West Indies' Kevin Sinclair (R) celebrates with his teammates after taking the wicket of Pakistan's Babar Azam (L) during the second day of the second Test cricket match between Pakistan and West Indies at the Multan Cricket Stadium in Multan on January 26, 2025. (Photo by Farooq NAEEM / AFP)
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West Indies’ Kevin Sinclair (R) celebrates with his teammates after taking the wicket of Pakistan’s Babar Azam (L) during the second day of the second Test cricket match between Pakistan and West Indies at the Multan Cricket Stadium in Multan on January 26, 2025. | AFP photo.
Kevin Sinclair led a West Indian spin trio to give the tourists a sniff of a series-levelling win in the second Test Sunday with Pakistan on the ropes at 76-4 after day two in Multan.
The gutsy West Indies scored 244 in their second innings to set the hosts a daunting 254-run target on a spinning Multan Stadium pitch.
At stumps, Saud Shakeel was unbeaten on 13 and nightwatchman Kashif Ali on one. The West Indies need only six more wickets to draw the series 1-1.
Pakistan need a demanding 178 runs for victory. They won the first Test by 127 runs, also in Multan.
Sinclair (2-41) opened the floodgates by trapping Pakistan skipper Shan Masood leg before for two and then had the prized wicket of Babar Azam caught for a dour 31.
Azam had added 43 with Kamran Ghulam, who was dropped twice, on two and six, but the lapses did not prove costly to the West Indies.
Gudakesh Motie had Muhammad Hurraira for two and Jomel Warrican dismissed Ghulam for 19.
The day saw 14 wickets fall, after 20 on day one.
In the morning West Indian skipper and opener Kraigg Brathwaite led the fight for the visitors with a gritty 52.
The last four wickets added an invaluable 99 runs before the tourists were dismissed for 244 in their second innings at tea.
