Chanderpaul gives Windies hope of saving test

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KARACHI, Dec 1 (Reuters) Shivnarine Chanderpaul scored a half-century to give West Indies hope of saving the third and final test against Pakistan on Friday.

Playing in his 101st test, Chanderpaul put on an unbeaten 68 to lead his side to 226 for five with at tea, still trailing by 217 runs and a minimum of 38 overs remaining.

The experienced left-hander dropped anchor for the tourists after they lost two wickets and Ramnaresh Sarwan to a foot injury before lunch.

A win would give Pakistan a 2-0 series triumph after they recorded a nine-wicket victory in the opening match in Lahore.

Resuming on 144 for four after lunch, Chanderpaul put on an obdurate 57 runs from 111 balls with Dwayne Bravo (26).

Bravo then gifted his wicket away after batting steadily, guiding a wide ball from Shahid Nazir into the hands of Younis Khan at second slip after facing 56 balls.

Chanderpaul then teamed up with wicketkeeper Denesh Ramdin (10) to guide the West Indies to the interval.

Scoring his 40th half-century, Chanderpaul had batted for 150 minutes and hit nine boundaries in his 105-ball knock.

Before lunch, West Indies had advanced to 97-2 before they lost the key wicket of skipper Brian Lara (49) and then Sarwan (35) to an injury in the space of 18 balls.

Runako Morton (16) was then caught and bowled by leg-spinner Danish Kaneria after clobbering him for two fours and a six in his previous over.

Yesterday, Pakistan took complete control of the contest thanks to centuries from Mohammad Hafeez and scoring-machine Mohammad Yousuf, who notched his ninth hundred of the year while setting a record for most runs in a calendar year, 1,788.

Pacer Umar Gul had Lara caught by Shoaib Malik in the covers as he failed to check his drive and played uppishly after hitting nine fours.

Seventeen balls later, Gul floored Sarwan with a vicious inswinging yorker that slammed into his foot and the batsman was forced to retire with his team reeling on 101-3.

REUTERS SAM BD1655

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