23 May,2011 06:26 AM IST | | AFP
Mohammad Hafeez and Taufeeq Umar cut loose after surviving early scares, taking Pakistan to 55 without loss in their second innings for an overall lead of 104 at lunch in the second Test against West Indies yesterday.
Taufeeq was not out on 39 and Hafeez was not out on 15, indulging themselves, hitting 11 boundaries between them, after the Pakistanis, looking for a series-levelling victory, dismissed West Indies for 223 before the interval to grab a first innings lead of 49.
In between an attractive array of strokes, the two openers gained two reprieves apiece however, helping to engineer a bright start to the visitors' second innings.
Hafeez was nought, when he edged the fourth ball of the innings ufffda no-ball ufffd and was caught behind off Kemar Roach, and on 14, West Indies captain Darren Sammy spilled a second low chance at second slip off Ravi Rampaul.
Taufeeq was one in the third over, when he edged Roach to first slip, where Darren Bravo muffed a straightforward chance, and on 13, edged the same bowler to second slip, where Sammy put him down. The two openers made the most of their opportunities however, with Taufeeq getting into his stride, when he added insult to injury, punching a delivery in Roach's second over through mid-on for his first boundary.
Hafeez got off the mark in the following over, when he pulled a short, rising delivery from Rampaul.
