3rd Test: Misbah departs after playing last innings of his career
West Indies were all-out for 247 at the beginning of Day 4 against green shirts
ROSEAU (Web Desk) - Pakistan lost its fourth wicket after lunch as opener Misbah-ul-Haq departed after scoring 2 runs in last innings of his career.
Skipper Misbah-ul-Haq came to play last innings of his career as both the legends were on the crease and Pakisatn took 188 lead with seven wickets remaining.
Pakistan lost two early wickets in the second innings of series decider against West Indies. Both Azhar Ali and Babar Azam fell without troubling the scoreboard as the tourists lead by 137 runs in the third Test.
Shannon Gabriel and Roston Chase were able to pick one wicket each in the opening session against tourists. Opener Azhar Ali was dismissed playing a cut shot while Babar Azam scored a duck and got out cheaply to Chase. However, Shan Masood is still at the crease not out.
West Indies were all out in first session on Day 4 of the third and final cricket Test against Pakistan in Dominica, as they resumed their first innings at overnight score of 218 for 5 on Saturday.
The promising Abbas rips apart the West Indies lower order as the host side fall 129 runs short of Pakistan s first innings score.
The start of proceedings were not that good for the Caribbean side as Muhammad Amir removed Dowrich up on fourth ball of the very first over of Day 4.
Dowrich falls after scoring 20 runs while Abbas removed Chase and Bishoo of two consecutive balls and taking the last two wickets as well to restrict WI to 247 all out.
Earlier, Pakistan were all out for 376 in their first innings as Azhar Ali scored yet another century with Misbah ul Haq 59, Babar Azam 55 and Sarfraz Ahmed with 51 runs also contributing to the final score.
Scoreboard on lunch Day 4:
Pakistan 1st Innings - 376
West Indies 1st Innings
(overnight 218 for 5)
K. Brathwaite c Ahmed b Shah 29
K. Powell c Ali b Shah 31
S. Hetmyer c Ahmed b Shah 17
S. Hope c Misbah b Azhar Ali 29
R. Chase b Abbas 69
V. Singh lbw Abbas 8
S. Dowrich b Amir 20
J. Holder not out 30
D. Bishoo c Khan b Abbas 0
A. Joseph b Abbas 0
S. Gabriel c Azam b Abbas 0
Extras (b-4, lb-2, nb-3, w-5) 14
Total (all out, 115 overs) 247
Fall of wicket: 1-43 (Powell), 2-69 (Hetmyer), 3-97 (Brathwaite), 4-152 (Hope), 5-189 (Singh), 6-218 (Dowrich), 7-239 (Chase), 8-239 (Bishoo), 9-241 (Joseph), 10-247 (Gabriel)
Bowling: M. Amir 27-12-32-1 (1w), M. Abbas 25-7-46-5 (2w), Y. Shah 40-4-126-3, H. Ali 17-4-22-0 (3nb, 2w), A. Ali 6-1-15-1
Pakistan 2nd Innings
A. Ali c sub (Blackwood) b Gabriel 3
S. Masood not out 5
B. Azam c Hetmyer b Chase 0
Total (2 wkts, 7 overs) 8
Fall of wickets: 1-6 (Ali), 2-8 (Azam)
To bat: Y. Khan, Misbah ul Haq, A. Shafiq, S. Ahmed, M. Amir, Y. Shah, M. Abbas, H. Ali
Bowling: S. Gabriel 3-1-3-1, A. Joseph 3-1-4-0, Chase 1-0-1-1
Toss: West Indies
Umpires: Richard Illingworth (ENG), Bruce Oxenford (AUS)
Match Referee: Chris Broad (ENG)
