Pakistan v http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760 – First Test – Match Report till the 3rd Day
Pakistan will be fighting hard to win the first Test match and by a better show in the next match, can make history by becoming the first Pakistani team ever to win a Test series in the Caribbean.
Ravi Rampaul, the spear head of West Indian attack, believes that they are in sight of winning the match. He claimed that his side requires just one wicket which will give them a breakthrough and then they can rip through the Pakistani batting lineup.
The important wicket of Pakistani Captain http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Misbah-ul-Haq-c1972, would be under attack by the Windies.
The Caribbean Kings were bowled out at 226 runs in 98 overs. Lendl Simmons top scored with 49 runs and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shivnarine-Chanderpaul-c90073 scored 27 runs.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Wahab-Riaz-c95839 picked one.
Pakistan gave a poor show with the bat and could manage just 160 runs in their first innings. The batsmen could not perform well and it was the spinner, Rehman, who was the highest scorer with an unbeaten 40, followed by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Azhar-Ali-c46890 who contributed 34 runs.
Devendra Bishoo was the highest wicket taker with four wickets from West Indies. Rampaul took three wickets, Darren Sammy managed two wickets and Kemar Roach claimed one wicket.
The Windies were in trouble from the word go and could not resist the Pakistan bowling attack, especially Ajmal, who was utterly unplayable with his spin.
They lost their first wicket at just three and had lost nine wickets at 104 runs when Chanderpaul and Bishoo gave a solid stand of 48 for the 10th wicket. The whole team went back to the pavilion on 152 runs in 61.5 overs.
Chanderpaul was the top scorer with an unbeaten knock of 36 runs off 127 balls, without a single boundary. The young Bishoo added 24 valuable runs.
Ajmal wrecked the Caribbean batting lineup by taking six wickets for 42 runs in 23.5 overs.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Taufeeq-Umar-c92889 went on a duck.
Azhar followed Taufeeq with another duck while Hafeez went back after scoring just 2 runs.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Asad-Shafiq-c46208 and Misbah held back the Caribbean attack as they consolidated the innings by adding 78 runs for the fourth wicket.
Asad and Misbah were unbeaten on 40 and 34 runs respectively by the end of the day. The http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Green-c60723 Shirts will anticipate a heroic inning from the duo.
Pakistan need another 139 runs to put the match in their pocket and it is very much possible if Misbah stays on wicket till the end.
The West Indians will look for an early breakthrough on the fourth day, exposing the weak lineup for easy pickings.
The match is evenly poised and the side which can keep their composure will emerge as the victors.
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