Greaves takes five wickets without conceding a run as West Indies seize control against Pakistan

Justin Greaves bowled five consecutive wicket maidens — five overs, five wickets, zero runs conceded — to rip through Pakistan's lower order on day three of the first Test at the Brian Lara Cricket Academy in Trinidad.
For the uninitiated, a maiden is an over in which no runs are scored off the bat or extras. Greaves did not just bowl maidens. He bowled five in a row, taking a wicket in each one. Pakistan collapsed from a position of strength to 282 all out, losing their last seven wickets for 38 runs. (BBC Sport)
The 32-year-old Barbadian all-rounder, playing his 17th Test, claimed his maiden five-wicket haul at this level. His final figures read 5 for 27. Earlier in the day, before the spell that will be remembered, he had sent down six wicketless overs for 27 runs. Something clicked. What followed was a passage of bowling as relentless as anything in recent Test memory. (BBC Sport)
Greaves began by removing Pakistan captain Shan Masood, who had just reached 109. An inside edge clipped the stumps in the 64th over. Then Aamer Jamal's middle stump was uprooted. Ali Usman was trapped leg before — that is, struck on the pad in front of the wicket, given out without the ball hitting the bat. Mohammed Rizwan and Mohammad Abbas were both caught behind by the wicketkeeper. Five wickets, five different modes of dismissal, not a single run given away. (BBC Sport)
West Indies had earlier posted 311 in their first innings. Pakistan, at one point well placed behind Masood's century, folded for 282 — a deficit of 29. At lunch on day three, Pakistan had been 267 for 8, already in the midst of the collapse. (AP via KVUE, ESPN Cricinfo)
Batting a second time with a slender lead, West Indies extended their advantage to 155 by stumps, reaching 126 for 7. The match remained in the balance, with two days left and the pitch at Tarouba likely to offer more to the bowlers as it wears. (BBC Sport)
Greaves batted at number 11 in the West Indies order — the last man in. On this day, though, it was the ball in his hand that told the story. The second Test of this two-match series is scheduled for August 2–6 at Port of Spain. (ICC)


