Pakistan v West Indies – 2nd Test - Pakistan bowl out West Indies to take a 49-run lead
Pakistan took a useful first innings lead of 49 runs against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760 in the second Test of the two-match series, at the Warner Park, St Kitts in the Caribbean on Sunday, May 22nd, 2011.
The hosts were bowled out for 223 in their first innings. Earlier, Pakistan had scored 272 runs in their first outing.
The pitch in the previous game was below the standards of international cricket, as it didn’t have any bounce in it. However, conditions were entirely different in St Kitts and the Pakistan skipper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Misbah-ul-Haq-Khan-Niazi-c76385, opted to bat first after winning the toss.
However, things didn’t work out exactly as Misbah would have anticipated at the toss. The visitors lost a few early wickets but thanks to the youngsters, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 came back into the game. The duo played responsibly and ended up
with 67 and 56 runs respectively.
Despite some solid batting from the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Young-c98322 Pakistan batsmen, the team lost nine wickets for 194 runs.
However, tail-ender, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Saeed-Ajmal-c87859 for the final wicket and the pair guided the team’s total to 272.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/R-Rampaul-c2233 and Devendra Bishoo were the star performers for their team, picking up three wickets each in the innings.
In reply, the Caribbean Kings had a dismal start to their innings and most of their top-order batsmen failed to make an impression. Returning player, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Marlon-Nathaniel-Samuels-c74804, was able to score 57 runs for his team, but the hosts lost eight batsmen for just 158 runs
on the board.
Pakistan seemed to be in complete control of the match, but the West Indian tail-enders didn’t give up. Fast bowlers, Rampaul and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/KAJ-Roach-c1758, put together 60 runs for the ninth wicket, hurting the visitors badly.
Roach was finally dismissed after adding 29 runs to the total from 103 balls. He was followed by Bishoo, who only managed one run in his short stay at the wicket and the Windies were all out for 223. Rampaul Batted nicely for an unbeaten 32, but he ran http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Short-c90107
of partners in the end.
Spinners were yet again impressive for Pakistan, as Ajmal and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mohammad-Hafeez-c76898, ended up with three wickets each in the innings.
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