Edwards puts West Indies in driver's seat

West Indies reached 33 for one in their second innings at tea, after Fidel Edwards helped them bowl Pakistan out cheaply on the second day of the first Test on Friday. At the break, Chris Gayle was not out on 27 and Devon Smith was not out on six, after Pakistan were dismissed for 144 to give West Indies a first innings lead of 201. Edwards collected five wickets for 38 runs from 14 overs, and Pakistan, who were 96 for four at lunch, were dismissed about 45 minutes before tea.
Corey Collymore supported with three for 20 from 8.4 overs, and Reon King snared two for 46 from 11 overs. Younis Khan, who is leading Pakistan in the absence of the suspended Inzamam-ul-Haq, hit the top score of 31 for the visitors, and opening batsman Salman Butt scored 27, but the rest of the batting failed to come to terms with the West Indies bowling.
King struck with the fourth ball after lunch, when Asim Kamal was caught at gully for a duck, and next over, Edwards had Younis caught at mid-on to leave Pakistan 100 for six.
There was only limited resistance from the tail of the Pakistani batting and the last four wickets fell for 31 runs in the space of 9.4 overs.
Before lunch, four wickets, two apiece to Edwards and Collymore, kept West Indies competitive and restricted Pakistan.
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 Bazid Khan in the second hour. Afridi was caught at third slip for 16 after the fast, full, third ball of the day swung away and wrong-footed him.
Hameed 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 Butt, 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 27driving loosely outside the off-stump.
Collymore also had Bazid Khan caught behind for nine in the penultimate over before the interval.
West Indies, who were beaten 2-0 at home by South Africa in their most recent Test series, have won just one Test in their last 18 matches against lowly Bangladesh. This is the first Test in a series of two, with the next match starting at Kingston's Sabina Park on Friday, June 3.
SCOREBOARD
Scoreboard at the tea break on the second day of the first Test:
West Indies innings: 345 (B. Lara 130; Abdul Razzaq 3-58, Shabbir Ahmed 3-66, Danish Kaneria 3-114)

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Pakistan 1st innings

(overnight 22 without loss)

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Salman Butt c wkpr 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 wkpr Browne b Collymore       9

Asim Kamal c Sarwan b King                 0

Abdul Razzaq lbw b Edwards                10

Kamran Akmal c Hinds b King                4

Rana Naved-ul-Hasan c Sarwan b Collymore  17

Shabbir Ahmed b Edwards                    6

Danish Kaneria not out                     4

Extras (b4, nb4)                           8

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Total                                    144

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Fall of wickets: 1-26, 2-54, 3-76, 4-96, 5-96, 6-100, 7-113, 8-120, 9-132
Bowling: Edwards 14-1-38-5; Powell 10-4-36-0 (nb1); King 11-1-46-2 (nb3); Collymore 8.4-3-20-3
Overs: 43.4

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West Indies 2nd innings

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C. Gayle not out         27

D. Smith not out          6

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Total (for no wkt)       33

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