RESULT1st Test • WI vs PAK

Winner
311 & 181

T:211282 & 120
West Indies won by 90 runs
1st Test, Tarouba, July 25, 2026, Pakistan tour of West Indies
Scorecard Summary
West Indies1st Innings
311/10
(98.5 Ov)
92 (182)
Mohammad Ali4/50 (21.5)
West Indies2nd Innings
181/10
(54.5 Ov)
35 (101)
Mohammad Ali2/52 (14)
Match Report
We will find out what Pakistan decides on Sunday! Until then it is goodbye from us.
The second and last Test of this series starts on Sunday at Port of Spain. In the meantime, Pakistan need to go back to the drawing board. They can look to hand a debut to Ubaid Shah, who can hit 140KPH, to spice up their pace attack. They may also be inclined to bolster their batting by adding Abdullah Shafique or Saud Shakeel in place of Aamer Jamal or Ali Usman - conditions permitting - who bowled only 13 overs in the match, all in the first innings. There may also be pressure on them to give wicketkeeper Ghazi Ghori a go.
Danyal Rasool sums up the day - Five-star Seales extends Pakistan's overseas woes in pace-dominated Test match
West Indies captain Roston Chase It is a great feeling to win this Test and we want to dedicate it to the late great Sir Garfield Sobers. We wanted to make him proud and had a chat about it before the match. I hope he is smiling down on us. I also want to thank the Trinidad crowd for coming out and supporting us. It was not a big crowd but it gave us enough energy and support to go out there and perform. [What satisfies him the most about this win?] The effort that the bowlers put in yesterday. They did not get a wicket in the first hour but the patience and the disciplined they showed in the second hour was really magnificent to see. That hour set up the win for us. I love how this team is going. It is not dependent on one or two guys but everyone is chipping in. We were hoping to add at least 50 runs more to the total when we started the day today and Shamar and the bowlers applied themselves with the bat which gave us the confidence.
Pakistan captain Babar Azam: The result is not in our hands. We played good cricket in the last few days but today we were not up to the mark as a batting unit. We lost back to back wickets. We are working on it and will look to make sure it doesn't happen in the next matches. [On the conditions] The surface is good and we expected the new ball to move for which we were prepared. But I think they bowled very well and used the conditions nicely. There was uneven bounce in the pitch but we should have looked to build partnerships. [On whether Pakistan missed a fully fit Shan Masood] Unfortunately, he has an hairline fracture and him not being able to bat at three did have an impact. But, the basics stay the same, you have to survive the new ball and look to score when it gets a bit old.
Justin Greaves is the player of the match: [This performance] is right up there. Whatever it takes to get the team over the line, I always put my best foot forward. We won the first-ever Test at this stadium so it is really good for us. [On his five-for] It was just about being disciplined. We spoke in the dressing room about starting the innings better. We came in and tried to be just as disciplined as possible. I mimicked M Abbas' fuller lengths when he bowled against us in the first and second innings and it pretty much worked out for us.
Samuel Badree tells us that it is the first time in the Caribbean that all 40 wickets have been taken by fast bowlers. It has happened five times before today.
The two collapses were sparked by excellent spells from Justin Greaves and Jayden Seales who made it to the Brian Lara Cricket Academy's honours board with five-fors in the first and second innings. Shan Masood, who scored a gritty 109 in the first innings, and Abbas, with 5-22 in the second innings, have also etched their names in the history of this ground, which was hosting the first-ever Test match.
M Abbas' 23 is the joint fourth-highest score by a Pakistani in this Test. This very stat is enough to help you understand where Pakistan went wrong. It is now three years since Pakistan last won away from home. They have now lost eight consecutive matches away from home on the bounce on four continents. Pakistan made tweaks to their pace attack in their bid to take 20 wickets. And though none of the four pacers they played bowled express pace, they did the job. It is their below-par batting which has let them down. They lost 5 wickets for 15 runs in the first innings and only three batters - the third being Rizwan, with 11, behind unbeaten Babar and Abbas - made it into double digits today when they had to chase 211 on a difficult pitch.
Recent Commentary
40.2
W
Seales to Abbas
It rolls into the off side after thudding into his front pad. Seales turns around to appeal and the umpire raises his finger. It nipped in after hitting on length and Abbas looked to work it into the onside but missed it completely. He sent it upstairs but to his disappointment the ball was brushing the outer part of the leg stump. The inevitable could not be delayed any further. West Indies win the first Test by 90 runs. And, that is the fourth five-for for Seales
40.1
0
Seales to Abbas
Dabbed to the backward point. Length ball on off.
Over40
6 runs, 0 wickets
0PAK 120/9
CRR: 3.000
Babar Azam58 (107b)
Abbas23 (31b)
Warrican2-1-6-0
39.6
4
Warrican to Babar Azam
Super shot! Charges down and smacks it over mid on. Pulled his length and went flatter. It made a nice sound of his bat.
39.5
0
Warrican to Babar Azam
Brings it into his offstump with the arm from length. Crouches to cut it to backward point
39.4
1
Warrican to Abbas
Tossed up and Abbas gives it a big whack. Rolls to deep midwicket off the inside edge
39.3
0
Warrican to Abbas
Abbas presses forward and defends a length ball on off
39.2
1
Warrican to Babar Azam
Jumps out of the crease to meet the tossed ball on pitch. Driven to long off
39.1
0
Warrican to Babar Azam
Darts it onto his front pad. It came into Babar with the arm after pitching at length on off, but Babar had given it a big stride as he looked to defend it. Alex Wharf believes it is a not out. Chase has sent it upstairs. It is sliding down the leg, shows the ball-tracker. We go on to the second ball.
Over39
2 runs, 0 wickets
0PAK 114/9
CRR: 2.920
Babar Azam53 (103b)
Abbas22 (29b)
Seales14-6-20-4
38.6
1
Seales to Babar Azam
Near yorker on middle, punches it to mid-on's left. Fielder gets to it but only half-stops it, allowing the single
38.5
0
Seales to Babar Azam
Length on leg, flicked to midwicket
38.4
0
Seales to Babar Azam
Overpitched on off, driven to mid-off
38.3
0
Seales to Babar Azam
Fulliwh ball outside off, takes off out of nowhere. Babar let it go, lucky not to go after that
38.2
1
Seales to Abbas
Length on leg, flicked through square leg. Warrican ran across to stop it. Seales unhappy with the fielder, wanted him to let it go
38.1
0
Seales to Abbas
Back of length on off, makes room and guides it to backward point
Over38
2 runs, 0 wickets
0PAK 112/9
CRR: 2.950
Babar Azam52 (99b)
Abbas21 (27b)
Hodge1-0-2-0
37.6
0
Hodge to Babar Azam
Dances down and deadbats the fullish ball towards midwicket
37.5
0
Hodge to Babar Azam
Full on leg, defended to midwicket
37.4
0
Hodge to Babar Azam
Length around off, defended to cover point
37.3
0
Hodge to Babar Azam
Full on leg, defended to mid-on
37.2
1
Hodge to Abbas
Really well played. Late cut the length ball from off stump, against the angle, to hit it past short third
37.1
1
Hodge to Babar Azam
Shortish outside off, goes back and slaps it to long-off
Match Details
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Winner

Ground
Brian Lara Stadium, Tarouba, Trinidad
Series
Pakistan tour of West Indies
Season
2026
Hours of play (local time)
10.00 start, Lunch 12.00-12.40, Tea 14.40-15.00, Close 17.00
Match days
25 July 2026 - day (TEST-over match)
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