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- Updated: October 23, 2016
Tea West Indies 224 (Bravo 43, Holder 31*, Yasir 4-86) trail Pakistan 452 by 228 runsLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details
Save for a frustrating 27-run tenth-wicket partnership, Pakistan maintained an iron grip on proceedings on day three in Abu Dhabi, stifling the batsmen while picking up regular wickets to bowl West Indies out for 224 and establish a formidable 228-run first-innings lead. Yasir Shah led the way with 4 for 86, and was well supported by Rahat Ali and Sohail Khan as Pakistan picked up 118 for 6 on a slow, attritional day in which West Indies managed to absorb 49.4 overs of play.
Yasir’s two wickets with the second new ball reduced West Indies to 178 for 8 shortly after lunch. On the first delivery with that second new ball, Yasir found the outside edge of an extravagant drive from Roston Chase and Asad Shafiq completed a sharp catch at second slip. In his next over, Yasir bowled Shai Hope when the batsman missed an attempted pull off a short ball that kept low.
Yasir could have had a third when Jason Holder played an inside-out drive in the air to long-off, where Mohammad Nawaz dropped the catch. Instead, it was Sohail who broke the 19-run ninth-wicket partnership, when he angled a ball across Miguel Cummins to beat …