Last Updated on August 4, 2026, 2:47 AM AST by Anthony Morris
The 2nd test match of Pakistan tour of the West Indies 2026 first day concluded with West Indies on 239/5 after 74 overs. The second test match is taking place at the Queen’s Park Oval stadium in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago.
The second test match started on Sunday August 2 and will conclude on Thursday August 6, 2026. The West Indies cricket men’s team won the toss and chose to go for batting first. Tagenarine Chanderpaul and Brandon King opened the batting for the West Indies team Chanderpaul scored 15 runs in 32 balls before Pakistan’s Mohammad Ali dismissed his wicket. Ali Usman took Brandon’s wicket after the Windies cricketer had scored 46 runs in 50 balls
After the loss of 5 wickets Justin Greaves and Captain Roston Chase led the team with the unbeaten 66 run partnership. Graves scored his half century in 99 balls and scored 66 runs in 125 balls. During his time on the crease on the first day of the second match, he hit 8 fours. Captain Chase scored 30 runs in 60 balls at the end of the first day.
The Windies Cricket also congratulated Justin Greaves for achieving a milestone in his career in the test match online. The Windies Cricket said, “Justin Greaves led the way with a composed 64, guiding the West Indies to a solid position after the opening day’s play, making it a dream summer, Justin reaches another milestone”.
Additionally, the first test match between the two teams was held from July 25 to 29. The West Indies team won the match on the 4th day with 90 runs. The West Indies team dismissed all the wickets of the Pakistan team at the 40th over. The match took place at the Brian Lara Cricket Academy, Tarouba, Trinidad and Tobago.
Justin Greaves became the player of the match as he dismissed the 7 wickets of the Pakistan batters for 39 runs and scored 35 runs in 71 balls during the first test match. Greaves took the 5 wickets in the first innings and created a history of first bowler to bowl five consecutive wicket-maiden overs in the test cricket. He returned to the field on Day four and claimed another 2 wickets as the Pakistan team was chasing a target of 211.
Notably, Jayden Seales also contributed to the West Indies winning the first test match by dismissing the 6 wickets of the Pakistan batters in the team’s second innings.
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