Spin wizards Noman Ali and Sajid Khan guided Pakistan to a powerful place in opposition to the West Indies after one other spin dominated second day’s play within the opening Test in Multan on Saturday. The pair shared 9 wickets between them to dismiss the West Indies for a paltry 137 in reply to the house crew’s 230 all out earlier within the day. By the shut, Pakistan stretched the 93-run result in 202 by scoring 109-3 of their second innings, with Kamran Ghulam and Saud Shakeel batting on 9 and two respectively when unhealthy gentle ended play 25 minute earlier than time.
Left-arm spinner Jomel Warrican (2-17) dismissed Muhammad Hurraira for 29 after a gap stand of 67 and Babar Azam for a second failure, trapped leg-before for 5.
Skipper Shan Masood look stable for his 52, hitting two sixes and two fours, earlier than Warrican ran him out after making an attempt a fast single.
The dry and grassless Multan pitch has already produced 22 wickets in six periods although two-and-a-half hours had been misplaced on day one, and one other half-hour on Saturday, due to poor visibility.
Noman grabbed 5-39 for his seventh five-wicket haul in Tests, whereas Sajid completed with 4-65 to dismiss the West Indies after lunch in a primary innings that lasted simply 25.2 overs.
Noman and Sajid, who shared 39 of the 40 wickets within the final two Tests in opposition to England in Pakistan’s 2-1 collection win final yr, had been as soon as once more unplayable.
Sajid opened the bowling and eliminated Mikyle Louis (one), Keacy Carty (0), Kraigg Brathwaite (11) and Kavem Hodge (4) in his first three overs.
Noman then additional jolted the vacationers with one other 4 wickets to go away them on 66-8.
The tail-enders confirmed extra resistance, with quantity 10 batsman Warrican unbeaten on 31, with Gudakesh Motie including 19 and Jayden Seales the final wicket to fall for 22.
Seales hit three sixes earlier than holing out off spinner Abrar Ahmed.
Earlier, Warrican took 3-69 as Pakistan misplaced their final six wickets for 43 runs after resuming at 143-4.
Saud Shakeel top-scored for Pakistan with 84 off 157 deliveries, together with six boundaries, whereas keeper Mohammad Rizwan added 71.
Shakeel added a useful 141 for the fifth wicket with Rizwan, lifting Pakistan from a precarious 46-4 on day one.
Kevin Sinclair sparked the Pakistan batting collapse by taking Shakeel’s wicket with the primary ball after drinks.
He then trapped Rizwan leg-before off a missed reverse sweep, the unique choice of not out overturned on evaluate.
Rizwan’s 133-ball keep included 9 boundaries.
Sajid hit a boundary and a six in a rapid-fire 18 earlier than he was bowled by Warrican on the stroke of lunch to finish Pakistan’s innings.
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