PAKISTAN BUILD HEALTHY LEAD IN SECOND TEST

Openers Azhar Ali and Sami Aslam hit half-centuries to help Pakistan strengthen their grip on the third day of the second Test against West Indies on Sunday. Ali was unbeaten on 52 and Asad Shafiq five not out as Pakistan reached 114-1 at stumps, increasing their lead to 342 after dismissing West Indies for 224 in their first innings. That had given Pakistan a first innings lead of 228 and left them firmly in control as they look to claim an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series. Pakistan won the first Test — a day-night affair played with a pink ball — by 56 runs to take a 1-0 advantage.

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Azhar Ali scored a half-century.