Pakistan win Test series against West Indies, Yasir Shah takes 10 wickets

Pakistan defeated West Indies in the second test on Tuesday and won the series by 2-0 in Abu Dhabi.

With four wickets in the first innings, Yasir’s tally rose to 10 as the Green Shirts restricted West Indies to 322. The spinner sent to the pavilion West Indies captain Jason Holder (16), Cummins (0), Chase (20), Samuels (23), Johnson (9) and ended Jermaine Blackwood’s resistance, bowling him out at 95.

Kraigg Brathwaite earlier scored 67 before falling lbw to Nawaz.

Pakistan had declared their innings at 227-2, setting West Indies a target of 456. Asad Shafiq and Younis Khan remained not out at 58 and 29, respectively.

Openers Azhar Ali and Sami Aslam hit half-centuries to help Pakistan strengthen their grip on the match. Azhar fell on 79.

Pakistan won the first Test — a day-night affair played with a pink ball — by 56 runs to take a 1-0 advantage.

“We are in a commanding position,” said Shah after the first innings. “We know the pitch will help spinners from tomorrow onwards so if we get a lead of 500 then we can press for a win.

“It was good to get four wickets but I was facing a bit of difficulty after bowling with the pink ball in the first Test and then switching to red here.”

Shah also dismissed Roston Chase (22) and Shai Hope (11) in the first innings while fast bowler Sohail Khan bowled Miguel Cummins (three) to finish with 2-35.

The third and final Test will be played in Sharjah from October 30-November 3.

Windies started the day on 171-4 but Yasir Shah once again was on song when he bagged all of the three wickets on the last day of the match. The visitors were 272-7 at stroke of lunch.

Windies require 184 runs to win the match while Pakistan need to strike only thrice to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-Test series.

Earlier, Pakistan scored 452 runs in the first innings of the match courtesy Younus Khan’s 127.

Windies, in their reply, could only manage 224 with Darren Bravo (43) being the highest scorer.

Pakistan, then, did not enforce the follow-on and came in to bat. Fifties from the top three batsmen helped them to 227-2 with a lead of 455 on the board.