Windies Must Adapt, Says Brathwaite After First Test Loss

West Indies captain Kraigg Brathwaite has called for greater adaptability and courage following his side’s 127-run defeat to Pakistan in a low-scoring first Test at the Multan Stadium on Sunday.  With all 20 wickets in the match falling to spin, Brathwaite cited the batsmen’s inability to adapt to the turning wicket as a significant factor in the loss. The Men in Maroon would have been pleased with their first-innings efforts, having bowled out the hosts for 230 in a day and a half. Were it not for a stubborn 141-run fifth-wicket partnership between Mohammad Rizwan (71) and Saud Shakeel (84), which held the Pakistani innings together, the Caribbean side might have been chasing a target under 150.  In the fixture that saw mainstay wicketkeeper and vice-captain Joshua Da Silva being replaced by debutant Tevin Imlach, the pick of the bowlers for the Windies was Jayden Seales, who bagged three wickets for 27 runs. Jomel Warrican also claimed 3 wickets, followed by fellow spinners Kevin Sinclair and Gudakesh Motie, with two and one, respectively. In their first-innings reply, however, the West Indies suffered a collapse. Their struggles against spin were glaringly evident on the subcontinental surface, as the Pakistani slow bowlers...