November 2, 2016 by admin

Brathwaite, Holder lift WI on Day 3

Sharjah, Kraigg Brathwaite became the fifth West Indian batsman to carry his bat with an unbeaten hundred before Jason Holder took 3/10 to leave Pakistan under pressure in the third Test.
Brathwaite anchored West Indies’s first innings of 337 with a resolute 142* before Holder jolted Pakistan with three wickets in 17 balls to put his team in a strong position at the end of the third day.
At close, Pakistan were struggling at 87/4 with opener Azhar Ali 45 not out and Sarfraz Ahmed 19 not out, leading only by 31 runs with six wickets intact and two days to play. Pakistan needed a big effort after conceding a 56-run lead but from 37/0 they lost four wickets in the space of 11 runs with Holder firing on all cylinders and their batsmen playing rash shots. Holder forced Sami Aslam (17) to hook straight into the hands of deep fine-leg; in his next over he had Asad Shafiq caught in slip, fending a short ball, for nought; and then, an over later, Holder had Younis Khan caught behind for zero.
If West Indies pull off a win, it will be their first in 13 Tests since beating England at home in May last year.
Brief scores: Pakistan: 281 and 87/4 (Azhar 45*, Sarfraz 19*, Holder 3/10); West Indies: 337 (Brathwaite 142*, Chase 50, Wahab 5/88).