KARACHI, Pakistan, 6 June 2005 — Pakistan made a cracking start of 86 for one to surge ahead by 56 runs and put West Indies under pressure at tea on day three of the second and final test in Kingston, Jamaica yesteday.
Shoaib Malik (43 not out) and Yasir Hameed (26) put on 66 in quick time to wipe out a first innings deficit of 30 after West Indies were bowled out for 404.
Corey Collymore who took seven for 78 in the Pakistan first innings of 374 gave some respite to his team by dismissing Yasir in his second over but the rest of the bowling was ordinary.
Shahid Afridi performed well for Pakistan when West Indies resumed after lunch on 374 for seven. He took the last three wickets to bowl out the home side within a hour. Wavell Hinds was the last man to fall after a valuable 63 scored from 109 balls with 11 fours.
He cut straight to Yasir at first slip trying to take the strike after earlier Afridi first bowled Tino Best (18) and trapped Reon King leg before for a duck.
He finished with three for 51 but pacer Shabbir Ahmed was the best bowler with figures of four for 64.
Hinds added 78 runs with the tailenders after Brian Lara finally fell for 153, hitting 22 fours and two sixes in his 30th Test century.
Armed with the second new ball, Shabbir removed batting kingpin Lara and Courtney Browne for a first-ball duck off successive balls in his first over with the cherry, and later added Powell. Up to his intervention, West Indies had almost literally had things their way, after they continued from their bedtime position of 275 for four.
Lara, whose stated intention was to bat for the remainder of the day, continued to explore the full range of his strokes. His duel with Danish Kaneria was a joy to behold, and in between some circumspect batting, he would dance down the pitch to clout the leg-spin bowler for runs.
