West Indies ended the second day of the second Test at Abu Dhabi on 106/4 after losing Marlon Samuels (30) and Kraigg Brathwaite (21) in the last two overs of the day. However, they are still 346 runs shy of Pakistan’s first innings score of 452.
Earlier in the day West Indies bagged the final six wickets of the Pakistan innings for 120 runs as Shannon Gabriel took 5/96 and Jason Holder finished with figures of 3/47. Gabriel picked up his first five-wicket haul in Tests with the effort, accounting for the crucial wickets of Misbah-ul-Haq (96) and Sarfraz Ahmed (56). Misbah missed out on his 11th Test century after only adding six to his overnight score, while Sarfraz’s 59-ball 56 ensured that Pakistan posted a substantial first innings total.
Pakistan were 304/4 overnight and were eyeing a 500-plus score, but were prevented by Gabriel and Holder. They took two early wickets in the morning session, and then, after a 70-run seventh-wicket partnership between Ahmed and Mohammad Nawaz, picked up the last four wickets within nine overs.
Brief scores: Pakistan 452 (Younis Khan 127, Misbah-ul-Haq 96; Shannon Gabriel 5/96) lead West Indies 106/4 (Darren Bravo 43; Rahat Ali 2/31) by 346 runs
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