Kemar Roach and Jaden Seals shared an unbeaten 17-run stand to help West Indies register a memorable one-wicket win over Pakistan in the first Test in Jamaica. For Roach, the Test match took several turns and brought some relief. However 33-year-old Kemar Roach took advantage of this opportunity and teamed up with Seals to take the hosts to the final. Roach said after playing, ‘I have never been in such a situation before while batting with the tail. “I’m part of the tail, so for me, it was to go out there and believe. It was the biggest thing — believing and staying positive — and it worked, and I thank you.”

Kemar Roach said that he tried to play with a positive intention and stuck to the old adage of playing every ball to the best of his ability. He advised his junior teammate Jaden Nigel Tristan Seals to focus on the straight ball and protect his stumps. “The plan was to just stay positive,” he said again. “That’s me. I was just trying to take every ball. It’s the most important innings ever. I was just trying to pick the distance and try hard. The stump has to be protected.” Its biggest danger is the straight ball advised by Roach to Nigel. He did it very well. He is a star for the future. His five wickets tell us all about our cricket today. All the best to him and I wish him a wonderful future. I want.”

In the meantime, it has been such a close, yet so far, the case for Pakistan. Incidentally, the Caribbean has had its share of heartbreak for visitors. In 1987–1988, an undefeated total of 61 for a ninth-wicket partnership with Winston Benjamin and Jeff Dujon in Barbados and Pakistan were denied a famously spectacular victory. According to him, one or two decisions were not taken.

In 2000, in a Test match in Antigua, Pakistan missed a run-out opportunity and two decisions were not taken in their favor, with West Indies winning by one wicket. This time, Pakistan and Babar Azam were left out for a number of changes that were put down. Babar said, “That’s the beauty of Test cricket.” “The way this match ended – you can see the momentum flowing from one side to the other.

Also read: West Indies’ Kemar has never been in such a situation before

“We tried to give it our 100%. Our players tried, our bowlers and fielders tried. But the one or two chances we got in the form of catches last season – did we take advantage of that. That result match Could have been different, he said.

Mohammad Babar Azam also revealed. That he could not form enough partnerships during the Test match and kept losing momentum. “We then took it back and lost one wicket after another. In a Test match, if you keep wasting momentum from advantageous positions, you struggle to get a big score. Let’s critique it. Similar incidents happened in the second innings, however, we weren’t able to put together a partnership as big as our first dig, which resulted in a lower target than we thought.”