5 standout performers from the Pakistan vs West Indies Test series

#2 Kraigg Brathwaite

Brathwaite became the first batsman in history to carry his bat at the end of both innings of a Test

He is the quintessential Test opener in the classical mould - from a school of batting that reveres the principles of grinding down the bowlers and lasting sessions together.For their first Test win in a long while, the Windies owe everything to Brathwaite’s perseverance at the crease.

In the victorious 3rd Test at Sharjah, Brathwaite battled the odds with a monk-like focus, spending close to 700 minutes at the crease and weathering 427 balls for his unbeaten 202 runs across both innings. His dogged resistance combined with useful lower order contributions from Roston Chase, Shane Dowrich and Devendra Bishoo helped the Windies lift themselves from a lowly 68/4 to a position of strength with a very handy 56 run lead at the end of their first innings.

Brathwaite carried his bat through this innings of 142, becoming the fifth from his country to achieve the feat. After Holder and Bishoo ran through the Pakistan batting in the 2nd innings, the Windies were handed a fantastic opportunity to script a historic win, left with only 153 to chase.

However, winning is a habit they had lost touch with. Another top-order collapse left them at 67/5 and in danger of frittering away that chance, but Brathwaite rose to the occasion again with a solid, unbeaten knock of 60 that calmly saw through the nervy moments and guided them to victory.

By finishing unbeaten in both innings of the Test, he became the only opening batsman in the history of Test cricket to do so. Come to think of it, he had spent the entire duration of the Test on the field.

He finished second to Azhar Ali in the list of run-getters from the series, accumulating 328 runs from 6 innings at an average of 82.