Pakistan in West Indies: Windies reach 66 for 1 – Lunch, first Test day one
West Indies managed to score 66 runs for the loss of 1 wicket at lunch on the first day of the first Test match against Pakistan at Providence in Guyana on Thursday.
The Windies won the toss and elected to bat first on a slow track. After excluding some senior players from the limited-over series, the West Indian selectors have brought back some old faces in the Test series.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 also have number of new names in the team, and are looking to attain their first Test series win in West Indies. Despite the changes in the Windies team, the opening pair remained the same as from the One Day International series. Devon Smith and
Lendl Simmons opened the batting for the home side.
The new ball pair of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Wahab-Riaz-c95839 did not find much purchase from the Guyana pitch and hardly got the ball to move. However, at the same time it was by no means easy to get away, as the wicket had low bounce and the batsmen had to make all the
pace while playing their shots.
Smith and Simmons took a more cautious approach and left alone most of the balls outside the off stump. Pakistan captain http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mohammad-Hafeez-c76898. Hafeez once again
got his man Devon Smith. Twice in the ODI series, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Smith-c90598 was out leg before wicket to Hafeez and this time he was out bowled for 13 runs from 26 balls which included a four as well.
Lendl Simmons on the other hand looked in same good touch as he was in the ODI series. Darren Bravo joined him at number three. However, neither of the two found it easy to get runs.
Pakistan spin trio of Hafeez, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760 crawled to just 66 after 31 overs of play in the first session. Simmons was unbeaten on 30 from 83 balls, while Bravo was not out on 23 from 78
balls.
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