MULTAN: On the third day of the first Test match against the West Indies in Multan on Sunday, Pakistan defeated the West Indies by 127 runs thanks to five wickets from spinner Sajid Khan and four more from Abrar Ahmed.
Leg-spinner Abrar Ahmed caught 4-27 as the West Indies were knocked for 123, well short of their victory goal of 251, while Sajid grabbed 5-50 for match figures of 9-115.
The host team gained an early lead in the two-test series as Pakistan’s spinners claimed all the wickets in the second innings of the West Indies, with Noman Ali adding 1-42.
Together with Tevin Imlach, left-handed batsman Alick Athanaze scored 41 runs for the sixth wicket and struck 55, the tourists’ only half-century of the game.
The hazardous Athanaze was eliminated by Sajid.
