{"id":26431,"date":"2025-02-09T02:00:10","date_gmt":"2025-02-09T02:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=26431"},"modified":"2025-02-09T02:00:11","modified_gmt":"2025-02-09T02:00:11","slug":"spin-puts-windies-in-trouble-down-1-0-in-test-match-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/spin-puts-windies-in-trouble-down-1-0-in-test-match-series\/","title":{"rendered":"Spin Puts Windies in Trouble \u2013 Down 1-0 in Test Match Series"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><em>January 20, 2025<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The West Indies cricket team finds themselves in a tough spot after suffering a 127-run defeat to Pakistan in the opening Test of their two-match series in Multan. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The match, which lasted just three days, was dominated by Pakistan&#8217;s spinners, who claimed 34 of the 40 available wickets in the game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pakistan, resuming the day at 109\/3, were dismissed for 157, setting a target of 251 for the West Indies. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, the Caribbean side struggled against the spin attack, with Sajid Khan taking five wickets, Abrar Ahmed claiming four, and Noman Ali adding one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>West Indies, unable to cope with the pressure, were bowled out for 123, handing Pakistan a commanding victory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>West Indies captain Kraigg Brathwaite expressed disappointment with his side&#8217;s performance, noting that the team failed to maintain pressure on the hosts during key moments. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Brathwaite acknowledged that a better, more consistent all-round performance is necessary for the West Indies to bounce back in the second Test.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The second Test will begin on January 25, and Brathwaite emphasized that his team must find a way to perform better to level the series.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>January 20, 2025 The West Indies cricket team finds themselves in a tough spot after suffering a 127-run defeat to Pakistan in the opening Test of their two-match series in&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":25601,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350,352],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26431","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-sports"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26431","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26431"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26431\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26432,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26431\/revisions\/26432"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25601"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26431"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26431"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26431"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}