Jomel Warrican is hoping that his extraordinary performances and heroics which saw him lead West Indies to a historic win would help him secure a long run in the team. The left-arm spinner bowled West Indies to victory in the second Test against Pakistan on Monday in Multan.

He took five wickets as the home side crumbled on a crumbling pitch and brought him nine in the match and took his tally to 19 in the two-match series. It was the first time West Indies won on Pakistan soil since December 1990 when Desmond Haynes led the team in Faisalabad.

 
“This win in the second Test was extremely special, knowing the position we came from … most people didn’t give us a chance. So, for the team to bounce back and believe that we had the capability to win the second Test … was amazing and truly a fantastic feeling. We had the firm belief and the dedication to putting in the hard work and we came out to fight and that’s what made it even more rewarding for me as an individual and for us as a team,” Warrican said. He was speaking from his hotel room in Multan.
 
The 32-year-old Vincentian who grew up in Barbados and attended the prestigious Combermere School,  was the obvious winner of the Player of the Series award. Along with his 19 wickets at a phenomenal average of just nine runs per wicket, he also topped the batting averages with 42.5 on the challenging pitches in Multan. 
 
Warrican made his Test debut in Sri Lanka at the end of 2015 and has featured in 19 matches since then. He has been in and out of the team. He played last summer against South Africa in Trinidad and Guyana where he took eight wickets in the two matches but was not required when Bangladesh came to the West Indies for two matches in Antigua and Jamaica last November as the selectors went for an attack featuring five seam bowlers.

 
“I was never able to play consistently, and it often feels like every Test is like my first Test. So, to come and have a performance like this is extremely special feeling and, hopefully, I can get many more performances like this and continue to move forward from here.”
He touched on what worked well in the second Test to befuddle the local batsmen in their familiar conditions. “I found that when you bowled a lot slower you got more ‘purchase’ off the wicket than if you're quicker, and it helped. I also realized that being consistent and dropping the ball in the right area to force the batsmen on the front foot at a very slow pace worked … and, obviously, you have to put good ‘revs’ (revolutions) on the ball at the same time.”
 
Warrican returns home later this week. His next assignment will be next week representing Barbados Pride at Kensington Oval in the regional four-day first-class competition. The West Indies' next Test series will be against Australia at home, starting in Barbados from June 25.