Much of the second day’s play of the first Test between west indies and Pakistan on 22 April 2017 was ruined due to rain. Heavy rains in the night and improper covering of the ground led to a four-hour delay in the start of the game.

Live updates: day 3

Pakistan trail by 71 runs with 6 wickets remaining.

Pakistan 215/4 (82.2 overs)

West Indies 286 The West Indies skipper reached his fifth Fifty, and the West Indies had a reached a respectable 278 for nine when torrential rains again played villain and play had to be stopped. In all 11.3 over were bowled and the only bright spot was a half century by the WI captain.

The Carribean team was bowled out for 286 runs in the early session of play on the third day of the first Test against Pakistan in the rain affected the match. The West Indies skipper remained unbeaten on 57 runs. Mohammad Amir finished with a figure of 6 for 44.

Earlier Azhar Ali was out cheaply, once again flashing to a short ball and gave a simple catch to Shane Dowrich. Ahmed Shahzad dug in and hit a few boundaries before he was trapped by Holder. Pakistan was tottering at 54 for 2.

Younis Khan enters 10,000 run club

Heavy showers have been predicted for all five days of the match, but the test will be memorable for some reasons.

It is a series when two senior most players, Misbah-ul-Haq and Younis Khan will be bidding farewell to cricket. With the weather playing villain, the interest on the third day was Younis Khan completing his 10000 runs and joining an exclusive club. He accomplished it just after tea, and then the score picked up.

The West Indies pace battery was tired, and the spinners led by Devendra Bishoo was easy picking for the batsmen who like others from the subcontinent had complete disdain for a spin.

Younis and Babar Azam continued their 131 runs stand for the third wicket before Captain Jason Holder brought in Shannon Gabriel who did not disappoint the confidence placed by his skipped and got the prized scalp of Younis Khan.

He made a meaty 57 and helped to steady the visitors’ score which was tottering at 54 for 2. In the next over he again scalped Babar who made a resolute 72 off 201 deliveries.

At the end of the day, Misbah-ul-Haq and Asad Shafiq were batting and again play was stopped because of failing light.

Television Broadcast and online streaming details

ptv sports will telecast the Test for viewers in Pakistan while fans in the US can watch on Willow TV. You can catch the game online on Ptvsports.com.

The match will be telecast live at 8:30 PM PST which is 4 PM GMT and 10 AM local time.

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