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Brathwaite carries his bat through West Indies’ 337
- Updated: November 1, 2016
West Indies 337 (Brathwaite 142*, Chase 50, Wahab 5-88) lead Pakistan 281 by 56 runsLive Scorecard and ball-by-ball details
Innings update: Kraigg Brathwaite became the fifth West Indies batsman to carry his bat through a Test innings with an unbeaten 142 off 318 that helped his side recover from 68 for 4 to post 337. West Indies thereby climbed up to a handy 56-run first-innings lead over Pakistan, leaving them slightly ahead in the Sharjah Test.
Devendra Bishoo, who had kept Brathwaite company in a 60-run eighth-wicket stand, was the first to depart after lunch, nicking behind off the bowling of Wahab Riaz. Wahab then accounted for Alzarri Joseph and Shannon Gabriel to wrap up the West Indies innings and claim his second five-wicket haul in Tests.
Lunch: Kraigg Brathwaite, who brought up his fifth Test century, and Devendra Bishoo, batting at No. 9, put on an unbroken eighth-wicket stand of 51 by lunch to give West Indies a 33-run lead and, with it, a chance to take charge of the Sharjah Test. West Indies added 70 runs to their overnight score, for the sole loss of captain Jason Holder, and held the edge going into the interval at 314 for 7.
Brathwaite resumed on 95 on the third morning, but he made that 99 after the …
