Pakistan beat WI in first Test after Misbah misses ton

Pakistan captain Misbah-ul-Haq hit successive sixes off Devendra Bishoo to give Pakistan victory by seven wickets in the first Test against West Indies in Jamaica on Tuesday.

The tourists had bowled West Indies out for 152 in the second innings leaving them a target of 32 to win on the final day, which was reached in less than 11 overs. Misbah became the first Pakistan batsman left stranded on an unbeaten 99 in a Test on Monday but the visitors still seized control.

West Indies were reeling on 93 for four wickets in their second innings, still 28 runs behind Pakistan’s first-innings total of 407, at stumps on day four.

Pakistan leg-spinner

Yasir Shah took all four wickets in the second innings, leaving the West Indies a huge task to avoid defeat on the final day.

Earlier, Misbah was denied his 11th career ton when number 11 Mohammad Abbas was adjudged lbw for 1 to end a valuable 34-run 10thwicket stand. The 42-year-old Misbah, who will retire after the current three-Test series, is the sixth player to finish a Test on 99 not out and the first since South African Andrew Hall in 2003. Misbah’s disappointment at failing to get to his century would have been eased by the fact he helped his team to a first-innings lead of 121.

Misbah faced 223 balls to topscore for Pakistan, while three others also notched half-centuries, including Younis Khan (52), who on Sunday became the first Pakistani to reach 10,000

runs.