Cricket: West Indies in deep trouble
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Your support makes all the difference.West Indies 303 & 99-6
Pakistan 471
Pakistan scored their highest total in a home Test against the West Indies in Rawalpindi yesterday and then grabbed six quick wickets to stand on the verge of an emphatic series win.
After Inzamam-ul-Haq hit 177 Wasim Akram took three wickets as the visitors struggled to 99 for 6 in their second innings at the close of the fourth day of the second Test. They need another 69 runs to avoid a second successive innings defeat.
Pakistan, 1-0 up in the three- match series, went on to 471 in their first innings, with Inzamam-ul-Haq finishing on 177 and helping his country past their previous best against West Indies: 406 for 8 in Karachi in 1974-75. Victory would mean Pakistan's second series win over West Indies in 10 attempts and their first for 39 years.
Inzamam was the first to go yesterday, after Pakistan resumed on 403 for 3. He lasted 36 minutes, before offering a catch to Sherwin Campbell at point off Courtney Walsh, having hit 19 fours and two sixes from 320 balls in 454 minutes.
Walsh then dismissed Mohammad Wasim for his 15th five-wicket haul in 95 Tests.
Wasim then burst through the West Indies' top order with three wickets for 17, bringing his tally to 326 in 76 Tests and taking eighth place in the all-time list from England's Bob Willis, who took 325 in 90 Tests.
After Philo Wallace fell lbw to Waqar Younis for eight, Azhar Mahmood held a superb catch in the gully off Wasim to dismiss Stuart Williams for one.
Brian Lara was deceived by Wasim's slower ball and the Pakistan captain held the return catch. Shivnarine Chanderpaul was Wasim's final victim of the day, leg before for one after tea.
Fourth day; Pakistan won toss
WEST INDIES - First Innings 303 (S Chanderpaul 95, S L Campbell 78; Azhar Mahmood 4-53).
PAKISTAN - First Innings
(Overnight 403 for 3)
Inzamam-ul-Haq c Campbell b Walsh 177
Mohammad Wasim c Hooper b Walsh 26
Moin Khan c Williams b Rose 1
Azhar Mahmood c Williams b Rose 14
*Wasim Akram b Bishop 11
Waqar Younis lbw b Walsh 2
Shoaib Akhtar c Hooper b Walsh 1
Mushtaq Ahmed not out 0
Extras (b13 lb9 nb25 w6) 53
Total (136.1 overs) 471
Fall (cont): 4-414 5-415 6-437 7-459 8-469 9-469.
Bowling: Walsh 43.1-6-143-5 (nb12); Ambrose 19-2-63-1 (nb12); Bishop 24-3-80-1 (w6); Rose 33-7-92-3 (nb1); Hooper 17-1-71-0.
WEST INDIES - Second Innings
S L Campbell b Mushtaq 34
P A Wallace lbw b Waqar 8
S C Williams c Azhar b Wasim 1
B C Lara c and b Wasim 1
C L Hooper not out 44
S Chanderpaul lbw b Wasim 7
D Williams run out (Mushtaq) 0
I R Bishop not out 1
Extras (nb3) 3
Total: (for 6, 31 overs) 99
Fall: 1-9 2-10 3-26 4-67 5-98 6-98.
To bat: F A Rose, C E L Ambrose, *C A Walsh.
Bowling: Wasim Akram 9-5-17-3 (nb1); Waqar Younis 7-0-29-1; Shoaib Akhtar 7-2-21-0 (nb2); Azhar Mahmood 2-1-4-0; Mushtaq Ahmed 6-3-28-0.
Umpires: D R Shepherd (Eng) and Javed Akhtar (Pak).
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