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West Indies captain Darren Sammy insists his side always supposed they could beat Pakistan in spite of the new off-field struggles.
West Indies hit Pakistan by 40 runs in the first Test. The build up to the first Test was strong-minded by public rows between senior players, while the likes of Chris Gayle and Dwayne Bravo were omitted from the squad.
However, Sammy's side pulled jointly as they record their first Test win in more than two years with the 40-run victory in Guyana.
And Sammy, who took five wickets in the next innings, said: "This is what West Indies cricket is about."
"We as a team wanted this presentation. Lately, things hadn't been going well but I had the belief, this team had the belief."
Ravi Rampaul necessary his assortment as he took seven wickets in the match, having before only claim four victims in his preceding five Tests.
And Sammy was satisfied for the fast bowler, saying: "Rampaul looks fit, and has work really hard with Ottis Gibson. It was a rough choice to pick among him and Fidel Edwards."
For Pakistan, captain Misbah-ul-Haq was absent to rue what might have been as his side drooping from 80-3 to 178 all out chasing 219 for victory.
"To lose this Test is unsatisfactory, they played better cricket and bowled restricted lines," said Misbah.
"We drop so many catches and gave away so many runs to the lower order. We were a little unsatisfactory from the batting point of view also.
"We fought well on Saturday to get well after losing early wickets, but most of our guys got out to good balls."
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