Saud Shakeel and Mohammad Rizwan hit unbeaten half-centuries to steer a Pakistan fightback within the first Take a look at in opposition to the West Indies on Friday because the hosts reached 143-4 on the shut of a fog-hit opening day. When unhealthy gentle in Multan ended play with simply 41.3 overs bowled, Shakeel was on 56 for his ninth half- century and Rizwan was 51 not out for his eleventh. The pair added 97 after coming along with Pakistan in actual bother at 46-4. The left-right mixture of Shakeel and Rizwan negotiated the three-spinner West Indies assault with aplomb after quick bowler Jayden Seales initially left the house workforce struggling.
“This pitch is hard to bat on,” mentioned Rizwan.
“We batted with warning and simply took benefit of free balls. It is powerful to evaluate what needs to be complete, however we are going to goal 300 plus.”
Sensing the dry and grassless Multan Stadium pitch will likely be difficult for batting on the final two days — and with spin set to play a serious position — the house workforce opted to bat after profitable the toss.
However play was delayed due to early morning fog compounded by poor air high quality, leading to restricted visibility and wiping out the primary session.
Shakeel has to this point cracked 4 boundaries whereas Rizwan has seven hits to the fence.
Seales completed with 3-21 off 10 overs.
“My intention was to construct stress and get wickets,” he mentioned. “I sense spin will play a serious position on this pitch going ahead.”
Each groups began with three spinners and only one frontline quick bowler, and the vacationers opened the bowling with left-arm spinner Gudakesh Motie alongside Seales.
It was Seales who supplied the breakthrough, forcing an edge off debutant Muhammad Hurraira to wicketkeeper Tevin Imlach within the sixth over. Hurraira scored six.
Three overs later, Motie dismissed skipper Shan Masood off a faint edge to the wicketkeeper for 11, earlier than Seales trapped Kamran Ghulam leg-before with a pointy incoming supply for 5.
It turned 46-4 when Babar Azam edged Seales behind the wicket for eight, persevering with a poor run of scores at house for Pakistan’s premier batter.
The 2-match sequence is a part of the World Take a look at Championship. Pakistan at the moment rank eighth and the West Indies ninth and final.
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