{"id":196259,"date":"2026-07-23T22:18:48","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T03:48:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=196259"},"modified":"2026-07-23T22:18:48","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T03:48:48","slug":"wi-vs-pak-brian-lara-stadium-hosts-maiden-test-as-west-indies-takes-on-pakistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=196259","title":{"rendered":"WI vs PAK: Brian Lara Stadium hosts maiden Test as West Indies takes on Pakistan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"content-body-71260768\">West Indies and Pakistan meet at Test cricket\u2019s newest venue in Trinidad on Saturday at the start of a two-match series in which the home side will be enjoying rare favoured status against the unsettled visitors.<\/p>\n<p>Brian Lara Stadium, located in the south of the island, has previously hosted one-day and T20 internationals along with regional First-Class fixtures.<\/p>\n<p>It becomes the nation\u2019s second Test match venue and 13th in the West Indies, drawing it alongside Queen\u2019s Park Oval in the capital, Port of Spain, the venue of the second Test a week later.<\/p>\n<p>Roston Chase enjoyed his first match and series wins as West Indies Test captain just three weeks ago when the Caribbean team demolished Sri Lanka by an innings and 217 runs and then played out a draw in the second and final Test, both matches played in Antigua.<\/p>\n<p>Chase missed the recent ODI series loss to New Zealand with an injury to his right index finger.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRoston is a fighter. I know he\u2019s not going to want to miss any Test cricket,\u201d West Indies head coach Daren Sammy said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m pretty sure Dr. Byam (team physio Denis Byam) has a way of keeping guys on the park, so I\u2019m pretty sure Roston will be ready for the first Test.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It was its first home Test series triumph since a 2-0 sweep of Bangladesh in 2022, a result which also gave it its last consecutive series wins anywhere as the whitewash of the Bangladeshis was preceded by a notable 1-0 home triumph over England in a three-Test contest.<\/p>\n<p><b>Also read | <a href=\"https:\/\/sportstar.thehindu.com\/cricket\/india-cricket-schedule-asian-games-confirmed-list-of-fixtures-draw-men-women-teams\/article71258004.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">India cricket schedule at Asian Games announced<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>West Indies is not expected to make significant alterations to the winning combination from the Sri Lankan series, although left-arm spinner Jomel Warrican is likely to come into consideration at the expense of fast-medium bowler Anderson Phillip given the expectation of a pitch favouring spin later in the match.<\/p>\n<p>In stark contrast, Pakistan has once again revamped its squad in the aftermath of a 2-0 series loss in Bangladesh two months ago with senior batter Babar Azam returning as captain in place of Shan Masood in hope of reviving its Test fortunes.<\/p>\n<p>Babar and opening batter Azan Awais both compiled hundreds in the lone warm-up match against a West Indies Select XI at the weekend while most of the other main batters also got confidence-boosting runs.<\/p>\n<p>However the most encouraging aspect of the match in batting-friendly conditions for the tourists was the bowling of pacer Mohammad Ali, who took five wickets in the first innings and will be relied upon, together with the other members of the restructured pace armoury, to give Pakistan a chance to end a miserable run of seven consecutive Test match losses away from home.<\/p>\n<p>Its last visit to the Caribbean in 2021 finished in a 1-1 draw after two Tests in Kingston while the teams\u2019 most recent Test encounters were in the spin-dominant Multan in January of 2025 when the West Indies trumped Pakistan at its own game in the second match to also leave that series at 1-1.<\/p>\n<p>This meeting of two unpredictable sides carries the additional dimension of intervention by the elements as the July\/August period is usually one of significant rainfall in the southern Caribbean.<\/p>\n<p>While Trinidad has enjoyed hot, sunny conditions in the days leading up to the first Test, there is certainly no guarantee that such pleasant cricketing weather will be sustained over the fortnight of this short series.<\/p>\n<p class=\"publish-time\" id=\"end-of-article\">Published on Jul 24, 2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/sportstar.thehindu.com\/cricket\/babar-azam-returns-as-captain-pakistan-vs-west-indies-test-series-brian-lara-stadium-venue\/article71260768.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>West Indies and Pakistan meet at Test cricket\u2019s newest venue in Trinidad on Saturday at the start of a two-match series in which the home side will be enjoying rare favoured status against the unsettled visitors. Brian Lara Stadium, located in the south of the island, has previously hosted one-day and T20 internationals along with&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":196260,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-196259","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/AFP_C3244LN.jpg","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":196718,"url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=196718","url_meta":{"origin":196259,"position":0},"title":"PAK vs WI, 1st Test, LIVE streaming info: When, where to watch Pakistan v West Indies match?","author":"Ajay Kumar Verma","date":"July 24, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Pakistan will take on West Indies in the first Test match at the Brian Lara Stadium in Tarouba starting Saturday. 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