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Spin pair Noman Ali and Sajid Khan shared nine wickets between them to give Pakistan a 93-run lead on the second day of the opening Test against the West Indies in Multan on Saturday.
Noman grabbed 5-39 for his seventh five-wicket haul in Tests, while Sajid finished with 4-65 to dismiss the West Indies for 137 after lunch in a first innings that lasted just 25.2 overs.
Pakistan had earlier lost their last six wickets for 43 runs after resuming at 143-4 and were bowled out for 230 in their first innings.
The dry, grassless Multan pitch has already produced 20 wickets in five sessions, although two and a half hours were lost on the first day and another 30 minutes on Saturday, due to poor visibility.
Noman and Sajid, who shared 39 of 40 wickets in the last two Tests against England in Pakistan’s 2-1 win last year, were once again unplayable.
Sajid opened the bowling and removed Mikyle Louis (one), Keacy Carty (0), Kraigg Brathwaite (11) and Kavem Hodge (four) in his first three overs.
Noman then rocked the tourists with four more wickets to leave them on 66-8.
The tails showed more resistance, with number 10 batsman Jomel Warrican unbeaten on 31, with Gudakesh Motie adding 19 and Jayden Seales the final wicket to fall for 22.
Seales hit three sixes before getting rid of spinner Abrar Ahmed.
Warrican also took 3-69 in Pakistan’s innings.
Saud Shakeel top-scored for Pakistan with 84 from 157 deliveries, including six boundaries, while keeper Mohammad Rizwan added 71.
Shakeel added a valuable 141 for the fifth wicket with Rizwan, lifting Pakistan to a precarious 46-4 on the first day.
Kevin Sinclair triggered the Pakistan batting collapse by taking Shakeel’s wicket with the first ball after a drink.
He then trapped Rizwan leg before a missed reverse sweep, the initial decision not to be overturned upon review.
Rizwan’s 133-ball stay included nine boundaries.
Sajid hit a boundary and a six in a quickfire 18 before being bowled by Warrican on the stroke of lunch to end Pakistan’s innings.
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