KINGSTON: Rain delayed the beginning of play on the second day of the second and last Check at Sabina Park on Saturday with Pakistan to renew at their first innings 212 for 4 in opposition to the West Indies.
The guests have been rescued after shedding three wickets for simply runs throughout Friday’s opening day by skipper Babar Azam and Fawad Alam, who mixed in a 158-run stand.
After one in every of Pakistan’s worst begins to a Check match, Babar and Fawad dug in to face up to the early seam motion and submit resilient half centuries.
Each batsmen performed and missed initially and had some false pictures however finally obtained on prime of the assault. They moved the full to 160 earlier than Fawad needed to retire damage due to cramping. He confronted 149 deliveries for his unbeaten 76 earlier than leaving the sphere on a sweltering afternoon within the Jamaican capital the place temperatures hit 34 levels.
These dehydrating situations additionally claimed West Indies wicket-keeper Joshua da Silva who was changed by Jahmar Hamilton for the remainder of the day when the first-choice gloveman left the sphere simply earlier than tea.
Regardless of Babar’s dismissal and the momentary lack of Fawad, Pakistan stay on track for a difficult first innings complete with Mohammad Rizwan and Faheem Ashraf set to renew on the second morning in a fifth-wicket partnership that has added 44 runs.
Babar continued with Mohammad Rizwan, including eight to the full, earlier than his nearly five-hour innings ended when he obtained a thick edge to Kemar Roach and Jason Holder took a catch low to his left at second slip within the 61st over. Babar scored 75 from 174 deliveries in a captain’s knock.
Rizwan completed unbeaten on 22 and Faheem Ashraf was not out on 23.
The West Indies used seven bowlers, with Roach’s 3-49 from 17 overs spearheading a weary assault earlier than dangerous mild stopped play.
“I thought Kemar should have extended his opening spell for a couple more overs given that he was bowling so well and the conditions were really helpful to the bowlers at that time,” mentioned West Indies bowling coach Roddy Estwick. “Still, you have to give credit to the way Babar and Fawad played because they buckled down well and worked hard to get their team in a decent position.”
West Indies received a tense first Check by one wicket on the Sabina Park final weekend.
Scoreboard
PAKISTAN (1st Innings, in a single day 212-4):
Abid Ali c Blackwood b Roach 1
Imran Butt c da Silva b Seales 1
Azhar Ali c da Silva b Roach 0
Babar Azam c Holder b Roach 75
Fawad Alam retired damage 76
Mohammad Rizwan not out 22
Faheem Ashraf not out 23
EXTRAS (B-1, LB-8, NB-5) 14
TOTAL (for 4 wkts, 74 overs) 212
FALL OF WKTS: 1-2 (Abid), 2-2 (Azhar), 3-2 (Imran), 4-168 (Babar).
TO BAT: Hasan Ali, Nauman Ali, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Mohammad Abbas
BOWLING (to-date): Roach
17-6-49-3 (1nb); Seales 11-3-25-1; Joseph 12-1-54-0; Holder 15-7-25-0; Mayers 11-5-17-0 (2nb); Chase
7-0-27-0; Bonner 1-0-6-0 (2nb).
NOTE: Fawad retired damage at 160-3.
WEST INDIES: Ok.C. Brathwaite, Ok.O.A. Powell, N.E. Bonner, R.L. Chase, J. Blackwood, Ok.R. Mayers, J.O. Holder, J. da Silva, A.S. Joseph, Ok.A.J. Roach, J.N.T. Seales.
Revealed in Daybreak, August 22nd, 2021
