Pakistan 267 for 8 (Masood 109, Imam 63, Greaves 4-27) trail West Indies 311 (Hope 92, Hodge 84, Abbas 4-50) by 44 runs

Greaves got Masood to chop on in the following over, and under sustained pressure from him, Pakistan’s lower order fell apart. It resulted in a sharp change of momentum, the five wickets West Indies picked up for 15 runs turning the session around on its head, sniffing a chance at a useful lead.

While Agha and Masood frustrated West Indies, there was enough encouragement to keep the hosts interested. But while the wickets weren’t falling, Pakistan’s position grew only stronger, the odd boundary taking them closer to West Indies’ total, and closer to what would have been an ideal morning session.

It all changed in the blink of an eye. Shamar Joseph had been probing along the off stump line, and produced an unplayable delivery that straightened off the seam. It turned Agha around as he closed the bat face, and saw his off stump cartwheeling.

Masood, meanwhile, pushed with hard hands at Greaves in the following over, and this time, the ball went off the inside edge onto the stumps to end an innings that might easily have ended two sessions earlier. It put greater scrutiny on Pakistan’s decision to line up a batter short, especially as Aamer Jamal played all around a straight ball from Greaves that uprooted his middle stump.

By now, Greaves was on a roll, dispensing with debutant Ali Usman with minimal effort, bringing one back into his pads to trap him in front. Pakistan’s discipline had evaporated with the heat Greaves was bringing and Mohammad Rizwan was induced into flapping rashly at Greaves on the cusp of lunch, with the edge swallowed by the keeper. It meant he signed off the session with a scarcely believable four wicket maidens, and yanked Pakistan right out of the driver’s seat within 20 minutes of a frantic end to the morning session.