West Indies triumph as Pakistan suffer 8th consecutive overseas Test defeat! When did Babar Azam last win a Test abroad?

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• West Indies beat Pakistan by 90 runs, suffered their 8th straight overseas loss.

• Jayden Seales takes 5/20; Babar Azam’s 58* not out delays defeat in Trinidad.

• Pakistan’s poor overseas Test record continues to haunt the team despite a change in captaincy. 

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West Indies produced a clinical bowling display to seal a 90-run victory over Pakistan shortly after tea on the fourth day of the first Test, with fast bowler Jayden Seales tearing through the visitors’ batting order to finish with figures of 5 for 20.

Chasing a target of 211 for victory, Pakistan’s second innings unravelled like a pack of cards on a pitch that had started to deteriorate, with the visitors slumping to 71 for 9 and looking set to record their lowest-ever total against West Indies in Test cricket.

Salvation, at least temporarily, came through a defiant tenth-wicket stand between captain Babar Azam and Mohammad Abbas, who added 49 crucial runs together to push the match into the evening session.

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Babar eventually finished unbeaten on 58, while the innings, and the match, came to a close when Seales trapped Abbas leg before wicket for 23 at the Brian Lara Cricket Academy in Trinidad.

Pakistan’s downfall began well before lunch, as Seales removed Imam-ul-Haq, Azan Awais and Salman Agha in quick succession to put the visitors under early pressure. Justin Greaves, fresh off an extraordinary five-wicket haul in the first innings, did further damage by bowling Mohammad Rizwan and later trapping Aamer Jamal leg before wicket, tightening West Indies’ grip on the contest.

Shan Masood walked out with a fractured finger and briefly held firm to delay the inevitable before eventually spooning a simple catch to backward point, which effectively ended any lingering hopes of a Pakistani fightback.

Throughout the innings, Babar remained the standout figure for Pakistan, as he batted with composure and resolve even as wickets tumbled around him. Ultimately, though, he ran out of partners capable of sticking around long enough to mount a genuine rescue act.

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The result extends a troubling pattern that stretches back to Pakistan’s last overseas Test win, which came during their 2023 tour of Sri Lanka, where they completed a 2-0 series sweep under Babar’s captaincy. That triumph included a dominant innings-and-222-run victory in the second Test at Colombo’s SSC ground, powered by Abdullah Shafique’s 201, an unbeaten 132 from Agha Salman, and a seven-wicket haul from spinner Noman Ali.

The series opener in Galle had been equally impressive, a four-wicket win built around Saud Shakeel’s unbeaten 208 and further contributions from Salman with the ball.

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Since that high point, Pakistan’s away form has steadily deteriorated, with defeats stacking up against Australia, South Africa, Bangladesh and now West Indies, painting a troubling picture for a team once capable of dominating series on foreign soil.

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Eight consecutive away defeats isn’t a slump; it’s a pattern that points to deeper structural issues within Pakistan’s Test setup.

Losing narrowly in tough conditions is one thing, but the margins here- innings defeats, ten-wicket losses, and now a collapse to 71 for 9 chasing a modest target- suggest a batting unit that consistently struggles to adapt once conditions turn even slightly unfavourable.

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Babar’s gritty knock deserves genuine credit; carrying an innings almost single-handedly speaks to his class as a batter, but leadership alone can’t fix a broader trend this consistent.

Pakistan have now struggled equally in Australia, South Africa, Bangladesh and the Caribbean, environments that demand very different skill sets. That breadth of failure suggests the problem isn’t tactical or conditions-specific, but something more fundamental in how the squad prepares for and approaches cricket outside familiar, spin-friendly home conditions.

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