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- Updated: October 30, 2016
Lunch Pakistan 81 for 2 (Younis 39*, Aslam 37*) v West IndiesLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details
Misbah-ul-Haq won his third toss of the series and opted to bat yet again, but the sense of déjà vu ended there. On a relatively fresh Sharjah surface, Shannon Gabriel rocked Pakistan with two strikes in the first over. Gabriel dismissed Azhar Ali and Asad Shafiq for ducks, but Sami Aslam and Younis Khan weathered a nervy half an hour to steady Pakistan by lunch with an unbroken 80-run stand.
With the pitch offering more pace and carry than expected, Gabriel dismissed Azhar for a first-ball duck off just the second delivery of the match. Banging the ball in short of a length, Gabriel got it to rise awkwardly and leave Azhar a touch, hit the shoulder of the bat and provide a comfortable catch to Kraigg Brathwaite at second slip. It was the third time Gabriel dismissed Azhar in the series.
Two balls later, Gabriel nipped one back into Shafiq to beat his bat and hit his pad. …
