The pitch slowed down and West Indies had just one specialist spinner in Devendra Bishoo who picked up two of the Pakistan wickets to fall on Saturday.
"I was surprised to see the pitch offer so much turn and bounce," admitted Sammy as Pakistan were able to take full advantage of the surface.
"I was very happy when West Indies won the toss and chose to bat because I thought the pitch would help our spinners. I think our spinners have been doing a great job for us in the last few months, and they again set things up for us,"said skipper Shahid Afridi.
Sammy reckoned the batting needed a change of approach.
"We put ourselves in a hole when we were batting, and the spinners were bowling, so we really have to come better in the next game," he said.
"We may need to show more intent in our approach.
"We have a new batting coach, and he has been doing some good work, but we can't lose sight of us reaching 221 coming from our position in the middle of the innings, so hopefully we can improve on this next time."
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