MULTAN, JAN 19: Shan Masood guided Pakistan to set 251-run target at the loss of all wickets on the third day of first Test against West Indies at the Multan Cricket Stadium in Multan on Sunday.
After resuming the day at 109-3, the Green Shirts lost the wickets in quick succession within the span of one and a half hours to all out.
Jomel Warrican’s spin bowling proved to be destructive for the hosts as he took total 7 wickets.
Middle and lower order batters, Kamran Ghulam, Saud Shakeel, Mohammad Rizwan, Noman Ali and Sajid Khan were routed by Warrican. While, Gudakesh Motie dismissed Salman Ali Agha.
Pakistan had resumed the third day on 109-3 with Kamran and Saud on the crease.
On the second day, Masood and Muhammad Hurraira got Pakistan’s second innings off to a commanding start with a 67-run opening partnership, before Hurraira (29) was trapped leg before wicket by Warrican, who also dismissed Babar Azam (5) later in a similar fashion.
Captain Masood looked set on 52 but paid the price for indecisiveness while taking a run, with Kavem Hodge’s throw reaching Warrican while Masood was well short of the crease.
Earlier on Saturday, Pakistani spinners Sajid Khan and Noman Ali made hay with the new ball, taking nine wickets between them to bundle out the Men in Maroon for 137 before skipper Shan Masood’s second-innings fifty helped Green Shirts to build a 202-run lead on the second day.
Noman’s five-wicket haul followed Sajid’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 Warrican claimed five scalps earlier in the day, with the hosts losing six wickets within 12 overs to finish their first innings on 230.
Starting from an overnight score of 143-4, Pakistan lost their standout batters Saud (84) and Rizwan (71) to Sinclair as Warrican dismissed three others on the spin-friendly pitch.
But the visitors had it worse, with Khan bowling out openers Kraigg Brathwaite (11) and Mikyle Louis (1), as Keacy Carty also fell to the same bowler for a golden duck.
“The ball was new… I was going for wickets early on, which is why I conceded some runs,” Khan, who allowed 65 runs in his 12 overs, told reporters.
Warrican, batting at number 10, put up the best resistance for the visitors with an unbeaten 31, building an innings-highest partnership of 46 runs with Jayden Seales for the last wicket.
Seales, who hit three sixes on his way to 22, was the joint second-highest contributor to the innings along with extras.
This is a developing story and is being updated with more details.
