Saturday 14 May 2011

Ajmal's 11 sets up chase of 219 for Pakistan

Shivnarine Chanderpaul plays a sweep, West Indies v Pakistan, 1st Test, Providence, 3rd day, May 14, 2011Tea West Indies 226 and 152 (Chanderpaul 36*, Ajmal 6-42) lead Pakistan 160 by 218 runs




Saeed Ajmal's first ten-wicket haul in Tests kept Pakistan hanging on in a Test in which they had looked dead, if not entirely buried. Ajmal ran through the West Indian middle order, taking his match haul to eleven. But a priceless last-wicket partnership between Shivnarine Chanderpaul and Devendra Bishoo ensured that, on a surface no batsman has yet conquered, West Indies were still favourites, having set Pakistan 219 to wi