PAK XI VS WI DAY 1

Alick Athanaze fell one run short of a century as West Indies closed day one on 273 for 7 in their tour match against Pakistan A team in Rawalpindi.

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00:00Well, we start with Ayoka, and that's because Alec Atanis felt one run short of a century

00:18as the West Indies closed Day 1 on 273 for 7 in their tour match against Pakistan A in

00:24Royal Pindi.

00:26Well, the West Indies won the tour and chose to bat with captain Craig Brathwaite and fellow

00:30opener Mikael Louie getting 34 each.

00:33At the wicket though is Amir Django who's still there on 29 while fellow Trinidadian

00:38Joshua De Silva is unbeaten on 11.

00:41Leg break bowler Mohamed Ramiz Jr. has taken three wickets.

00:46Two days remain in the three-day game with the first test starting on January 17th.

00:53And it was as close as it could get as batsman Alec Atanis admitted to disappointment at

00:58missing out on triple figures.

01:02What was your reception of the wicket and how did the surface play?

01:06I mean obviously it was a slow wicket, it had much grass on it at first but the ball

01:11did a bit which was a bit surprising, it did a bit for the pacers but it spun a lot so

01:17all in all I mean it suited my game a bit because I play spin very well, I sweep, I

01:23sweep and stuff but I mean I would have loved 100.

01:28Yeah 13 fours and a six, just looking back at the innings how did you build that innings

01:35from start to where you got out?

01:37I mean it was slow at first because I came in when it was approaching our break so I

01:42was just you know trying to assess and see what was going on, I mean we had a couple

01:45net sessions but it's still timing in the middle is still valuable so I mean it started

01:50off slow and then you know I kicked off right after the break and then you know things started

01:54flowing on.

01:55And 273 for seven at the end of the day's play, I don't think score really matters but

02:01time, what has been the reception of other players in terms of what they encountered

02:07on the surface?

02:08I mean it was good to see you know that we actually got a chance to stay out in the wicket,

02:15not just trying to survive but also trying to score and you know it was good to see us

02:19finding ways to score in conditions that were so difficult for scoring.

02:23You know and playing the spinners, they were very good spinners and playing them and actually

02:28picking off and scoring runs and things, that was the biggest point for us today.