West Indies restricts Pakistan to just 160 in 2nd day of Guyana Test – Pakistan tour to West Indies
The Men in Green’s collapsed on the 2nd day of the 1st Guyana Test against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760, all out for just 160 runs. They have strengthened the common perception that Pakistan can never win a Test match on the Caribbean soil with their performance.
The Windies made a stunning comeback in the game by bowling Pakistan out for just 160. Their leg-spinner, Devendra Bishoo, wrecked Pakistan’s batting order by grabbing 4 wickets at the expense of just 68 runs in his Test cricket debut.
The fast pitch of the stadium is bowler-oriented, especially for the spinners, who are ruling the roost. In West Indies’ first innings, the Pakistani spinner, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Saeed-Ajmal-c87859, went for a 5-wicket haul.
Having bowled out the Windies for 226 in 98 overs, Pakistan started their first innings with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Taufeeq-Umar-c92889 as their opening batsmen. The beginning was poor as the first wicket fell while Pakistan had scored just 5 runs.
With wickets falling one after another, Pakistan had lost 5 key batsmen, scoring only 60 runs. However, the second half of the batting line-up exhibited some resistance.
Abdur Rehman’s unbeaten 40 helped Pakistan to total 160 in 64.4 overs.
All four Caribbean specialist bowlers displayed brilliant performances, grabbing wickets. Besides Bishoo’s four wickets, Ravi Rampaul took 3, Darren Sammy picked 2 and Kumar Roach bowled one player.
As usual, the Pakistani batsmen could not support their bowlers' marvellous performance. Even the Green’s skipper, Misbah-ul Haq, fell for just 2 runs.
On the basis of Pakistan's performance in the ODI series, it was being predicted that almost all the batsmen are in form and they would make a significant impact in the Test series as well, but their inherent inconsistency again bewildered them.
In their second innings, the Windies lost two wickets for 34 before the day ended. Ajmal and Hafeez bowled one player each.
Before entering the third day of the game, the Caribbean lead Pakistan by 100 runs.
The analysts and experts suggest that it will be hard for the Men in Green to fight back due to the unsupportive pitch conditions.
The bowlers cannot solely ensure success in this series but the batsmen, who seem to have lost form and courage, also have an equal responsibility to perform well to gain success.
In this way, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 is going to lose a golden opportunity to make history. On the other hand, the Windies are confident to perpetuate their winning streak at their home ground.
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