Saqlain spins out WI

KARACHI, Dec 6: Off-Spiner Saqlain Mushtaq's career-best five-wicket burst helped bowl West Indies out for 216 on the first day of the thir...

KARACHI, Dec 6: Off-Spiner Saqlain Mushtaq’s career-best five-wicket burst helped bowl West Indies out for 216 on the first day of the third and final cricket Test against Pakistan at Karachi’s National Stadium today.

A stiff neck kept Pakistan’s regular opener Saeed Anwar out of play. Instead Ijaz Ahmed started Pakistan’s innings together with Aamer Sohail.

Both batsmen added 34 runs for the first wicket before bad light stopped play 6.3 overs ahead of schedule. Sohail was unbeaten on 20 which included two cracking cover boundaries off Franklyn Rose, while Ahmed was not out on 11.

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SCOREBOARDWEST INDIES (1st Innings): Sherwin Campbell c Sohail b Saqlain 50, Stuart Williams run out 33, Brian Lara b Saqlain 36, Carl Hooper lbw Mushtaq 0, Shivnarine Chanderpaul lbw Akram 21, Roland Holder b Saqlain 26, David Williams not out 22, Ian Bishop st Moin b Saqlain 2, Franklyn Rose lbw Akram 13, Courtney Walsh c Haq b Saqlain 1, Mervyn Dillon b Akram 0. Extras: (b4, lb7, nb1): 12. Total: (all out in73.1 overs) 216.

Fall of wickets: 1-47, 2-109, 3-114, 4-126, 5-160, 6-188, 7-194, 8-209, 9-212.

Bowling: Akram 17.1-2-76-3, Younis 9-3-21-0, Mahmood 10-3-14-0, Mushtaq Ahmed 13-2-40-1, Saqlain Mushtaq 24-6-54-5.

PAKISTAN (1st innings): Aamir Sohail batting 20, Ijaz Ahmed batting 11.

Extras (lb2, nb1):3 Total: (for no loss in 8.3 overs) 34

Bowling: Walsh 4.3-2-10-0, Rose 4-0-22-0.

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