TAROUBA: Pakistan ne subah ke session mein chaar wickets le kar West Indies ke khilaf pehle Test par dobara control hasil kar liya, lekin Shai Hope ki mazboot, na-tutne wali 89 runs ki innings aur Shamar Joseph ke aakhri jhatke ne hosts ko Brian Lara Stadium mein Sunday ko doosre din lunch tak 303-7 tak pohncha diya.

194-3 se dobara shuru karte hue West Indies ne Pakistan ke bowlers ke disciplined spell mein Kavem Hodge, Justin Greaves, Roston Chase aur Kemar Roach ko kho diya.

Phir bhi Hope doosri taraf mazbooti se jamay rahe, jabke Joseph ne 12 balls par 23 runs, jin mein chaar fours aur ek six shamil tha, se runs ki raftaar mein aakhri tez izafa kiya aur West Indies ko 300 ke mark se upar le gaye.

Pakistan ne behtareen aaghaaz kiya jab Khurram Shahzad ne din ki pehli hi ball par Hodge ko out kar diya. Fifth-stump line par lagataar pressure dalte hue,

Khurram ne Hodge ko ek ghair-zaroori prod par majboor kiya aur nikla hua edge Salman Ali Agha ke paas second slip mein chala gaya.

Hodge ki jazbati aur ziddi 84 runs ki innings 183 balls par muheet thi aur is mein nau fours shamil thay. Unhon ne opening day par crease par chaar se zyada ghante guzare thay aur Hope ke sath mil kar West Indies ko 106-3 se sambhala tha.

Mohammad Ali ne phir ek shandar spell se Greaves ko 15 par out kiya. Is seamer ne off stump ke bahar channel par hamla karte hue musalsal shak paida kiya aur aakhirkar edge nikalwa liya, jab Salman Agha ne second slip par ek aur chust catch pakra.

Is dauran Hope ne West Indies ki innings ko sambhale rakha. Right-hander, jo overnight 39 par not out the, ne apni saatvin Test half-century mukammal ki aur 176 deliveries par 89 not out tak pohanch gaye, jin mein chaar six aur ek six shamil tha.

Roston Chase ne kuch der ke liye scoring mein tezi lane ki koshish ki, magar Mohammad Abbas ne match ka apna teesra wicket hasil kar liya.

Phir Khurram ne Kemar Roach ko 3 par out kar diya, jabke Babar Azam ne slip mein catch liya.

Jab Joseph crease par aaye to West Indies 274-7 thi, lekin left-hander ne foran mahaul badal diya. Unhon ne Abbas ko long-on ke upar six ke liye mara, is ke baad aglay over mein Khurram ke khilaf do boundaries lagain aur hosts ko 300 se upar le gaye.

Subah ke session mein 109 runs aur chaar wickets aaye, jis ne Pakistan ko wazeh برتری di jab West Indies khel ke aaghaz par achi position mein nazar aa rahi thi.

HODGE, HOPE DAY 1 PAR MAZBOOT

Match ke barish se mutasir pehle din, Hodge ki ziddi unbeaten 83 aur Hope ki support ke sath unbroken fourth-wicket stand ne West Indies ko mazboot position mein la khara kiya.

Be-Test cricket ka naya venue — Caribbean ka 13th — aisi pitch de raha tha jahan asani se runs banana mushkil tha, jabke tourists ki seam-based attack is sust surface ke muqable ke liye zaroori firepower se mehroom nazar aayi.

Hodge ne chaar ghante crease par guzarte hue zaroori application dikhayi, aur sirf Abbas ki lagataar koshishen hi unhein kuch bara challenge de sakin, is innings mein jo ab tak 181 deliveries par mushtamil thi aur jise nau boundaries ne sajaya.

Mahine ke aaghaz mein Antigua mein Sri Lanka ke khilaf doosre aur aakhri Test mein century ke baad, Hope ne pur-sukoon itminan ke sath batting ki, aur Hodge ke sath mil kar unki 39 not out ki innings ne home side ko mid-afternoon mein 106 for three ki pareshani se nikala.

Musalsal barish ki wajah se West Indies ke captain Chase ke toss jeet kar batting ka faisla karne ke baad sirf ek ghante se kuch zyada play ho saka.

Us waqt Abbas ne jaldi strike ki jab Brandon King ne wide delivery ko kheench kar apne stumps par laga diya.

Jab play scheduled lunch interval ke aadha ghanta baad dobara shuru hua, to Hodge aur doosray opener, Tagenarine Chanderpaul, ne apni second-wicket stand ko 51 tak pohanchaya, is se pehle Aamer ne Chanderpaul ke bat ka edge nikal kar Salman se second slip par catch karwa diya.

Pakistan ke comparatively inexperienced bowling attack mein senior bowler Abbas ne phir Amir Jangoo ko leg-before trap kiya, jahan on-field not out decision Decision Review System par review ke baad ulat diya gaya.

“Ye hamare liye kaafi achha din tha, agarcheh hum kuch aur wickets lena chahte thay,” Abbas ne din ki koshish par baat karte hue kaha, jahan unhon ne 19 overs mein 44 runs de kar 2 wickets hasil kiye. “Ye pitch thori slow hai. Match se ek din pehle isay cover kiya gaya tha, is liye is se kuch nikalne ke liye aap ko bohat mehnat karni parti hai.”

Final session mein sirf wahi Hodge ko pareshan kar sake, jab unhon ne Dominica se talluq rakhne wale right-hander ke khilaf LBW ka faisla hasil kiya, lekin review par wo badal diya gaya; do overs baad ek aur leg-before appeal qareeb thi, magar television technology itni qareeb nahi thi ke on-field not out decision ko tabdeel kar sake.

Pakistan ke seam bowlers, Aamer ko chhor kar jis ne 10 overs mein 54 runs diye, West Indies ke batsmen ko qabu mein rakhte rahe, lekin unhein khatra paida karte hue nahi dekhaya.

Debutant left-arm spinner Ali Usman ne 12 maeeshat pasand overs karaye aur kabhi bhi apne muqable walon ke liye koi bara khatra paida karte nazar nahi aaye.

Scoreboard

WEST INDIES (1st Innings, overnight 194-3):

T. Chanderpaul c Salman b Aamer21

B. King b Abbas12

K. Hodge c Salman b Khurram84

A. Jangoo lbw b Abbas21

S. Hope not out89

J. Greaves c Salman b Ali15

R. Chase c Rizwan b Abbas10

K. Roach c Babar b Khurram3

S. Joseph not out23

EXTRAS (B-6, LB-6, NB-10, W-3)25

TOTAL (for seven wickets, 96 overs) 303

STILL TO BAT : J. Warrican, J. Seales

FALL OF WICKETS : 1-13 (King), 2-64 (Chanderpaul), 3-106 (Jangoo), 4-197 (Hodge), 5-231 (Greaves), 6-257 (Chase), 7-274 (Roach)

BOWLING: Abbas 26-6-63-3 (1w, 2nb), Khurram 23-5-66-2 (5nb), Ali 20-5-47-1 (1w, 3nb), Usman 12-1-34-0, Aamer 15-1-81-1 (1w)

PAKISTAN: Azan Awais, Imam-ul-Haq, Shan Masood, Babar Azam, Mohammad Rizwan, Salman Ali Agha, Aamer Jamal, Ali Usman, Khurram Shahzad, Mohammad Ali, Mohammad Abbas