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| June 7, 2005 | Tuesday | Rabi-us-Sani 29, 1426 |
Pakistan set West Indies challenging target: Inzamam scores 22nd Test century
KINGSTON (Jamaica), June 6: Pakistan captain Inzamamul Haq capitalised on his good fortune to make his 22nd Test hundred as his side set West Indies a challenging victory target of 280 in the second and final Test on Monday.
Pakistan, who went to lunch at 307 for nine, added just two more runs after the break before Corey Collymore picked up his fourth wicket of the second innings – and 11th of the match – when he took a return catch to dismiss last man Danish Kaneria.
Inzamam was left stranded on 117, his fourth Test hundred, as Pakistan gave themselves a reasonable chance of levelling the series.
Fast bowler Tino Best kept West Indies in the game, however, when he collected four wickets for 44 runs from 12 overs in his best bowling performance in his 10 Tests.
Fortunate to have been dropped first ball by wicket-keeper Courtney Browne the previous evening, Inzamam dug in deep to fashion a vital hundred that could have effectively put a series-levelling victory in the Test on a platter for his side.
Inzamam glanced Reon King to the deep fine leg boundary for four about 25 minutes before the interval to arrive at his landmark.
Minutes earlier, fortune again smiled on the Pakistan captain when on 92 he was caught behind off King, only to be saved when umpire Darrell Hair bellowed ‘no-ball’.
The Pakistan captain added 73 for the fifth wicket with Shahid Afridi, who was caught at mid-wicket off Best for a run-a-ball 43 that contained five fours and one six to give West Indies the breakthrough they yearned.
On Sunday, Inzamam benefited from Browne’s greasy gloves and sped to a half-century to lead his side, who trailed by 30 runs on first innings, to 223 for four when stumps were drawn on the third day.
Collymore had put the skids on the Pakistanis with the removal of Shoaib Malik for 64 and Asim Kamal for a duck in the space of three balls.
There was a sense of anticipation when Inzamam, who strangely batted at five, arrived to a cacophony of noise from the half-filled Sabina Park. But those loud cheers soon turned to uproarious boos.
Collymore galloped in to bowl with the crowd in the George Headley Stand behind him, and around the ground on the edges of their seat. He delivered a perfectly pitched delivery that moved away from just outside off-stump, and Inzamam groped sheepishly, only to find the edge.
Browne, who has an unenviable reputation of letting off key batsmen in his 21 Tests, flew to his right, and succeeded in getting both his gloves to the ball, only to spill it, much to the consternation of the bowler.
Inzamam spent close to 1-1/2 hours adding a vital 75 for the fourth wicket with his deputy Younis Khan, who scored 46, before he offered Chris Gayle a tame return catch about 20 minutes before the close.
Collymore had pegged Pakistan back to 119 for three, after their openers gave the second innings a flying start.
Yasir and Shoaib set upon some loose bowling from the West Indies new ball pair of Daren Powell and Best, as well as support bowler King, in an opening stand of 66, before Collymore made the breakthrough in his second over.
A stand of 53 for the third wicket between Younis and Malik either side of tea that was taken with the Pakistanis on 86 for one, helped the visitors recover from the setback.
Collymore however had him caught behind — ironically by Browne — and two balls later, trapped Asim Kamal lbw plumb in front to leave the Pakistanis 119 for three.
Scoreboard
PAKISTAN (1st Innings) 374 (Younis Khan 106, Asim Kamal 51, Inzamamul Haq 50; C.D. Collymore 7-78).
WEST INDIES (1st Innings):
C.H. Gayle c Kamran b Razzaq 33
D.S. Smith b Razzaq 25
R.R. Sarwan c Kaneria b Shabbir 55
B.C. Lara c Kamran b Shabbir 153
S. Chanderpaul c Kamran b Kaneria 28
W.W. Hinds c Yasir b Afridi 63
C.O. Browne c Kamran b Shabbir 0
D.B. Powell c Kamran b Shabbir 14
T.L. Best b Afridi 18
R.D. King lbw b Afridi 0
C.D. Collymore not out 2
EXTRAS (B-3, LB-7, W-1, NB-2) 13
TOTAL (all out, 107 overs) 404
FALL OF WKTS: 1-48, 2-59, 3-205, 4-275, 5-326, 6-326, 7-356, 8-385, 9-393.
BOWLING: Rana Navedul Hasan 6-0-50-0 (1w); Shabbir Ahmed 22-4-64-4; Abdul Razzaq 23-4-83-2; Danish Kaneria 28.5-7-94-1; Shahid Afridi 13.1-3-51-3 (1nb); Shoaib Malik 19-2-52-0 (1nb).
PAKISTAN (2nd Innings, overnight 223-4):
Yasir Hameed c Smith b Collymore 26
Shoaib Malik c Browne b Collymore 64
Younis Khan c and b Gayle 43
Asim Kamal lbw b Collymore 0
Inzamamul Haq not out 117
Shahid Afridi c Smith b Best 43
Abdul Razzaq b Best 2
Kamran Akmal c Browne b Best 1
Rana Navedul Hasan b King 0
Shabbir Ahmed c Browne b Best 0
Danish Kaneria c and b Collymore 0
EXTRAS (LB-2, W-3, NB-8) 13
TOTAL (all out, 77.5 overs) 309
FALL OF WKTS: 1-66, 2-119, 3-119, 4-194, 5-267, 6-273, 7-279, 8-280, 9-295.
BOWLING: Powell 22-0-100-0 (1nb, 1w); Best 13-1-46-4 (1nb, 1w); King 16-1-70-1 (6nb, 1w); Collymore 16.5-2-56-4; Gayle 10-2-35-1.—AFP
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