Tuesday 23 / April / 2024
Abu Dhabi: Pakistan piled up 452 runs and reduced West Indies to 106 for four to take control of the second Test in Abu Dhabi on the second day on Saturday.
Captain Misbah-ul Haq made 96 and Sarfraz Ahmed 56 to lift the hosts to an imposing first-innings total as they bid for a victory that would give them an unassailable 2-0 lead in the series. Younis Khan struck a century on the first day.
West Indies lost both openers lbw, Leon Johnson falling to fast bowler Rahat Ali for 12 and Darren Bravo to spinner Yasir Shah for 43.
Kraigg Brathwaite and Marlon Samuels shared a steady third-wicket partnership of 41 but both fell in quick succession shortly before the close to give Pakistan the upper hand.
Samuels was caught by Sami Aslam at slip off Rahat for 30 and two balls later Brathwaite was needlessly run out for 21 following a mix-up with his partner Devendra Bishoo.
Scoreboard
Pakistan 1st innings
Sami Aslam b Bishoo 6
Azhar Ali b Gabriel 0
Asad Shafiq b Gabriel 68
Younis Khan c Chase b Brathwaite 127
Misbah-ul Haq lbw Gabriel 96
Yasir Shah c Bishoo b Holder 23
Sarfraz Ahmed b Gabriel 56
Mohammad Nawaz b Holder 25
Sohail Khan c Johnson b Holder 26
Zulfiqar Babar c Hope b Gabriel 0
Rahat Ali (not out) 0
Extras: (b-1, lb-15, nb-9) 25
Total (all out; 119.1 overs) 452
Fall of wickets: 1-6, 2-42, 3-129, 4-304, 5-332, 6-342, 7-412, 8-430, 9-452.
Bowling: Gabriel 23.1-1-96-5, Cummins 20-1-65-0, Holder 22-8-47-3, Bishoo 26-0-112-1, Chase 19-1-80-0, Brathwaite 9-0-36-1.
West Indies 1st innings
L. Johnson lbw Rahat 12
D. Bravo lbw Shah 43
K. Brathwaite run out 21
M. Samuels c Aslam b Rahat 30
D. Bishoo (not out) 0
J. Blackwood (not out) 0
Extras: 0
Total (four wkts, 45 overs) 106
Fall of wickets: 1-27, 2-65, 3-106, 4-106.
Bowling: Rahat 12-6-31-2, Sohail 9-3-16-0, Babar 11-1-29-0, Shafiq 1-0-2-0, Shah 12-5-28-1.
