On Sunday, Pakistan’s batsmen continued their lead over the West Indies, after the spinners put them in charge, on the third day of the first Test at the Multan Cricket Stadium in Multan.
Pakistan finished the second day on 109-3 with Kamran Ghulam and Saud Shakeel batting, while umpires called stumps after bad lighting interrupted play.
Masood and Muhammad Hurraira got Pakistan’s second innings off to a commanding start with an opening partnership of 67 runs, before Hurraira (29) was caught leg before wicket by Warrican, who also dismissed Babar Azam (5) later similarly.
Captain Masood looked determined at 52, but paid the price for indecision as he ran, with Kavem Hodge’s shot hitting Warrican while Masood was well below the box.
Earlier on Saturday, Pakistan spinners Sajid Khan and Noman Ali made hay with the new ball, taking nine wickets between them to edge the Men in Maroon for 137 before captain Shan Masood’s innings fifty helped the Green Shirts build a lead of 202 runs. the second day.
Ali’s five-wicket haul followed Khan’s destructive spell through the visitors’ top order, with the off-spinner taking four wickets in his first three overs to leave West Indies struggling at 22-4.
Pakistan used spinners from the start after West Indies spinners Kevin Sinclair and Jomel Warrican claimed five scalps earlier in the day, and the hosts lost six wickets in 12 overs to finish their first innings on 230.
Starting with an overnight score of 143-4, Pakistan lost their standout batsmen Saud Shakeel (84) and Mohammad Rizwan (71) to Sinclair as Warrican dismissed three others in the spin-friendly field.
But the visitors had it worse, with Khan removing openers Kraigg Brathwaite (11) and Mikyle Louis (1), while Keacy Carty also fell to the same bowler for a golden duck.
“The ball was new… I was going for wickets from the beginning, so I conceded a few runs,” Khan, who gave away 65 runs in his 12 overs, told reporters.
Warrican, batting at number 10, offered the best resistance for the visitors with an unbeaten 31, building a 46-run highest innings partnership with Jayden Seales for the last wicket.
Seales, who hit three sixes on his way to 22, was the second highest contributor to the innings along with the extras.
This is a developing story and is being updated with more details.
