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May 8, 2000
GEORGETOWN (Guyana), MAY 7 (AP) - Captain Jimmy Adams remained unbeaten on 16 as the West Indies fought to resist a well-balanced Pakistan attack at stumps Saturday, the second day of the opening test in Guyana, with the home team at 101 for three in reply to the visitors' first innings of 288.
Adrian Griffith and Wavell Hinds both batted confidently to score 34 but they fell toward the end of the day to give Pakistan the slight advantage. With Adams was Shivnarine Chanderpaul, who was nine not out at the close.
Pakistan, overnight 221 for five, built their total around a record-breaking sixth wicket stand of 206 between first day centurion Inzamam-ul-Haq and rookie all-rounder Abdur Razzaq.
Vice captain Inzamam, resuming on 117, eventually fell for 135 in 406 minutes, off 254 balls. The 30-year-old's 10th test century was spiced with 20 boundaries to all parts of the small ground.
Razzaq, 80 at the start of the day, was becalmed Saturday and struggled to add seven runs off 79 balls in over two hours before he was eighth out. The 20-year-old's maiden test half century in his fourth test spanned 418 minutes, 320 balls and included 11 fours.
Inzamam and Razzaq, both dropped on the opening day, again benefitted from some luck before finally being separated exactly 24 hours after they came together after Pakistan stumbled to 39 for five.
Courtney Walsh dropped a return chance off Inzamam when he was 121, while Razzaq was let off by Hinds at square leg off Curtly Ambrose at 82 and wicket-keeper Jacobs low off Nixon McLean at 86.
Inzamam's third century against the West Indies was ended by a leg before verdict off Reon King's first delivery of the day.
His dismissal sparked a collapse in which Pakistan's final five wickets contributed just 43 runs.
Wasim Akram, also dropped off McLean by Adams early on, was brilliantly gloved by Jacobs off Walsh after making 16.
Razzaq's long vigil ended four runs later, the persevering McLean rewarded as first slip Chris Gayle hung onto an edge.
McLean also accounted for Waqar Younis for 13, his big drive at a slower ball cannoning onto the stumps.
Ambrose, the early wrecker on Friday, returned to wrap up the innings, with Gayle at slip grasping Mushtaq Ahmed's edge.
The 36-year-old Ambrose finished with four for 43 off 35.2 overs, while his fellow fast bowlers Walsh, McLean and King each took two wickets.
Wasim Akram sunk the home team early with a breakthrough in the fifth over, with West Indies vice captain Sherwin Campbell smartly held at third slip by Younis Khan diving forward.
But Griffith and Hinds responded positively to the early peril in a stand of 67 in 85 minutes for the second wicket.
Just as the pair threatened to take control, Razzaq trapped Griffith leg before as he missed his ondrive.
The Barbadian faced 61 balls, striking four boundaries, all off fast bowler Waqar Younis, during his 104 minutes at the crease.
Hinds, never comfortable against Mushtaq Ahmed, was eventually undone by the leg-spinner. The 23-year-old was neatly stumped by Moin Khan as he lifted his foot as he missed a drive, with the TV umpire Colin Alfred making the decision. Jamaican Hinds batted just short of two hours, facing 99 balls and hitting five fours.
Adams and Chanderpaul, two of eight left-handers in the West Indies' top nine in the order, survived to close with a few alarms.
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