Pakistan took a firm grip on the second Test against West Indies, due to a brilliant inning by the opener Taufeeq Umar who posted an unbeaten 97 and took the total to 202 runs when they had lost three wickets.
The Men in Green now have an overall lead of 251 runs and still have seven wickets in hand.
The match is being played at Warner Park, Basseterre, St Kitts from May 20 to May 24, 2011.
Earlier Pakistan won the toss on the first day and elected to bat on a good looking batting wicket. They lost four wickets at 74 runs but reached 272 before they were bowled out in 109.5 overs.
Azhar Ali was the highest scorer with 67 runs followed by Tanvir Ahmed and Umar Akmal who contributed 57 and 56 runs respectively.
Ravi Rampaul and Devendra Bishoo shared three wickets each. Darren Sammy took two wickets and Kemar Roach claimed one.
The West Indians lost both their openers at 22 runs and the third wicket fell at 54 runs.
Marlon Samuels took charge in the middle order and shared a few small partnerships. He was the eighth batsman to go back, after scoring 57 runs, as the total reached 158.
Roach and Rampaul shared a valuable partnership of 60 runs for the ninth wicket and the whole West Indian team went back to the pavilion on 223 runs in 83.5 overs.
Saeed Ajmal and Mohammad Hafeez were the highest wicket takers with three wickets each. Abdur Rehmantook two wickets while Tanvir Ahmed and Wahab Riaz shared one each.
Pakistan secured a first inning lead of 49 runs and their openers gave a solid stand of 82 for the first wicket.
Hafeez was the first batsman to go back at 32 runs as Azhar joined Taufeeq Umar.
The pair contributed 76 runs partnership for the second wicket and both batsmen posted fifties in the process. Azhar lost his wicket after scoring 53 runs and Asad Shafiq could not stay longer at the crease.
Asad was the next victim after the addition of just nine runs.
However, Misbah-Ul-Haq came to the crease and gave consolidation to the innings with Taufeeq and took the score to 202.
Taufeeq was unbeaten and requires another three runs to complete his deserving century whereas Misbah was playing at 13.
The West Indian fielding was not up to mark as they dropped a few important catches.
Roach, Sammy and Bishoo claimed one wicket each from the Caribbeans.
Pakistan is in a good position and can end this match with a victor, drawing the two-match Test Series.
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