The West Indies spinners dismiss Pakistan for 230 on a turning wicket in the 1st Test

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MULTAN, Pakistan (AP) – West Indies spinners took advantage of favorable conditions to bowl Pakistan out for 230 at lunch on Day 2 of the first cricket Test on Saturday.

Left-arm spinner Jomel Warrican picked up 3-69 and Kevin Sinclair (2-61) accounted for the vital wickets of Saud Shakeel (84) and Mohammad Rizwan (71) as Pakistan lost the last six wickets for 43 runs on a turning wicket.

Shakeel and Rizwan had extended their fifth wicket stand to 141 after Pakistan resumed on 143-4 before Pakistan lost wickets in cluster in the latter half of the first session.

On a wicket tailor-made for spinners, Shakeel and Rizwan had dominated the three West Indian spinners before Sinclair broke the threatening stand shortly after the drinks break when he found the outside edge of the left-arm Shakeel’s bat.

Shakeel hit six boundaries in his 157-ball knock and had revived Pakistani innings with Rizwan after the home side slumped to 46-4 against fast bowler Jayden Seales’ (3-27) triple strike on Day 1.

Pakistan then lost three more wickets in the space of 10 deliveries to slump to 200-8 as the spinners pulled out sharp swings as the odd ball went low.

Salman Ali Agha (2) tried to work Warrican on-side from the back foot but dragged the ball back onto his stumps and a ball later Noman Ali was run out not out in a mix-up with Rizwan.

Rizwan, who hit nine fours in just over three hours on the wicket, then missed the line of Sinclair’s full delivery while going for an extravagant reverse sweep and was out before the wicket.

Sajid Khan (18) and Khurram Shahzad (7) shared the second-best innings partnership as they contributed 25 runs to the ninth-wicket stand before Warrican ended the innings just before lunch by removing both batsmen in his consecutive overs.

Pakistan is no. 8, and West Indies is no. 9 on the WTC points table after performing below par over the last year in testing. Australia and South Africa have already qualified for the WTC finals on 11-15 June at Lord’s.

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