DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) West Indies lost the key wicket of Marlon Samuels but made Pakistan work hard and progressed to 211-3 at dinner on the third day of the day-night first test on Saturday.
Samuels scored 76 with 13 fours and dominated the 113-run second-wicket stand with Darren Bravo before he was undone leg before wicket by Sohail Khan's sharp delivery.
Bravo, however, continued to defy Pakistan's spin threat of Yasir Shah and reached 56 at the interval, raising his slowest test half century off 176 balls.
West Indies still trails Pakistan by 368 runs after Azhar Ali's triple-century in a huge first-innings total of 579-3 declared.
Shah provided an early breakthrough before West Indies added to its overnight 69-1 when he clean bowled Kraigg Brathwaite (32) in his first over.
But Samuels punctuated his second half-century in the last 17 test innings with some crisp boundaries off the back foot on a wicket which still looks good for batting.
Samuels survived a tough chance soon after completing his fifty when part-time spinner Azhar injured his hand while going for a catch off his own bowling and had to leave the field.
