Late wickets put Pakistan on top

West Indies lost two late wickets to hand the initiative to Pakistan on the second day of the second Test in Abu Dhabi on Saturday (October 22).

West Indies had defied Pakistan's bowlers well until the 44th over with the score 106 for 2, but it then lost Marlon Samuels (30) and Kraigg Brathwaite (21) in the space of three balls without adding any further runs.

Devendra Bishoo, the nightwatchman, and Jermaine Blackwood were yet to score as West Indies ended the day on 106 for 4, trailing Pakistan's first-innings total of 452 by 346 runs with six wickets intact.

Darren Bravo, who made 87 and 116 in the first Test in Dubai, made an attractive 43 but his dismissal left Pakistan in a dominant position. The late collapse saw Samuels edge Rahat Ali, the pacer, to the slips before Brathwaite was run out by Misbah-ul-Haq's throw after setting off for a quick single.

Bravo, who opened the innings after Brathwaite was off the field when Pakistan was batting, had helped the visiting side reach 27 without loss at the tea interval.

But in the third over after tea, Rahat gave Pakistan the breakthrough when he trapped Leon Johnson leg-before for 12. Bravo and Brathwaite took the score to 65 before Yasir Shah struck.

Yasir, the legspinner, struck Bravo on his back pad as the left-hander tried to pull a short ball and Pakistan won the leg-before appeal on review.

Earlier, Misbah had missed out on his 11th Test century by just four runs, but Sarfraz Ahmed (56) and Mohammad Nawaz (25) added 70 for the seventh wicket to ensure Pakistan crossed the 450-run mark.

Shannon Gabriel, who took a career best 5 for 96, had dismissed Misbah in the first session before bowling Sarfraz soon after lunch. He then dismissed Zulfiqar Babar for nought to wrap up the innings.

Sohail Khan hit five boundaries before he became one of the three victims for Jason Holder, who finished with 3 for 47.

Pakistan had resumed the day on 304 for 4 in the hope that Misbah and Yasir, the nightwatchman, would survive the second new ball which West Indies took at the start of play.

But Misbah missed an inswinging delivery which hit him in front of the stumps. The Pakistan skipper reluctantly reviewed the decision but without success.

Yasir was the next to go, as he pulled Holder straight to Bishoo at square-leg after scoring 23. Sarfraz, however, paced his innings well, hitting six boundaries in his 59-ball knock, taking Pakistan past 400.

Pakistan leads the three-match series 1-0 after winning the first Test -- a day-night affair played with a pink ball -- by 56 runs.