Cricket-Five-star Jayden helps seal West Indies win against Pakistan


July 29 (Reuters) - Paceman Jayden ⁠Seales claimed his fourth five-wicket haul to bowl West Indies ⁠to a 90-run victory over Pakistan in the opening ‌Test in Tarouba on Tuesday.

After eking out a 29-run first-innings lead, West Indies made 181 in their second innings to set Pakistan a target of 211.

Seales (5-20) and ​his pace colleagues returned to producea superb ⁠fast-bowling display at the ⁠Brian Lara Stadium, routing Pakistan for 120 in a little over 40 ⁠overs.

Pakistan ‌captain Babar Azam made an unbeaten 58 and combined with No. 11 Mohammad Abbas (23) in a brief resistance, ⁠but West Indies' victory appeared a formality after the ​tourists slumped to ‌71-9.

Pakistan No. 3 Shan Masood, who fractured his finger during ⁠his first-innings ​knock of 109, batted at No. 8 in the second innings. He made three before Seales dismissed him.

West Indies captain Roston Chase dedicated the ⁠victory to West Indies great Garry Sobers, ​who died earlier this month.

"We wanted to make him proud and had a chat about it before the match. I hope he is ⁠smiling down on us," Chase said afterwards.

"I love the direction this team is heading. We're not relying on one or two players; everyone is chipping in at crucial moments."

Babar said Pakistan's lack ​of partnerships proved costly.

"Today, as a batting unit, ⁠we weren't up to the mark. We kept losing wickets back-to-back ​and the batting failed. That's something we're ‌working on," he said.

The second and ​final Test in Port of Spain begins on Sunday.

(Reporting by Amlan Chakraborty in New Delhi; Editing by Muralikumar Anantharaman)

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