30/10Result
3rd Test, West Indies tour of United Arab Emirates at Sharjah, Oct 30-Nov 3 2016
West Indies won by 5 wkts
Player of the Match
Kraigg Brathwaite
Kraigg BrathwaiteWest Indies
30/10Result
3rd Test, West Indies tour of United Arab Emirates at Sharjah, Oct 30-Nov 3 2016
West Indies won by 5 wkts
Player of the Match
Kraigg Brathwaite
Kraigg BrathwaiteWest Indies

1.57pm So West Indies need 152 to do what has seemed impossible: lose the toss and win a Test in Pakistan's new citadel: the UAE. Mostly careless batting from Pakistan, sometimes downright poor, that has put West Indies in this position, but nobody will grudge them that. They have been hanging in, they have been there to take their chances, and they have created some too. However, look no further than how the two overnight batsmen threw their wickets away: opening the face to innocuous legbreaks for catching practice for slip. And how Amir's swag got him out: he thought he first hit towards long-on, then didn't follow the ball to make sure he had indeed hit a six, and when he realised Chase had put in a sensational save, he just set off for a suicidal single

We will be back soon with the chase

81.3
W
Holder to Yasir Shah, OUT, Holder's five-for? Yasir has received this, though. Height is the only question. Short of a length, seams back in to beat the inside edge. Yasir is outside the crease when he is hit, but the ball has hit him on the knee roll. Technology shows the ball is not missing the stumps so that confirms a maiden five-wicket haul for captain Holder. He might have just set up his maiden win as Test captain

Yasir Shah lbw b Holder 0 (15m 5b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0.00

81.2
0
Holder to Yasir Shah, no run, dug in short but the ball doesn't get up. Down the leg side
81.1
0
Holder to Yasir Shah, no run, short of a length, into the ribs, tucked to square leg

END OF OVER:
81 | 12 Runs | PAK: 208/9

  • Zulfiqar Babar15 (7b)
  • Yasir Shah0 (2b)
  • Devendra Bishoo19-2-46-3
  • Jason Holder17-5-30-4
80.6
4
Bishoo to Zulfiqar Babar, FOUR, long hop, Zulfi rocks back and pulls this over midwicket for four more. The lead crosses 150
80.5
6
Bishoo to Zulfiqar Babar, SIX, clubbed down the ground. Bishoo teases him with a flighted delivery, Zulfi gives it all his might and hits him flat back over his head for a six
80.4
0
Bishoo to Zulfiqar Babar, no run, full, middle and leg, driven back to the bowler
80.3
0
Bishoo to Zulfiqar Babar, no run, full, middle and leg, played back to him
80.2
2
Bishoo to Zulfiqar Babar, 2 runs, full, outside off, pushed into the covers
80.1
0
Bishoo to Zulfiqar Babar, no run, wrong'un, he doesn't pick it, nut the ball bounces over the stumps

The new ball is available now but they are not taking it

END OF OVER:
80 | 4 Runs 1 Wkt | PAK: 196/9

  • Yasir Shah0 (2b)
  • Zulfiqar Babar3 (1b)
  • Jason Holder17-5-30-4
  • Devendra Bishoo18-2-34-3
79.6
0
Holder to Yasir Shah, no run, dug in short, he ducks it
79.5
3
Holder to Zulfiqar Babar, 3 runs, more comedy as Zulfiqar drives this towards deep extra cover, and the two stop running thinking it is a boundary. The ball pulls up and they get three
79.4
W
Holder to Wahab Riaz, OUT, what a catch. That is a stunner. They have entered that zone you can do no wrong. This is nicely tucked away off the hip, but Johnson has pouched it nicely at short leg. This is no edge, mind. There is no pad on the way to slow the ball down. Johnson, though, gets up with the ball, and gets this around his armpit. Holder's best figures

Wahab Riaz c Johnson b Holder 1 (18m 8b 0x4 0x6) SR: 12.50

79.3
0
Holder to Wahab Riaz, no run, short of a length, into the pads, looks to work to leg, hit on the thigh pad

James: "Top work from Chase there. Given that West Indies don't win many tests, I feel it's important for them that they keep the chase below 150 if possible."

79.2
0
Holder to Wahab Riaz, no run, full, just outside off, driven to mid-off
79.1
1lb
Holder to Yasir Shah, 1 leg bye, full, down the leg, beats the inside edge ans just because he has one available Holder reviews it. Clearly going down the leg side. Missing another set of stumps

Yasir Shah is the new man in

END OF OVER:
79 | 2 Runs 1 Wkt | PAK: 192/8

  • Wahab Riaz1 (5b)
  • Devendra Bishoo18-2-34-3
  • Jason Holder16-5-27-3
78.6
W
Bishoo to Mohammad Amir, OUT, Hilarious action but for Pakistan it can be tragic-comic. First of all Amir has taken long-on on when trying to save a Test. Roston Chase puts in a sensational effort at long-on. It is high, to his right, he takes it one-handed, but as he is coming down he realises he will hit the rope. Before he touches the rope he lets the ball go, back into the field of play. And now the comedy starts. Amir, who has been admiring his shot, now starts running. He is going to be caught short anyway, but for good effect he loses his bat too. And the throw from Chase is perfect, right beside the stumps. Holder collects it, and gets the run-out. Amir had actually begun to walk to Wahab to knock gloves after what he clearly thought was a six. And then he got the shock and began to run

Mohammad Amir run out 8 (30m 23b 0x4 0x6) SR: 34.78

78.5
0
Bishoo to Mohammad Amir, no run,
78.4
0
Bishoo to Mohammad Amir, no run, no review for the not-out verdict on this bat-pad catch. Actually pad-bat here. It has hit the flap of the pad, then the glove, but Johnson is up early and takes this on the half-volley

Match Coverage

All Match News

New record

1

No. of openers to remain not out in both inning of a Test - Brathwaite in this match is the first to achieve this.

Rare away win

3

No. of Tests won by West Indies away from home since 2000, excluding B'desh and Zim, including this win. In 76 Tests since then, they lost 56 of them.

Brathwaite's match

2004

Last time a WI opener scored a century and a fifty in an away Test, excluding B'desh and Zim - Gayle in Centurion. Brathwaite has done it in this match.

Can WI pull a win?

0

No. of times West Indies have failed to chase targets of less than 200 in Tests, before this - won 51 and drawn 6.

Holder's best

3/15

Previous best figures for Holder in Tests, against Eng in Bridgetown in 2015. He has taken more than 3 wkts in this inns; first time in 20 Tests.

2 PAIRS in a YEAR

2

No of top-order batsman (1 to 6) to bag 2 pairs in a year before Asad Shafiq.The previous 2 were: Mohinder Amarnath in 1983 and Mark Waugh in 1992.

Batting through

5

No. of WI batsmen to carry their bat in a Test inns, including Brathwaite. The last was Gayle at Adelaide in 2008-09. Worrell, Hunte and Haynes (3) being others.

Finally a lead

13

No. of consecutive Tests where WI had conceded a first-inns lead (when they batted second), before this. They have taken a lead this time.

Big one this time

5

No. of 50s for Brathwaite without converting it into a century, before this knock. Prior to that he had converted 4 of 6 50s into 100s from June 2014 to April 2015.

Samuels' ducks

10

No. of ducks for Samuels in Tests since 2011 - the second-most by any top-order batsman (No. 1 to 7). Only Ross Taylor (12) has more ducks.

Four fifties, less total

1

No. of team totals lower than Pakistan's 281 to have four individual fifty-plus scores. NZ had made 275 with help of four 50s v Pak in Hamilton in 2010-11.

Long time ago

1990

Last time Pakistan failed to score 300-plus in the first inns of a Test against West Indies in UAE or at home. They could manage only 281 in this inns.

Searching for maiden 100

5

Fifties in 12 Test innings for Sami Aslam. He hasn't scored a century yet, though - his highest is 90

First-over crisis

2006

The last time Pakistan lost more than one wicket in the 1st over of a Test; they were 0 for 3 v Ind in Karachi, but won the game by 341 runs