BRIDGETOWN (Barbados), May 27: Fiery fast bowling by Fidel Edwards put West Indies into a commanding position on the second day of the first Test against Pakistan here on Friday. The visitors were sent packing for just 144 in their first innings in reply to West Indies’ 345 with Edwards grabbing five for 38 – his third five-wicket haul. Corey Collymore also played a key role in demolishing Pakistan’s depleted batting line-up with three wickets for 20 runs.

Pakistan added a mere 48 runs after lunch while losing six wickets. Stand-in captain Younis Khan, who was 27 not out at lunch, top-scored with 31 before a rush of blood cost him his wicket.

Earlier, Edwards snared the wickets of Shahid Afridi and Yasir Hameed in the first hour, and Collymore picked up where he left off with the wickets of Salman Butt and debutant Bazid Khan in the second hour on the second day.

Afridi was caught at third slip for 16 after the fast, full, third ball of the day swung away and wrong-footed him.

Yasir spent just over half-hour at the crease, but he never looked settled, and was put out of his misery when Edwards bowled him off the inside edge for 12.

After Edwards and new-ball partner Daren Powell bowled through the first hour, West Indies captain Shivnarine Chanderpaul turned to Collymore and Reon King, and things continued to happen.

With his first ball, King saw compatriot Ramnaresh Sarwan drop Salman, on 21, at second slip, but Collymore made sure that it did not cost West Indies too much, when he had the left-handed opener caught behind for 27 driving loosely outside the off-stump.

Collymore also had Bazid caught behind for nine in the penultimate over before the interval.

Meanwhile, a majestic 29th Test hundred from Brian Lara, who scored 130, helped West Indies make a grand recovery on Thursday’s opening day.

Lara, making a return to the West Indies line-up after being rested for the preceding three-match ODI series, played some breathtaking strokes to collect 14 fours and four sixes from 120 balls in 2-3/4 hours of batting.

Chanderpaul added 169 for the fourth wicket with Lara and was the perfect foil for the batting superstar.

Chanderpaul fell eight runs short of his 14th Test hundred, after striking nine fours from 193 balls in just over four hours.

Abdul Razzaq, Shabbir Ahmed, and Danish Kaneria, all snared three wickets for Pakistan.

Lara and Chanderpaul gave substance to their side’s innings, after West Indies courted early strife at 45 for three.

But when they were separated in the final half-hour before tea, there was little support from the rest of the batting, as no one else showed any purpose.

Lara reached his first Test hundred against the Pakistanis, when he lofted two consecutive sixes off Kaneria over long-off to move from 90 to 102.

Kaneria, the target of much of Lara’s punishment, had the last laugh when he deceived the great West Indies batsman and bowled him with a well-flighted delivery.

Lara has now scored a hundred against each of the nine other Test playing nations and has joined his elite contemporaries Rahul Dravid, Gary Kirsten, Sachin Tendulkar, and Steve Waugh in this achievement.

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Scoreboard
WEST INDIES (1st Innings):
C.H. Gayle c Razzaq b Shabbir	4
D.S. Smith c Yasir b Razzaq	19
R.R. Sarwan c Bazid b Shabbir	6
B.C. Lara b Kaneria	130
S. Chanderpaul c Bazid b Kaneria	92
W.W. Hinds run out	28
C.O. Browne c Kamran b Shabbir	12
D.B. Powell b Razzaq	10
F.H. Edwards c Yasir b Kaneria	3
R.D. King c Kamran b Razzaq	3
C.D. Collymore not out	0
EXTRAS (B-3, LB-6, W-2, NB-27)	38
TOTAL (all out, 83.3 overs)	345
FALL OF WKTS: 1-12, 2-25, 3-45, 4-214, 5-263, 6-287, 7-336, 8-336, 9-343.
BOWLING: Rana Navedul Hasan 18-2-66-0 (8nb); Shabbir Ahmed 18-4-66-3 (6nb, 1w); Abdul Razzaq 17-3-58-3 (7nb, 1w); Danish Kaneria 24.3-1-114-3 (4nb); Shahid Afridi 6-0-32-0 (2nb).
PAKISTAN (1st Innings, overnight 22-0):
Salman Butt c Browne b Collymore	27
Shahid Afridi c Smith b Edwards	16
Yasir Hameed b Edwards	12
Younis Khan c Collymore b Edwards	31
Bazid Khan c Browne b Collymore	9
Asim Kamal c Sarwan b King	0
Abdul Razzaq lbw b Edwards	10
Kamran Akmal c Hinds b King	4
R. Navedul Hasan c Sarwan b Collymore	17
Shabbir Ahmed b Edwards	6
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