Pakistan cricketers rise in ICC Test rankings after WI victory

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Pakistan captain Misbah-ul-Haq hit successive sixes off Devendra Bishoo to give Pakistan victory by seven wickets in the first Test against West Indies in Jamaica on Tuesday. "Lost early wickets again in the second innings". Yasir, who bagged all the four wickets on Day 4, added two more wickets in his account to finish the innings with the figures of six for 63.

Mohammad Abbas replaced Amir and nearly immediately struck two critical blows.

However, the leg-spinner, who bowled unchanged from one end throughout the morning's play, was not to be denied another five-wicket innings haul.

Earlier, Test skipper Misbah-ul-Haq, who will bid adieu to the global cricket following the ongoing series, led from the front as he smashed a blistering 99-run knock besides sharing an 88-run partnership with Sarfraz Ahmed (54) for the sixth wicket to guide Pakistan to a first innings total of 407 runs in reply to the Windies score of 286.

And two balls later with no addition to the score, Dowrich missed one that came back from Abbas and was lbw, leaving West Indies tottering on 129 for seven - only eight runs ahead.

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Younis will retire from test cricket after the three-test series against the West Indies.

Wahab Riaz removed Jason Holder for 14 and Shah then cleaned up the tail.

Both openers perished in the six overs possible before the break, with Ahmed Shezad nicking fast bowler Shannon Gabriel to wicketkeeper Shane Dowrich in the third over for six and Azhar Ali playing on to pacer Alzarri Joseph in the following over for one.

Younis Khan became the first Pakistan batsman to reach 10,000 career test runs, while Misbah had the dubious honour of being the first from his nation to be stranded on 99 not out.

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