{"id":26415,"date":"2025-02-09T01:03:33","date_gmt":"2025-02-09T01:03:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=26415"},"modified":"2025-02-09T01:03:34","modified_gmt":"2025-02-09T01:03:34","slug":"pakistan-in-control-after-west-indies-batting-collapse-in-first-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/pakistan-in-control-after-west-indies-batting-collapse-in-first-test\/","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan in Control After West Indies Batting Collapse in First Test"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><em>January 18, 2025<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A familiar batting collapse from the West Indies has handed Pakistan the advantage at stumps on Day 2 of the first Test match in Multan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Resuming their first innings on 143 for 4, Pakistan managed to post a total of 230 all out, thanks to key contributions from Saud Shakeel (84) and Mohammad Rizwan (71). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>West Indies bowlers Jayden Seales and Jomel Warrican took three wickets each to wrap up the innings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, the Caribbean side failed to capitalize, crumbling to 137 all out in their first innings. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jomel Warrican top-scored with 31, while Jayden Seales contributed 22. Extras (22) ended up as the third-highest scorer, highlighting the team\u2019s struggles against Pakistan\u2019s spin attack. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sajid Khan (4\/64) and Noman Ali (5\/39) tore through the Windies batting lineup, leaving them well behind in the match.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By stumps, Pakistan had strengthened their position at 109 for 3 in their second innings, leading by 202 runs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Shan Masood led the charge with a composed 52, while Mohammad Hurraira added 29 before falling. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the crease, Saud Shakeel (2*) and Kamran Ghulam (9*) looked to build on their lead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jomel Warrican, once again among the wickets with figures of 2 for 17 from 10 overs, acknowledged the spin-friendly conditions and emphasized the team\u2019s determination to restrict Pakistan to a manageable total.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><em>\u201cThe aim is to keep them under 275,\u201d<\/em> said Warrican post-match. <em>\u201cI think the Pakistani spinners were the difference in this game so far.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>With Pakistan in a commanding position, West Indies will need a strong response on Day 3, which bowls off at midnight on Saturday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>January 18, 2025 A familiar batting collapse from the West Indies has handed Pakistan the advantage at stumps on Day 2 of the first Test match in Multan. Resuming their&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":24483,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350,352],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26415","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-sports"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26415","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26415"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26415\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26416,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26415\/revisions\/26416"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24483"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26415"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26415"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26415"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}