West Indies vs Pakistan Tests 2024–25: 1–1 Draw — Jomel Warrican Player of Series with 19 Wickets and 9/70 in 2nd Test Multan, West Indies' First Win in Pakistan in 34 Years Since 1990

The 2-match Test series between Pakistan and West Indies in January 2025 ended 1–1, with both matches played at the Multan Cricket Stadium on spin-friendly surfaces that produced fast, 3-day finishes dominated by spinners from both sides. The series was notable for two contrasting outcomes: Pakistan's dominant 127-run spin demolition in the 1st Test, followed by West Indies' historic 120-run win in the 2nd Test — their first Test victory on Pakistani soil since 1990, a 34-year wait. Jomel Warrican's extraordinary bowling across the series — 19 wickets at a low average, with a 9/70 match haul in the 2nd Test — was the decisive individual performance and earned him the Player of the Series award. The series illustrated the impact of spin-bowling-friendly surfaces at Multan and the fine margins in Test cricket between dominant victory and heavy defeat: both sides spun out their opponents within 3 days in each match, with spinners accounting for the vast majority of wickets in the series. 1st Test Multan (January 17–19, 2025): Pakistan won by 127 runs in a 3-day match comprehensively dominated by Pakistan's spin-bowling attack. Pakistan batted first and scored 230 — a moderate total but enough on a Multan surface that turned sharply from the first day. West Indies were bowled out for 137 in their 1st innings — a 93-run deficit — as Sajid Khan took 5/50 and Abrar Ahmed took 4/27, with the Pakistan spin pair accounting for the bulk of West Indies' top order. Notably, Pakistan's spinners took all 20 West Indies wickets in the match — a complete spin-bowling dominance that demonstrated how prepared Multan's surface was for the home spinners. Pakistan's 2nd innings of 157 set West Indies a chase of 251; West Indies were bowled out for 123 (Warrican taking 7 wickets in the match for West Indies including some resistance with the bat), and Pakistan won by 127 runs. Mohammad Rizwan scored 71 in Pakistan's first innings; Saud Shakeel contributed 84. Sajid Khan was named Player of the Match for his match-defining spin bowling. 2nd Test Multan (January 25–27, 2025): West Indies won by 120 runs in another 3-day finish — but this time it was Jomel Warrican's left-arm spin that proved decisive. West Indies batted first and scored 163 — a low total on the surface but West Indies' bowlers would make it competitive. Pakistan replied with 154, giving West Indies a small but useful lead. West Indies' 2nd innings of 244 — built with greater discipline and Warrican contributing with the bat (36 runs to accompany his bowling) — set Pakistan a target of 254 to win. Pakistan were then bowled out for 133: Warrican took 5/27 in Pakistan's 2nd innings and 4/43 in their 1st innings — match figures of 9/70. West Indies won by 120 runs, completing their first Test win in Pakistan since 1990 — a historic moment for West Indian cricket's Test standing. The 2nd Test victory was West Indies' 5th overseas Test win of the 2023–25 WTC cycle and confirmed their competitive ability against Test nations on spinning surfaces.

Warrican's 9/70 Second Test: West Indies' Historic Pakistan Win

Jomel Warrican's match figures of 9/70 in the 2nd Test at Multan — comprising 4/43 in Pakistan's 1st innings and 5/27 in Pakistan's 2nd innings — was one of the finest match-bowling performances by a West Indian spinner in the history of Tests in Asia, and the defining performance that delivered West Indies their first Test win in Pakistan since 1990. Warrican, a Barbadian left-arm orthodox spinner who had established himself as the key spin threat in West Indies' Test setup, exploited the Multan surface's turn and bounce to generate consistent edges and trap Pakistan's batters in front for lbw decisions. His 5/27 in Pakistan's 2nd innings was particularly destructive: Pakistan needed 254 to win and were bowled out for 133, with Warrican reducing their middle order on a surface that deteriorated rapidly as the match progressed. His approach — slow left-arm spin delivered on a precise off-stump line with the ability to vary his pace and flight — proved too much for Pakistan's batters, who were accustomed to playing their own spinners on similar surfaces but struggled to play a quality left-arm spinner from the other end. Warrican's batting contribution of 36 runs in West Indies' 2nd innings also gave the bowlers a target that, while not large, was exactly enough to win with the bowling performance he then produced. His 19-wicket series haul (including 9/70 in the 2nd Test and 10 wickets in the 1st Test combined across both matches) was the kind of sustained spin-bowling excellence that changes a series — in this case, delivering West Indies the series-levelling win from a position where they had lost the 1st Test by 127 runs. The win in 2025 ended Pakistan's 34-year unbeaten home record against West Indies in Tests (West Indies' previous Test win in Pakistan was in 1990) — a landmark result in West Indian cricket.

Pakistan's 1st Test Spin Dominance: All 20 Wickets

Pakistan's 1st Test win over West Indies by 127 runs at Multan was built on an extraordinary spin-bowling performance: Pakistan's spinners took all 20 West Indies wickets in the match — 5/50 by Sajid Khan and 4/27 by Abrar Ahmed in the 1st innings, with further contributions in the 2nd innings. This complete spin dominance was only possible on the Multan surface, which was prepared to offer turn from the first hour and continued to deteriorate through the match's 3 days. Sajid Khan — an off-spin bowler who had struggled for consistency at international level — was at his best in home conditions at Multan, where the surface matched his variation of pace, flight, and the ability to generate sharp off-break turn from rough areas on the pitch. Abrar Ahmed's 4/27 in the 1st innings was equally impressive: a leg-spinner who generates sharp turn and a deceptive googly, Abrar created problems for West Indies' batters from the opposite end to Sajid's off-break. The combination of two quality spinners bowling from opposite angles on a Multan surface ensured that West Indies' batters had no respite across both innings. Pakistan's 127-run win set up the expectation of a comfortable series win — until West Indies responded in the 2nd Test with their own complete spin performance through Warrican, levelling the series and claiming historic status as the first West Indies side to win a Test in Pakistan since 1990. The 1–1 draw reflected both teams' ability to produce complete match-winning bowling performances on identical surfaces, with the result determined by the quality of Warrican's 2nd Test bowling for West Indies.