Bishoo eight-for revives contest in Dubai Test

A sixteen-wicket day brought the Dubai day-night Test to life as Pakistan’s 400th Test swung one way and then the other. After Yasir Shah’s three wickets – which brought him a five-wicket haul and his 100th Test scalp – helped Pakistan secure a 222-run first-innings lead, Devendra Bishoo hit back with a career-best 8 for 49 to skittle Pakistan out for 123 and bring West Indies roaring back with an outside chance of victory.

West Indies lost Kraigg Brathwaite early in their chase of 346, before Leon Johnson and Darren Bravo shared a 60-run stand that lifted West Indies’ hopes. But Johnson’s late dismissal and Marlon Samuels’ early struggles against the spin of Yasir served as a reminder that West Indies still had an uphill task on the final day.

Having declined to impose the follow-on, Pakistan chased quick runs and lost two early wickets before tea. Sami Aslam and Babar Azam put on 57 off 70 after the interval to steady the innings and swiftly build the lead. But Bishoo then benefitted from some loose shots, some ambitious shots and some good, spinning deliveries to rip through Pakistan with seven of West Indies’ eight wickets on either side of the dinner break.

With the score at 77 for 2 and the lead at 299, Azam played a loose cross-batted shot onto his stumps off Bishoo. Aslam played a late cut into the hands of Jermaine Blackwood at first slip and Misbah-ul-Haq was bowled after a slog sweep that failed to connect. The left-handed Mohammad Nawaz shouldered arms on his third ball, only to see a fizzing leg break cannon into his off stump. When Wahab Riaz …

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