Pace rules as Seales five-for extends Pakistan’s overseas struggles

Seales runs riot Jayden Seales picked up a five-wicket haul in a pace-dominated Test. He tore through Pakistan’s batting and was the standout bowler. The result extends Pakistan’s overseas woes. They struggled again against quality seam bowling and couldn’t cope with the conditions. It was a seamers’ game from start to finish. Seales’ five-star spell put the hosts in control, while Pakistan’s familiar problems away from home resurfaced — batting collapses against pace. Chasing 211, Pakistan were hopelessly outgunned from the outset, losing three wickets before lunch, with Babar Azam limply hanging on until he swiftly, and inevitably, ran out of partners at the other end. It inflicts a record extending eighth consecutive away Test defeat for Pakistan, and ensures West Indies cannot lose the series. Shamar Joseph and Kemar Roach came together at 93/7 and built a priceless 8th-wicket partnership. They took the lead to 155 overnight on Day 3. Pakistan began the day poorly. Mohammad Ali bowled a wayward over and Mohammad Rizwan was off with the gloves — 4 byes + a dropped catch. That gave West Indies 8 bonus runs right at the start. With Pakistan’s known struggles chasing in the 4th innings, the mounting lead and early mistakes added immediate pressure from the outset. The first half hour saw runscoring come to both batters easily, with Joseph continuing with his belligerence, a straight six off Khurram Shahzad perhaps the shot of the day. By the time a slower ball from Ali pierced his defences, the partnership had added 61. The last two wickets kept chipping away with a cluster of useful runs, adding another 27 before Mohammad Abbas returned to clean up the tail, and pick up a richly deserved five-wicket haul in the process. Greaves wrecks the middle order Justin Greaves carried his form from the first innings. Ball 1: Seaming delivery that nipped away from Rizwan and knocked off his off stump He then trapped a promoted Aamer Jamal lbw. Jamal had been pushed up to No. 6 and looked uncomfortable. Greaves ended with 7 wickets across 7 overs in the match. Aamer Jamal had earlier needed a concussion test after taking a short ball on the helmet. He returned but fell cheaply to Greaves. But it was like screaming into the void, resistance without the heroism. Pakistan dragged West Indies to tea, but Seales, who took five wickets on debut against this opposition, struck Abbas on the pads with his second delivery of the session, and Pakistan's resistance, modest as it was, was finally broken. West Indies had the win they had deserved, and on what would have been Garry Sobers' 90th birthday, a mourning region had been given its present. West Indies 311 (Hope 92, Hodge 84, Ali 4-50) and 181 (Joseph 38, Chanderpaul 35, Abbas 5-22) beat Pakistan 282 (Masood 109, Imam 63, Greaves 5-27) and 120 (Babar 58*, Seales 5-18) by 90 runs