1st Test: Pakistan v West Indies at Sharjah, 31 Jan-4 Feb 2002 Anand Vasu |
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Coming out after lunch with the score on 21/0, the Pakistan opening batsmen seem to have a set plan to play out the best part of the day before launching an attack later on. By the end of the session, however, Pakistan had lost three wickets, reaching 109 after 30 overs. 88 runs in all were scored during the session.
Debutant Naved Latif, who made nought in his first knock here, managed 20 before he edged a Dillon delivery through to the wicket-keeper. Taufeeq Umar, the stylish left-hander, showed glimpses of good form, driving well through the off-side before being needlessly run out. Setting off for a non-existent single, Umar (23) was sent back, only to be found short of his crease.
At 54/2, Inzamam ul-Haq joined Younis Khan out in the middle to steady the ship. The pair were separated just before they could bring up the fifty partnership for the third wicket. Cameron Cuffy surprised Younis Khan (32), and the resultant nick was snapped up behind the stumps.
Inzamam (30) was joined by Youhana, and the pair took Pakistan through to tea without further hiccups. The Pakistani lead at tea is 236, and with one more session to go, they will look to reach a score of 320-plus with one day to bowl out the Windies.
Taufeeq Umar, at the interval, was on 7 off 24 deliveries, while Naved Latif was marginally faster, making 14 off 18 balls with two fours.
Pakistan led by 148 runs with all 10 second-innings wickets remaining, and if the first innings was anything to go by, the West Indian bowlers are going to struggle to bowl their rivals out cheaply enough for their batsmen to successfully chase a victory target.
The first to go was Shivnarine Chanderpaul (66) who dragged one from Waqar back onto his stumps. Ryan Hinds (62) then top-edged a pull when a short ball got too big on him too fast. Merv Dillon interrupted the flow of Waqar wickets when he as run out but the last too could not escape the man that once bowled the best toe-crushing yorkers in the world.
Cameron Cuffy played around a full delivery that clipped his leg stump while Ridley Jacobs swung one straight down the throat of Danish Kaneria at fine leg.
West Indies had lost four wickets in the space of as many runs. Waqar had scalped his four wickets in a 29-ball burst that saw West Indies score just nine runs off him.
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