Only a battling West Indies batting effort is likely to stave off an impending Pakistan victory in the first Test at Lahore.
At the end of a third light-shortened day, the West Indies were 74-3 at stumps, still 205 runs behind after Pakistan was dismissed for 485, thanks largely to Mohammad Yousuf's 192.
Carrying on from where he left off on day two Yousuf lost his overnight partner Shoaib Malik when he was dismissed for 69, having added only eight runs to his overnight score.
Abdul Razzaq scored only five but then Kamran Akmal joined Yousuf and they added 148 runs for the seventh wicket.
The West Indies had the benefit of a fiery opening spell by Corey Collymore but once his stint was completed, Akmal was free to attack and he took toll of anything short and scored his 50 off 84 balls. The 100 partnership between the two took 168 balls with Akmal contributing the lion's share with 62 of them.
It was Chris Gayle who finally ended the stand when having Akmal caught by Lara for 78 when the score was 433 and then Yousuf was the eighth wicket to fall when he was stumped from Gayle's bowling for his 192 when the score was 444.
Jerome Taylor ended with 4-115 while Dave Mohammed took 3-98 and ended the troublesome last wicket stand of 39 runs between Umar Gul (16no) and Danish Kaneria (25).
The West Indies were in immediate strife when Daren Ganga was run out for five in the fourth over. Then in the next over Gayle was caught from Gul's bowling for 11.
Ramnaresh Sarwan reached 23 before he was trapped leg before wicket by Gul when the score was 56. Brian Lara was unbeaten on 28 when bad light forced the early end to play.
