Gabriel, Bishoo pin Pakistan down
Pakistan at 255 for 8 before the end of the primary day in Sharjah. Sami Aslam, Younis Khan, Misbah-ul-Haq and Sarfraz Ahmed all made fifties, however Pakistan were pegged back by awkward mishaps, somewhat of their own making.
Continuing at 148 for 3 after tea, Pakistan lost five wickets to surrender the preferred standpoint to West Indies. Aslam, who had searched progressively guaranteed for his 74 off 172, was the first to withdraw. In the first over of the session, he gloved an invert clear over the wicketkeeper however Jason Holder circled from first slip to take a straightforward catch. Misbah and Sarfraz then included 80 at more than four runs an over, before the Pakistan skipper likewise died to a switch scope that turned out badly. Legspiner Devendra Bishoo was the bowler on both events and he completed with 4 for 74.
That was the begin of Pakistan's senseless season. Mohammad Nawaz charged at Bishoo, did not go anyplace close to the pitch of the ball and was completely thrashed to set a clear befuddling. Sarfraz, having raised a venturesome fifty, headed out from his body, off Gabriel, to drag the ball back onto his stumps. At the point when Bishoo beat Wahab Riaz's limp forward nudge to trap him lbw, Pakistan had lost their last four wickets for 18 runs. They included seven more, before terrible light conveyed procedures to an untimely end, leaving Pakistan to regret the way they had surrendered a decent position.
It could have been more awful. Misbah started his 49th Test in control - a Pakistan record - by winning his third hurl of the arrangement and picking to bat once more. In any case, that was the place the feeling of history repeating itself finished.
Gabriel rejected Azhar for a first-ball duck off only the second conveyance of the match. Slamming the ball in shy of a length, he inspired it to rise ungracefully and swing ceaselessly a touch, to hit the shoulder of the bat and give an agreeable catch to Kraigg Brathwaite at second slip. It was the third time Gabriel had rejected Azhar in the arrangement.
At that point, Gabriel nipped one once more into Shafiq to beat his bat and hit his cushion. It resembled the ball may have been going down leg, however West Indies explored Paul Reiffel's not-out choice and Hawk-Eye indicated it hitting enough of leg stump to send the batsman on his way. Pakistan were 1 for 2.
A decent begin for West Indies could have been shockingly better had Marlon Samuels, handling at cover, hit the stumps at the manager's end after Younis set off for a dangerous single in the second over. Sami Aslam would have been run-out by a separation.
However, as both batsmen settled in, they played some flawless shots. Younis planned a half-volley through midwicket for a limit and lined that up with a flawless cover drive a couple of overs later. Aslam played a delightful drive through mid-off and unleashed various ranges and trudge clears. The two put on 106 keeps running for the third wicket.
Younis had two or three fortunate escapes in the 22nd over. He flicked a full ball from offspinner Roston Chase towards midwicket, where Leon Johnson, as yet wearing a protective cap from his spell at a nearby in position, dropped an extreme catch. Two balls later, Younis charged out yet missed a leg-side conveyance; wicketkeeper Shane Dowrich mishandled the ball in his scramble to impact the baffling and the batsman plunged back into wellbeing.
Pursue in the long run had his man when Younis, on 51, beat edged an endeavored breadth to square leg, where Johnson presented appropriate reparations in light of his prior drop.
Pakistan's greatest relief of the day came part of the way through the second session. In the 43rd over, with Misbah batting on 6, Gabriel went up for a major lbw request and assessed the not-out choice. It was a full ball that pitched on off and appeared to miss Misbah's bat before hitting the cushion. At that point it hit the back cushion, making two commotions and thusly question in the on-field umpire's psyche. Without snicko or HotSpot to take out the likelihood of an inside edge, third umpire Richard Illingworth felt there wasn't sufficient proof to topple the on-field call. In spite of the fact that the ball would have gone ahead to hit center, Misbah survived and added another 47 to his score.
Yet, Pakistan misused their leeway after tea, permitting West Indies to work through their center and lower arranges and have the better of the opening day.
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