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Opening batsman Devon Smith has replaced Chris Gayle in West Indies' Test squad for the upcoming tour of South Africa

Ottis Gibson, the West Indies coach, hailed the team spirit and character his side showed in winning the first Test against Pakistan by 40 runs on Sunday

Pakistan's batsmen have come in for flak from ex-Pakistan cricketers after posting totals of 160 and 178 in their loss to West Indies in Providence

"This is what West Indies cricket is about," Darren Sammy, the team's captain, said after a morale-boosting win over Pakistan in the first Test in Providence

On a surface atoning for modern cricket's batting sins, a compelling Test again went this way and that, before nestling, at the end of the third day at Providence, loosely in the hands of the West Indies

West Indies pace bowler Ravi Rampaul has said that his team are one wicket away from the "breakthrough" they need to win the first Test against Pakistan

West Indies wrapped up their first and most significant Test win in over two years, since they beat England at the start of 2009

West Indies coach Ottis Gibson has praised the composure shown by legspinner Devendra Bishoo, who picked up four wickets on Test debut

Legspinner Devendra Bishoo added to his burgeoning reputation with a probing debut spell that befuddled Pakistan's batsmen on the second day in Providence and gave West Indies a handy, and unexpected, lead

West Indies did fight as best they could but by the end of a long, attritional day on an uneven surface, at 209 for 9, it wasn't looking like the fight would be enough against a Pakistan side heavily reliant on spin

West Indies captain Darren Sammy struck a confident note ahead of the first Test against Pakistan and said that his team would look carry the winning momentum from the last two games of the ODI series against the visitors into the first Test

ESPNcricinfo previews the first Test between West Indies and Pakistan at Providence

Brendan Nash, the West Indies vice-captain, is confident he will take strong form in to the first Test against Pakistan, which starts in Guyana on Thursday

Shivnarine Chanderpaul has been confirmed as part of West Indies' squad for the first Test against Pakistan, starting in Guyana on Thursday