Pakistan's plan of defeating West Indies with 'trial by spin' backfired massively in Multan. Pakistan were reduced to 76/4 at the end of Day 2 of the second Test match in a chase of 254 runs.
Hosts Pakistan, who won the first test by 127 runs at the same venue, were 76-4 at stumps, with Kevin Sinclair taking the crucial wickets of Shan Masood and Babar Azam, giving West Indies a fighting chance to win their first Test in Pakistan since November 1990.
The Multan Test continued to move forward at full-throttle on a treacherous pitch on Day 2 as Pakistan finished 76/4 in chase of 254 against West Indies. The visitors started Day 2 with a nine-run lead but also with the awareness that Pakistan’s spinners could run riot on a spin haven of a surface.
West Indies stayed in the hunt for its first test win in Pakistan in 35 years after its batters came good on a turning wicket to set up a tricky target of 254 runs in the second test on Sunday.
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MULTAN, Pakistan (AFP) — Skipper Shan Masood defended Pakistan’s formula of using spin-friendly pitches to win home Test matches after a 127-run victory over the West Indies in Multan on Sunday.
MULTAN (Dunya News) – Pakistan looked in trouble at the end of day two of the second test match as the host lost four wickets at 76 runs while chasing 254 runs set by West Indies. Kevin Sinclair grabbed two important wickets of the host captain Shan Masood and Babar Azam who fell cheaply while looking good at 31 runs.
Kevin Sinclair led a West Indian spin trio to give the tourists a sniff of a series-levelling win in the second Test Sunday with Pakistan on the ropes at 76-4 after day two in Multan. The gutsy West Indies scored 244 in their second innings to set the hosts a daunting 254-run target on a spinning Multan Stadium pitch.
Pakistan needed 178 runs to win the second test and sweep the series, while West Indies were six wickets short of levelling the two-match series after the second day at Multan on Sunday.
Pakistan is racing against time, needing 178 more runs to wrap up the test series against West Indies who seek six more wickets to even the score. The match at Multan remains finely poised as both teams entered the third day with hopes and stakes running high.
Kevin Sinclair led a West Indian spin trio to give the tourist a sniff of a series-levelling win in the second Test Sunday with Pakistan on the ropes at 76-4 after day two in Multan.
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