Justin Greaves Five Wicket Haul vs Pakistan: On the third day of the first Test match being played between West Indies and Pakistan, West Indies made a brilliant comeback in the match on the basis of the lethal and magical bowling of fast bowler Justin Greaves. After scoring 311 runs in their first innings, West Indies bundled out Pakistan for 282 runs. At one time the Pakistan team looked to be in a very strong position, but a historic spell by Greaves collapsed the entire Pakistani team like a pack of cards.
Justin Greaves wreaked havoc on Pakistan
By the end of the second day’s play, Pakistan had scored 199 runs at the loss of 3 wickets. Even at the beginning of the third day, Pakistani batsmen maintained a strong hold and took the score to 244 runs for 3 wickets. But after this Justin Greaves bowled such a deadly spell, which will be remembered for a long time in the history of Test cricket. Justin Greaves did not take any wicket by giving 27 runs in his first 6 overs. But after this, in the next 5 overs, he showed the way to the pavilion to 5 batsmen of Pakistan without spending a single run. This is the first time in the history of Test cricket when a bowler has not given a single run in the interval of taking 5 wickets.
Justin Greaves picks up his first 5⃣ wicket haul in Test cricket!
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Greaves bowled 5 consecutive maiden overs and took 1-1 wicket in each over and took 5 wickets without giving any runs. They made Shan Masood, Mohammad Rizwan, Ali Usman, Aamir Jamal and Mohammad Abbas their victims. This is the first 5 wicket haul of 32 year old Justin Greaves in his Test career. On the basis of his memorable performance, West Indies not only prevented Pakistan from taking the lead in the first innings, but also strengthened their hold on the match.
Kemar Roach and Shamar Joseph also shined
Apart from Justin Greaves, Kemar Roach and Shamar Joseph also bowled amazingly. Kemar Roach took 2 wickets for 53 runs in 15.1 overs. At the same time, Shamar Joseph also made 2 batsmen his victims by giving 58 runs in 16 overs. At the same time, Jaden Seals also had a success. On the other hand, for Pakistan, Shan Masood played an important inning of 109 runs in this innings. Imam ul Haq also contributed 63 runs.
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