Pakistan, West Indies set for exciting Test conclusion

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Pakistan, West Indies set for exciting Test conclusion

Pakistan need 178 runs to win the second Test and sweep the series, while West Indies are six wickets short of levelling the two-match series after the second day at Multan.

West Indies were bowled out in their second innings for 244 on Sunday as spinners Noman Ali and Sajid Khan took four wickets apiece, the visitors setting a target of 254 for Pakistan, who trailed by nine runs after the first innings.

Hosts Pakistan, who won the first Test by 127 runs at the same venue, were then left struggling at 4-76 at stumps, with Kevin Sinclair taking the crucial wickets of Shan Masood and Babar Azam.

That gave the West Indies a fighting chance to win their first Test in Pakistan since November 1990.

West Indies captain Kraigg Brathwaite (52) gave the visitors a strong start in the second innings with a 50-run opening partnership before Mikyle Louis (seven) fell to Noman.

Brathwaite hit four boundaries and two sixes on his way to a half-century in 57 ****** before getting beaten by Noman’s spin as Mohammad Rizwan stumped him. The keeper also stumped Kavem Hodge (15), after Amir Jangoo (30) fell to Khan.

West Indies were on 6-145-as Noman surrounded the newly-arrived Sinclair with two short slips and a silly point, hunting for an edge as the ball turned heavily and kept low.

Sinclair, however, scored 28 in a 51-run partnership for the seventh wicket with Tevin Imlach (35) before being bowled by Khan.

Kemar ******, who suffered a groin injury during a spectacular diving catch on Saturday, was the last to bat, limping and running gingerly.

But the 36-year-old did not give up his wicket, scoring four runs in a valuable 11-run partnership with Jomel Warrican (18).

Pakistan got off on the wrong foot with openers Masood (2) and Muhammad Hurraira (2) trapped leg before, fooled by deliveries that kept straight instead of turning.

Kamran Ghulam (19) started well but mistimed an attempt to hit Warrican for six, finding Jangoo at backward point, leaving Pakistan struggling at 48-3.

The situation soon worsened for the hosts as Azam (31) was bamboozled by Sinclair’s sharp bounce and edged it to Alick Athanaze.

Saud Shakeel (13) and Kashif Ali (1) remained at the crease at stumps, with the fate of the match and the series hanging in the balance going into day three.

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