The West Indies fought back in the final session of the first cricket Test against Pakistan on Friday (Saturday AEST), reaching 7-244 at the close, a reasonable total on a difficult Sabina Park wicket after the home team had collapsed to 5-71.
Play was halted for bad light with nine overs still to play after Pakistan took the new ball.
With several key players absent at the IPL, the new-look West Indies team struggled at first, but Roston Chase and wicketkeeper Shane Dowrich shared a 118-run partnership as the lower middle order rescued the team on a wicket that got easier as the day wore on.
Chase, in just his eighth Test, scored 63 and Dowrich, in his ninth, was the only other West Indies player to pass 50, reaching 56 before falling to Yasir Shah. Shah removed both batsmen with successive deliveries after tea.
Bowlers Jason Holder and Devendra Bishoo added further steel to the West Indies batting, sharing an unbeaten partnership of 55 for the eighth wicket. Holder posted a bright innings of 30 not out that pushed West Indies toward the par score at Sabina Park of around 260 on the first day of Tests. Bishoo was 23 not out.
Mohammad Amir was the pick of Pakistan's bowling, finishing with 3-28 from 19 overs, achieving extravagant swing on a cloudy and humid Jamaican day. Debutant seamer Mohammad Abbas claimed a wicket off his second delivery as West Indies reached 5-143 at tea.
