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Pakistan score 255/8 in 3rd test against West Indies

SHARJAH: Pakistan scored 255 runs for loss of eight wickets in the first day of last test against West Indies in Sharjah.

Opener Sammi Aslam, Younus Khan, captain Misbahul Haq and wicket-keeperĀ  Sarfaraz Ahmed scored half centuries. D Bisho picked four wickets while ST Gabriel three and RL Chase one wicket.

Earlier, Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat first. Pakistan suffered early loss as it reeled at 1 for 2 in the first over. However, Pakistan overcome the early scare on the back of half centuries of Sammi Aslam and Younus Khan. At tea Pakistan was 148 for 3..

With the Sharjah pitch offering more pace and carry than expected, Gabriel dismissed Azhar Ali for a first-ball duck with a ball that climbed awkwardly on the batsman and seamed away a touch to take his outside edge through to second slip. It was the third time that Gabriel has dismissed Azhar in the series.

Two balls later, Gabriel nipped one back into Shafiq to beat his bat and hit his pad. It looked like it may have been going down leg, but West Indies reviewed Paul Reiffel’s not-out decision and Hawk-Eye showed it hitting enough of leg stump to send the batsman on his way. West Indies could have had more success had Marlon Samuels, fielding at cover, hit the stumps at the keeper’s end after Younis set off for a risky run in the second over. Aslam would have been dismissed without facing a ball. He socred 74.