Pakistan vs West Indies 3rd Test, Day 3: Kraigg Brathwaite carries his bat to new record

Kraigg Brathwaite was unbeaten at 142 since Day 2 of the final Test against Pakistan in Sharjah.

Kraigg Brathwaite became the 5th West Indian to carry the bat through the innings © Getty Images

Pakistan have already sealed the series against West Indies and the third Test has taken dramatic twists, mostly favouring the visitors at Sharjah Cricket Stadium in Sharjah on Tuesday. Earlier, West Indies bowled out Pakistan for 281 with Devendra Bishoo and Shannon Gabriel sharing seven wickets along with Alzzari Joseph’s two wickets. When West Indies began their innings, their opening batsman Kraigg Brathwaite was one who carried the bat through the innings, with the wickets falling on the opposite side. He became the 51st batsman to carry the bat through the innings in Tests and the fifth West Indian batsman to carry the bat through the innings. Bill Woodfall, Len Hutton and Bill Lawry have achieved this feat twice. LIVE CRICKET SCORECARD: Pakistan vs West Indies, 2nd Test at Abu Dhabi

Player	Runs	Total	Team	Against	Season	Runs
Bernard Tancred	26*	47	South Africa	England	1888-89	26
Jack Barrett	67*	176	Australia	England	1890	67
Bobby Abel	132*	307	England	Australia	1891-92	132
Plum Warner	132*	237	England	South Africa	1898-99	132
Warwick Armstrong	159*	309	Australia	South Africa	1902-03	159
Billy Zulch	43*	103	South Africa	England	1909-10	43
Warren Bardsley	193*	383	Australia	England	1926	193
Bill Woodfull	30*	66	Australia	England	1928-29	30
Bill Woodfull	73*	193	Australia	England	1932-33	73
Bill Brown	206*	422	Australia	England	1938	206
Len Hutton	202*	344	England	West Indies	1950	202
Len Hutton	156*	272	England	Australia	1950-51	156
Nazar Mohammad	124*	331	Pakistan	India	1952-53	124
Frank Worrell	191*	372	West Indies	England	1957	191
Trevor Goddard	56*	99	South Africa	Australia	1957-58	56
Jackie McGlew	127*	292	South Africa	New Zealand	1961-62	127
Conrad Hunte	60*	131	West Indies	Australia	1964-65	60
Glenn Turner	43*	131	New Zealand	England	1969	43
Bill Lawry	49*	107	Australia	India	1969-70	49
Bill Lawry	60*	116	Australia	England	1970-71	60
Glenn Turner	223*	386	New Zealand	West Indies	1971-72	223
Ian Redpath	159*	346	Australia	New Zealand	1973-74	159
Geoff Boycott	99*	215	England	Australia	1979-80	99
Sunil Gavaskar	127*	286	India	Pakistan	1982-83	127
Mudassar Nazar	152*	323	Pakistan	India	1982-83	152
Sidath Wettimuny	63*	144	Sri Lanka	New Zealand	1982-83	63
David Boon	58*	103	Australia	New Zealand	1985-86	58
Desmond Haynes	88*	211	West Indies	Pakistan	1986-87	88
Graham Gooch	154*	252	England	West Indies	1991	154
Desmond Haynes	75*	176	West Indies	England	1991	75
Alec Stewart	69*	175	England	Pakistan	1992	69
Desmond Haynes	143*	382	West Indies	Pakistan	1992-93	143
Mark Dekker	68*	187	Zimbabwe	Pakistan	1993-94	68
Michael Atherton	94*	228	England	New Zealand	1996-97	94
Gary Kirsten	100*	239	South Africa	Pakistan	1997-98	100
Mark Taylor	169*	350	Australia	South Africa	1997-98	169
Grant Flower	156*	321	Zimbabwe	Pakistan	1997-98	156
Saeed Anwar	188*	316	Pakistan	India	1998-99	188
Marvan Atapattu	216*	428	Sri Lanka	Zimbabwe	1999-00	216
Russel Arnold	104*	231	Sri Lanka	Zimbabwe	1999-00	104
Javed Omar	85*	168	Bangladesh	Zimbabwe	2000-01	85
Virender Sehwag	201*	329	India	Sri Lanka	2008	201
Simon Katich	131*	268	Australia	New Zealand	2008-09	131
Chris Gayle	165*	317	West Indies	Australia	2009-10	165
Imran Farhat	117*	223	Pakistan	New Zealand	2009-10	117
Rahul Dravid	146*	300	India	England	2011	146
Tino Mawoyo	163*	412	Zimbabwe	Pakistan	2011	163
David Warner	123*	233	Australia	New Zealand	2011-12	123
Cheteshwar Pujara	145*	312	India	Sri Lanka	2015	145
Dean Elgar	118*	214	South Africa	England	2015-16	118
Kraigg Brathwaite	142*	337	West Indies	Pakistan	2015-16	142

From India, Sunil Gavaskar was the first one to secure this feat which was against Pakistan away from home in 1982. If there was any other Indian who achieved this feat after Gavaskar was none other than Virender Sehwag in the match against Sri Lanka at Galle in 2008, where scored his double century. The next was India’s consistent batsman Rahul Dravid against England away from home, where he scored 146. The latest Indian batsman to carry the bat was Cheteshwar Pujara against Sri Lanka, scoring 145. Dean Elgar from South Africa recently carried the bat against England and he scored 118 in January 2016. ALSO READ: Pakistan vs West Indies, 3rd Test, Day 3: Hosts trail by 24 at tea

For the first time in the series West Indies surged ahead courtesy of a 318-ball stubborn stay of Brathwaite who anchored the innings with 11 boundaries to his name. Brathwaite added an invaluable 60 runs for the eighth wicket with Devendra Bishoo who made a solid 27 to leave Pakistan spin-cum pace attack frustrated. In the end it was left to the lively pace of Wahab Riaz to take the final three wickets for his second five-wicket haul in Tests, finishing with 5-88 in 26.4 overs of hard work.