Pakistan can ill-afford any complacency against a dangerous West Indies side when the two teams meet in the second Test starting in Abu Dhabi from Friday. Normal service will be resumed with a traditional red ball and daylight play after both teams fought out a tension-packed pink ball day-night Test in Dubai, won by Pakistan by a narrow 56-run margin. Pakistan dominated the first three days after scoring 579-3 declared, courtesy of opener Azhar Ali's epic career best 302 not out, and then dismissing West Indies for 357. But leg-spinner Devendra Bishoo turned the match upside down with career-best figures of 8-49 to wreck Pakistan for a paltry 123 in its second innings, giving West Indies a target of 346 to win. Darren Bravo batted out of his skin and when the last session started West Indies needed 114 runs in a possible of 38 overs with Bravo unbeaten on 102 and ready to launch an assault in the final hour. It needed a leaping catch by leg-spinner Yasir Shah to dismiss Bravo for 116 and 26 runs later Pakistan wrapped up the match to take a 1-0 lead in the three-match series. "It will be tough. With the kind of confidence the West Indian batsmen have got, it will be difficult to get them out in the second Test," said Pakistan skipper Misbahul Haq. "I think both teams are used to the red ball and have more idea of it — batsmen and bowlers know how the red ball behaves — spinners and fast bowlers will get more help and there will be reverse swing." The pink ball — used for the first time in the first-ever day-night Test between Australia and New Zealand at Adelaide last year — did not help the bowlers in Dubai where excessive evening dew left it wet and soft. Misbah admitted his team missed experienced left-arm spinner Zulfiqar Babar who was left out of the first Test. "We did miss him," said Misbah. "The pink ball used to be unplayable when we used it in domestic matches in Pakistan but here it didn't work like that." That hints Babar will replace one of the three seamers, likely Sohail Khan, while Babar Azam will make way for experienced batsman Younis Khan who missed the first Test due to his recovery from dengue fever. West Indies is likely to remain unchanged as captain Jason Holder takes positives from his team's fight in Dubai. "There were a lot of positives from the first Test, so we need to keep that momentum and approach," said Holder. "We gave two chances to Ali and paid the price for that so we have to take our chances," said Holder of the two dropped catches of Ali on 17 and 190. The third and final Test will be played in Sharjah from Oct. 30-Nov. 3. Younis wants India and Pakistan to resume Tests Senior batsman Younis Khan wants India and Pakistan to set aside their strained relations and resume five-day matches as both are giants of the game. "It's my wish to play a Test in Pakistan again, play against India and against all top teams," Younis told reporters in Abu Dhabi Thursday. "India and Pakistan are two giants of cricket — one number one and the other number two — so whatever the situation between the two nations it must be forgotten and cricket should be played, people want to watch them play." There has been no Test cricket between the two nations since 2007. Bilateral cricket ties were severed in the wake of the 2008 Mumbai attacks, which New Delhi blamed on militants based in Pakistan. Pakistan did tour India in December 2012-January 2013 for a short limited over series but that failed to revive full ties, including Tests. The two countries have come close to war since last month's attacks on a military base in Indian-administered Kashmir, again blamed on militants from Pakistan. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) repeatedly snubbed Pakistan's calls for resumption of ties in the current scenario. The Pakistan Cricket Board wants BCCI to honor its commitment of six series between 2015-2023 under a Memorandum of Understanding signed in 2014, but linked to Indian government's clearance.
