Kraigg Brathwaite became the first opener to be unbeaten in both innings of a Test, as he led West Indies to an absorbing five-wicket win over Pakistan in Sharjah - their first Test win outside the West Indies and Bangladesh since 2007. It was also West Indies' first win in 14 Tests and their first under the captaincy of Jason Holder.

Yet, resuming on 114 for 5, with 39 runs to win, overnight batsmen Brathwaite and Shane Dowrich showed no sign of letting the occasion get to them. Brathwaite opened proceedings with a crisp drive to the cover boundary off Wahab Riaz on the first ball of the day. Dowrich smacked a half-tracker from Yasir Shah to the midwicket boundary in the next over. That set the tone as the pair took just 7.5 overs to knock down the target in clinical fashion on the fifth morning.

While neither batsman looked to force the pace, they were not afraid to put away bad balls either. Late cuts and drives through the off side featured prominently as the pair glided past the finish line with minimum fuss. Dowrich sealed the win, slashing a short ball from Mohammad Amir towards the third-man boundary for the sixth four of the morning.

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What is "famous" bout this win?

Man our standards hit rock bottom.

They sent a woefully unprepared and coachless team. No reason that this team shouldn't have been competitive throughout and actually win with the talent we have.

The team finally started playing at 1/2 potential by the end.

Dave and his Mal administration should be ashamed.

But given the way we are we will be celebrating.

Ah well...people get the kings they deserve.

Such low standards we set ourselves.

In reply to Tagwa1

Famous: known about by many people.

In reply to natty_forever

I stand corrected...

In reply to Tagwa1
Well this series prove that, good batting coaches and bowling coaches could be just as influential as an okay head coach. This team however need more batsmen to follow the example of Kraigg and value their wicket. Also, Johnson and Samuels really have to sort out their game, they are really disappointing.

FIRST TEST should have been a WI victory

SECOND TEST easily a draw

....WI should have won the series 2-0 if only they had more disciplined batting. And this is against the NO.2 side in the world.

In reply to analyst-kid

And how you think they became # 2? By beating up on Bangla and WI?

In reply to analyst-kid

Darren Bravo lacked the stamina that Kraigg Brathwaite displayed