Yasir spins Pakistan to test victory over Windies
Leg-spinner picks up six for 63 as opponents are dismissed for just 152
Yasir Shah proved Pakistan’s match-winner as they ended a six-test losing streak to beat West Indies by seven wickets in the first test in Jamaica yesterday.
Leg-spinner Yasir picked up six for 63 as the West Indies were dismissed for just 152 in their second innings after resuming on 93 for four on the final day at Sabina Park in Kingston.
Needing only 32 to win in their second innings, Pakistan made heavy weather of the formalities, losing three quick wickets before Misbah-ul-Haq clinched victory in style with a six off leg-spinner Devendra Bishoo. The three-test series continues with the second match starting in Bridgetown, Barbados on Sunday.
Yasir Shah ripped through the top order of the West Indies second innings in the final session.
After captain Misbah-ul-Haq became just the sixth batsman in Test history to be left stranded on 99 not out as Pakistan were dismissed for 407 in their first innings, the hosts, trailing by 121 runs, were reduced to 93 for four at stumps with Shah taking all four wickets.
Shah struck with his very first delivery, bowling Kraigg Brathwaite with a ball that skidded through on the opening batsman. He quickly added the scalps of newcomer Shimron Hetmayer and Shai Hope before finishing off with the important wicket of Kieran Powell.
That late drama was in contrast to the pedestrian progress through the first two sessions of the day as Misbah worked his team into a dominant position despite being left one run short of an 11th Test century.
Last man out
Last man and debutant Mohammad Abbas was trapped legbefore by Roston Chase on the stroke of the tea interval. Misbah ensured Pakistan constructed their position of dominance via a succession of partnerships after they resumed on the fourth morning at 201 for four and facing the threat of the second new ball.
Yet it was a far from a flawless effort as the West Indies extended their season of woe in the field, allowing the opposing skipper to escape when he should have first been taken at short-leg by Singh off Shannon Gabriel and then later on in the morning by Alzarri Joseph running back at mid-off to the bowling of Devendra Bishoo.
It was Bishoo who eventually broke an 88-run sixth-wicket stand between Misbah and Sarfraz Ahmad, the wicketkeeper batsman playing in his usual pugnacious manner before he was bowled around his legs attempting a sweep shot just after lunch.
Misbah achieved a milestone of his own when he notched his 5,000th Test career run before reaching the half-century mark.
West Indies 1st innings: 286 Pakistan 1st innings
(overnight 201 for 4) A. Ali c Dowrich b Joseph 15 A. Shehzad lbw Holder 31 B. Azam b Gabriel 72 Y. Khan c Brathwaite b Gabriel 58 Misbah ul Haq not out 99 A. Shafiq c Dowrich b Gabriel 22 S. Ahmed b Bishoo 54 M. Amir c Dowrich b Joseph 11 W. Riaz b Joseph 9 Y. Shah run out 8 M. Abbas lbw Chase 1
(b-4, lb-10, nb-12, w-1) 27 (all out, 138.4 overs) 407
1-23 (Ali), 2-54 (Shehzad), 3-185 (Khan), 4-186 (Azam), 5-236 (Shafiq), 6-324 (Ahmed), 7-341 (Amir), 8-355 (Riaz), 9-373 (Shah), 10-407
Extras Total Fall of wickets:
(Abbas)
Bowling:
S. Gabriel 29-6-92-3 (6nb), A. Joseph 31-8-71-3 (2nb), J. Holder 30-7-65-1 (4nb), D. Bishoo 33-2-106-1 (1w), R. Chase 8.4-1-37-1, K. Brathwaite 7-1-22-0
West Indies 2nd innings:
K. Brathwaite b Shah 14 K. Powell c Younis Khan b Shah 49 S. Hetmyer b Shah 20 S. Hope lbw Shah 6 D. Bishoo not out 0 V. Singh not out 0
(lb-4) 4 (4 wkts, 28 overs) 93
1-22 (Brathwaite), 2-72 (Hetmyer), 3-84 (Hope), 4-89 (Powell)
M. Amir 9-2-11-0, M. Abbas 6-021-0, Y. Shah 9-0-33-4, W. Riaz 4-0-24-0
Extras Total Fall of wickets:
Bowling: