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Pakistan vs West Indies 1st Test Day 2 Highlights
14-10-2016
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• Resuming the day on 146, Azhar was solid and
  assured right from the outset and displayed more
  of the lovely drives and powerful cuts and pulls
  that lit up the first day. He went into tea at
  194, but got to his milestone within two balls of
  the resumption of play a leg-side delivery from
  Gabriel was tucked fine for four, after which a
  wide one was cut past backward square for the
  four that took him past 200. A salute and a set
  of nine push-ups followed by that stage, West
  Indies fielders looked too ragged to follow suit
• Azhar and Shafiq had added 73 runs to the
  overnight total of 279 for 1, taking their
  second-wicket partnership to 137. The pair built
  on their solid platform with relative ease,
  facing little pressure either from West Indies
  bowlers or from a pink ball that did not do much
  in the air. While Shafiq played the odd false
  shot, including a full-blooded sweep that failed
  to make contact with a flighted delivery from
  Devendra Bishoo, Azhar looked compact and sharp,
  quick to pounce on width and short balls. He
  greeted Roston Chase with successive lofted shots
  for four and six, and also played a number of
  assured sweep shots against both spinners.

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• The partnership ended when Shafiq drilled a
  return catch to Devendra Bishoo on 67. That
  moment of success provided only fleeting relief
  for an increasingly deflated West Indies side.
  Azam came in and settled in swiftly to provide
  capable support to Azhar. He glided his way to a
  half-century that seemed to come far too easily,
  before driving in the air straight to cover to
  give West Indies only their second breakthrough
  of the day.
• West Indies had their moments, but were not able
  to capitalise on them. Bishoo had dropped short
  frequently in the first session. Immediately
  after dismissing Shafiq, his bowling perked up
  temporarily. He beat Azam with a beautifully
  flighted ball and found the batsmans outside
  edge in the next over, only for the ball to fly
  to the right of slip. Frustratingly, he dropped
  short again the next ball and was cut for another
  boundary. A few overs later, Chase got Azhar to
  nick to slip, where Jermaine Blackwood spilled a
  sharp chance that should have been taken.

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• Like on the first day, west indies misused their
  reviews. Shannon gabriel clocked up impressive
  speeds in the first over of the day. His fifth
  ball, bowled at 147 kph, seamed into shafiq and
  clipped the top of his back pad on its way
  through to the wicketkeeper. The appeal,
  seemingly for a caught behind, was turned down,
  but replays indicated the ball would have gone on
  to hit enough of the top of middle for the
  batsman to be given lbw, if a review had been
  taken
• When west indies did opt for a review on the
  last ball of the 131st over they were left
  red-faced and wishing they hadnt. Jason holder
  bowled an indipping low full toss at azhar, went
  up in appeal for lbw and reviewed the not-out
  decision, evidently believing that the ball had
  brushed pad before bat. Replays, however, showed
  that the ball was nowhere near the pad and had
  been middled by azhar.

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These errors paled in comparison with West
Indies shoddy bowling and often-farcical
fielding. Bishoo and Miguel Cummins released the
early pressure that Gabriel and Holder had
created. While Bishoo bowled a number of short
balls and juicy half-volleys, Cummins repeatedly
drifted onto the batsmens pads. Gabriel
struggled to find his line or length in a
terrible spell after tea and bowled three big
no-balls, and at least three more that were not
called.
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