Pakistan lost their last five wickets for 15 runs, crumbling to 282 runs all-out.
West Indies pacer Justin Greaves etched his name into the record books of Test history in the ongoing first Test against Pakistan at the Brian Lara Cricket Academy in Tarouba.
After Pakistan appeared to be in a strong position during their opening innings, the West Indies all-rounder shifted the momentum of the match on Day 3 with a powerful performance.
Greaves ended up with a career-best 5/27 from 11 overs, taking all five wickets without giving up a run in five consecutive maiden overs. Additionally, it was the 31-year-old's first Test cricket five-wicket haul.
Shan Masood led the Pakistan innings with 109 runs, while Imam Ul Haq made 63 runs. However, batters after them failed to build on the excellent platform led by these two batters, thanks to Justin Greaves’s amazing bowling spell.
Greaves removed Shan Masood for 109 when the ex-Pakistan captain sliced the ball back onto his stumps. He then dismissed Aamer Jamal with a jagged back delivery before trapping Ali Usman leg-before for a duck in the very next over.
Pakistan relied on Mohammad Rizwan, but Greaves forced the wicketkeeper-batsman to flash at a wide delivery, resulting in an edge behind. In the first over after lunch, he finished his five-wicket haul when Mohammad Abbas pushed outside off stump and was caught behind.
The previous record of four straight wicket-maidens was set by former England fast bowler Stuart Broad against South Africa in Johannesburg in January 2016.
In addition to being Greaves' first Test five-for, the spell guaranteed that his name would go down in history with an accomplishment never before seen in Test records.
Thanks to Greaves, Pakistan lost their last five wickets for just 15 runs, getting bowled out for 282 and handing West Indies a slim lead of 29 runs.