Gave Bishoo ‘eight soft wickets’ – Arthur

Pakistan coach Mickey Arthur said that his batsmen had given West Indies legspinner Devendra Bishoo “eight soft wickets” during their second-innings collapse on the fourth day of the day-night Dubai Test. Having taken a 222-run first-innings lead, Pakistan were dismised for 123, losing their last six wickets for 11 runs. Chasing 346, West Indies ended the fourth day at 95 for 2 with the side’s senior batsmen, Marlon Samuels and Darren Bravo, at the crease.

Arthur praised Bishoo for his bowling but rued the fact that the collapse had given West Indies a chance to press for a win. He said that Pakistan’s plan when they chose to bat again after taking the lead was simple: to score about 180 runs in 45 overs and shut West Indies out of the match.

“I am not going to take anything away from the way Bishoo bowled because he bowled really, really well,” Arthur said. “I thought we gave him eight soft wickets. We were cutting against the spin, some lazy shots. That is something we have spoken hard about because that’s not how we play the game. We worked so hard to get ourselves in front of the game and then in one session we lost 6 …

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