Warrican, Motie, Roach lead Windies fightback against Pakistan on opening day of second Test
Gudakesh Motie (left) and Jomel Warrican during their vital last wicket partnership (Photos: AFP/Getty Images)
Gudakesh Motie (left) and Jomel Warrican during their vital last wicket partnership (Photos: AFP/Getty Images)

*Kraigg Brathwaite lbw b N Ali 9
Mikyle Louis c+ Rizwan b K Ali 4
Amir Jangoo lbw b Sajid Khan 0
Kavem Hodge c Hurraira b Ahmed 21
Alick Athanaze lbw b Khan 0
Justin Greaves c Azam b N Ali 1
+Tevin Imlach lbw b N Ali 0
Kevin Sinclair c Azam b N Ali 0
Gudakesh Motie b N Ali 55
Kemar Roach lbw b N Ali 25
Jomel Warrican not out 36
Extras (b7, lb1, nb4) 12
TOTAL (all out; 41.1 overs) 163
Fall of wickets: 1-8, 2-9, 3-32, 4-37, 5-38, 6-38, 7-38, 8-54, 9-95, 10-163.
Bowling: Khan 14-1-64-2, K Ali 4-0-16-1, N Ali 15.1-3-41-6, Ahmed 6-1-24-1, Agha 2-0-10-0.

PAKISTAN
*Shan Masood b Roach 15
Muhammad Hurraira lbw b Roach 9
Babar Azam b Motie 1
Kamran Ghulam c Athanaze b Motie 16
Saud Shakeel c Roach b Warrican 32
+Mohammad Rizwan st+Imlach b Warrican 49
Salman Agha b Motie 9
Noman Ali c Athanaze b Warrican 0
Sajid Khan not out 16
Abrar Ahmed b Warrican 2
Kashif Ali run out 0
Extras (b2, lb2, nb1) 5
TOTAL (all out; 47 overs) 154
Fall of wickets: 1-22, 2-25, 3-25, 4-51, 5-119, 6-130, 7-130, 8-146, 9-149, 10-154.
Bowling: Motie 13-0-49-3, Roach 6-1-15-2, Warrican 17-4-43-4, Sinclair 10-1-42-0, Brathwaite 1-0-1-0.
Position: West Indies have a first innings lead of nine runs.
Umpires: Paul Reiffel, Rod Tucker.
TV Umpire: Richard Kettleborough.
Reserve Umpire: Rashid Riaz.
Match Referee: Ranjan Madugalle.

20 wickets tumble on Day One in Multan…

MULTAN, Pakistan (CMC) – Jomel Warrican, Gudakesh Motie and Kemar Roach were at the forefront of a superb West Indies fightback against Pakistan on a dramatic opening day that saw 20 wickets fall in the second Test at the Multan Cricket Stadium on Saturday.

Motie scored his maiden Test half century batting at number nine and together with Warrican and Roach helped to rescue the Windies from 38 for seven, with the trio combining to add 125 runs before the West Indies were eventually dismissed for 163 in 41.1 overs in the morning session.

Left-arm spinner Noman Ali was the main destroyer for Pakistan, finishing with 6-41, while becoming the first Pakistan spinner to bag a Test hat-trick in the process.
Warrican then returned to grab four wickets, while Motie took three and Roach two, to orchestrate a dramatic middle order collapse as Pakistan were bowled out for 154 in the final session, giving the Windies a slender nine-run first innings lead.

But it was the West Indies’ three tailenders that stole the show, showing grit and determination that was evidently missing from the top order batsmen.
After winning the toss and electing to bat, the visitors found themselves in trouble early on when Mikyle Louis became the first Test wicket for debutant Kashif Ali, edging him behind for just four.

Amir Jangoo then had a nightmare start to his Test career when he was dismissed for a duck, adjudged lbw to off spinner Sajid Khan, to see the Windies slip to nine for two.
Skipper Kraigg Brathwaite made just nine before he was trapped lbw by Nomad Ali, and when Nomad Ali snared the wickets of Justin Greaves, Tevin Imlach and Kevin Sinclair in successive deliveries in the 12th over, the West Indies slumped to 38 for seven.

Jomel Warrican starred with bat and ball for the West Indies on the opening day of the second Test.
Kavem Hodge’s defiant 21 then came to an end when he was dismissed by Abrar Ahmed with the score 54 for eight, to leave only the tail.
However, Roach added 41 with Motie to carry the total to 95 before he became Nomad Ali’s fifth victim, out lbw for 25 from 45 balls.

His dismissal brought Warrican to the crease and together with Motie, they frustrated Pakistan’s bowlers during a 68-run partnership for the last wicket.
They both had luck on their sides, with Motie being dropped by Salman Agha at slip when he was 39, while Agha floored a difficult return catch when Warrican was 26.
Motie took advantage of the opportunity to bring up his first Test half century off 81 balls when he drove Nomad Ali down to long on for a single.

Ali got his revenge in his next over though, when he comprehensively bowled Motie to bring the innings to an end just before the lunch break.
Motie faced 87 balls and struck four boundaries, while Warrican was unbeaten on 36 from 40 balls with two sixes and one four.
Following on from the exploits of their bowlers, Pakistan would have been hoping to gain a sizeable first innings lead and take control of the contest.

However, veteran pacer Kemar Roach dismissed openers Muhammad Hurraira and Shan Masood and Motie bowled Babar Azam to leave the home side wobbling on 25 for three.
And when Athanaze held on to a good catch at slip to account for the wicket of Kamran Ghulam off the bowling of Motie, Pakistan was in trouble at 51 for four.

But the heroes of the first Test, Saud Shakeel and Mohammad Rizwan, shared a 68-run stand for the fifth wicket to put the home side back in the ascendancy.
Once Warrican dismissed Shakeel for 32 and Rizwan was stumped off his bowling for 49, the rest of the batting collapsed to give the West Indies an unlikely lead.
Warrican finished with 4-43, Motie took 3-49 and Roach 2-15.

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