Noman Ali, Sajid Khan wreak havoc as Pakistan book West Indies for 137

MULTAN: Noman Ali took a five-wicket haul, while Sajid Khan claimed four key wickets to book West Indies for 137, leaving Pakistan with a crucial lead of 93 runs on Day 2 of the first Test here on Saturday.

West Indies began their first innings in a disastrous manner, as Sajid Khan took two wickets with consecutive deliveries in the third over, leaving the team with only ten runs on the board.

Sajid then claimed two more wickets in the following over, further weakening the opposition’s batting lineup. After bowling three overs, his bowling figures stood at 4 wickets for just 8 runs.

Noman Ali joined the party soon afterwards few overs later as he castled Justin Greaves (4) in the tenth over. The left-arm spinner took three more wickets in his next three overs to leave West Indies reeling at 66-8.

Pakistan were looking to bundle West Indies under 100 runs, however, the visiting teams’ tailenders stood in the home team’s way.

Jomel Warrican added 25 runs with Gudakesh Motie (19) for the ninth wicket, followed by a 46-run last-wicket stand with Jayden Seales.

Warrican scored a gutsy 31* from 24 balls with the help of four boundaries and one six, meanwhile, Seales struck 22 off 13, featuring three sixes, to drag West Indies’ total to 137.

Noman Ali led the bowling charts for Pakistan with the figures of 5-39, while Sajid Khan ended the innings with 4-65. Abrar Ahmed picked the last wicket to add one to his tally.

Earlier, Saud Shakeel (56*) and Mohammad Rizwan (51*) started the second day for Pakistan with the scoreboard reading 143-4.

They managed to add 44 runs to the total before Shakeel fell prey to Sinclair after playing a gutsy 84-run knock, which featured six boundaries.

New batter Salman Ali Agha (2) got castled by Warrican, followed by Noman Ali and Rizwan’s wickets in the next over, leaving Pakistan struggling at 200-8.

Rizwan played a grinding innings of 71 runs from 133 balls with the help of nine boundaries.

Sajid Khan then played an 18-run cameo, with one four and one fix, to take Pakistan’s total to 230 before he was bowled by Warrican to wrap the home team’s innings.

Warrican and Jayden Seales took three wickets each for West Indies, while Sinclair bagged two and Gudakesh Motie managed one.