be in soon. Thanks for tuning in. The second Test will start from Saturday, January 25 and we will be live nice and early for that. Till then, on behalf of Hemant and Sudeep, this is me Ashish signing off. Ciao!

Here are few stat nuggets, courtesy of Sampath Bandarupalli:

1) 1064 balls in Multan makes it the shortest completed men's Test in Pakistan

2) The 647 runs scored in the match are the third fewest in a men's Test in Asia where all 40 wickets fell

3) It is also the fourth fewest aggregate in any men's Test since 1980 where 40 wickets fell

Finally, the Pakistan captain, Shan Masood: [Pitch] As long as we get 20 wickets and are able to put in a good performance, we will be happy. The spinners were clinical and Abrar along with Noman and Sajid was great. [On the Shakeel-Rizwan stand] It was very important. We did not know whether in these conditions the ball would spin as it is cold, not like during the England Tests, when it was hot. We lost four wickets through some quality seam. But that partnership... before the day of the Test we sat down and said the set batters should stay long. And that's what Saud and Rixzwan did. [Going forward...] It is hard out there. Batting was hard. We need to add more runs with the last few wickets. In the second innings, we folded cheaply. There are improvements to be made. When you win, you can go on a happy ride and be happy. But we can't do that.

The West Indies captain, Kraigg Braithwaite: The batters didn't play as well as they should have. [Positives?] We will take a look at how Warrican bowled. As spinners we should take a look at that. He was bringing the batters forward. We saw how Alick played. He swept it on both sides. [Plan going forward] We just have to be brave. We have got one more Test and we have to believe in ourselves. It is important to be positive on these types of pitches. We should still trust our defence. We should show intent, but we should look at Alick. If we can bring it together batting and bowling wise, we can come out on top. [On Jayden Seales] Jayden will be a legend for sure. I can see 300 Test wickets for sure. One of the best I have seen in the subcontinent. He is a star, as simple as that

Sajid Khan is the player of the match: [Performance] The pitch was great. The setup has been great. The special man of the match is Rizwan and Shakeel, and Shan in the second innings. The team is playing together and it is great. [On bowling in turning conditions] The wicket had a lot of turn and bounce. The spin bowling coach spoke to me and in the second innings, I bowled a little slower and did not leak too many runs. [On Noman] he discusses a lot with me as he is very experienced. We did not want to give runs in the second innings, and that was great

Presentation time

2.13pm Unlike the first innings, there was no resistance from the West Indies last three in the second dig as Abrar Ahmed and Sajid Khan triggered a late collapse. The duo shared nine wickets - Sajid 5 for 50, Abrar Abrar 4 for 27 - to give Pakistan a comfortable 127-run win in the end. Sajid, like he had promised in the press conference got Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan to do his celebratory pose after he bagged another five-for. West Indies showed resistance largely through Alick Athanaze's well-compiled half-century but apart from that, there was little to show for the visitors. So, the game is done and dusted inside three days. This despite only 40-odd overs possible on the opening day. Do hang around for the presentation. Who should be the player of the match? Surely, Sajid isn't it?

Ozzy: "It seems Abrar completes the spin bowling attack for Pakistan. He has shown that he can wrap up the tail much better than the finger spinners."

Monish Pokhrel: "I had read somewhere that Sajid wanted Babar and Rizwan to celebrate his five-fer in Sajid's style? did they??" Yep!

Abbasii: "The wicket wasn't easy to bat on, but some of the shot selection from both sides were extremely dubious. The four fifties in the game showed that if the batsman applied themselves, they could score runs"

36.3
W
Abrar Ahmed to Warrican, OUT, that's it! Pakistan seal the win and take a 1-0 lead in the series. A reverse sweep this time from Warrican. He gets a bottom edge. The ball once again sneaks through his leg but this time hits the stumps

JA Warrican b Abrar Ahmed 0 (7m 3b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0

36.2
0
Abrar Ahmed to Warrican, no run, length ball at the stumps. Warrican defends it with soft hands. The ball hits the bat and pad and bounces past the stumps between his legs
36.1
0
Abrar Ahmed to Warrican, no run, he bowls a googly outside off. Warrican goes for the slog sweep but misses the ball turns in. But it misses the stumps

Abrar is on a hat-trick. Three slips, leg slip and a short leg

END OF OVER:
36 | (wicket maiden) | WI: 123/9

  • Jayden Seales0 (2b)
  • Jomel Warrican0 (0b)
  • Sajid Khan15-3-50-5
  • Abrar Ahmed11-2-27-3
35.6
0
Sajid Khan to Seales, no run, full on the stumps. Seales hits it back towards the bowler who fields the ball and gives the batter a stare. Even mocks a throw
35.5
0
Sajid Khan to Seales, no run, length ball around off. Defended

Jayden Seales in at No. 11. Three slips for the left-hander

35.4
W
Sajid Khan to Athanaze, OUT, an appeal for lbw and given. Full and straight. Athanaze was half-forward as he looked to defend but the ball went straight with the arm, beating the inside edge. He reviews it, more in hope than anything else. The ball-tracking shows it would have taken out the middle stump. Sajid has a five-for

A Athanaze lbw b Sajid Khan 55 (100m 68b 7x4 0x6) SR: 80.88

West Indies 4th innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st16KC BrathwaiteM Louis
2nd10KU CartyM Louis
3rd6KAR HodgeM Louis
4th5A AthanazeM Louis
5th17JP GreavesA Athanaze
6th41TA ImlachA Athanaze
7th28A AthanazeK Sinclair
8th0G MotieA Athanaze
9th0JA WarricanA Athanaze
10th0JA WarricanJNT Seales