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Pakistan win first away Test in three years to draw Windies series
August 5, 2026
Source: BBC Sport · Read on source site
Since their last Test away win, Pakistan had lost a three-match series in Australia and two-match campaigns in South Africa and Bangladesh
>Second Test, Queen's Park Oval, Port-of-Spain (day four of five)
>West Indies 344 (Greaves 73; Sajid 4-85) & 117 (Sajid 4-32, Usman 4-39)
>Pakistan 387 (Shafique 160*, Babar 88; Warrican 6-112) & 77-2
>Pakistan won by eight wickets; series drawn 1-1
>Pakistan completed their first overseas Test win in three years with an eight-wicket victory over West Indies in Trinidad to draw the series 1-1.
>Chasing a target of 75 in Port-of-Spain, Abdullah Shafique and captain Babar Azam both made an unbeaten 24 as the tourists wrapped up the match inside 24 overs on day four.
>The home side, who had won the first Test in Tarouba, resumed their second innings on 103-6 overnight after losing three wickets just before the close on day three.
>That left them just 60 ahead, with Pakistan having made 387 in response to West Indies' first-innings score of 344.
>They were bowled out for 117 within half an hour on Wednesday, losing their three remaining wickets with batter Brandon King absent hurt.
>Spinners Ali Usman (4-39) and Sajid Khan (4-32) led the way with the former, playing in his second Test, claiming two of his wickets on day four.
>Pakistan lost openers Imam-ul-Haq, caught by Jason Greaves off Jayden Seales for nine, and Azan Awais, bowled by Shamar Joseph for 18, as they reached 57-2 at lunch.
>But Shafique and Babar, who had scored 160 not out and 88 respectively in the first innings, finished the game off in the sixth over after the interval.
>The win ends a run of eight consecutive away defeats for Pakistan since they beat Sri Lanka in Colombo in July 2023.
>They now head to England for a three-match Test series, beginning at Headingley on Wednesday, 19 August.
>West Indies beat Pakistan & dedicate win to Sobers
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