Maestro at work West Indies maestro

Brian Lara (above) hit an aggressive century before lunch to punish Pakistan on the third day of the second cricket Test at Multan stadium yesterday.

Lara reached his 34th Test hundred off just 77 balls to take the West Indies to 312-4 at lunch. The tourists now trail Pakistan’s first-innings score of 357 by 45 runs.The 37-year-old left-handed batsman was unbeaten on 100 with 12 boundaries and five sixes.Dwayne Bravo (five) was the other unbeaten batsman at the break on a day when Lara wrecked the home team with his skilful display of strokes.Lara became only the fifth batsman in Test to score a hundred before lunch.He took the field at the fall of Chris Gayle’s wicket and made exactly a hundred runs in the extended two-and-half-hour session.Nampa-ReutersThe tourists now trail Pakistan’s first-innings score of 357 by 45 runs.The 37-year-old left-handed batsman was unbeaten on 100 with 12 boundaries and five sixes.Dwayne Bravo (five) was the other unbeaten batsman at the break on a day when Lara wrecked the home team with his skilful display of strokes.Lara became only the fifth batsman in Test to score a hundred before lunch.He took the field at the fall of Chris Gayle’s wicket and made exactly a hundred runs in the extended two-and-half-hour session.Nampa-Reuters