Azhar Ali of Pakistan is on the cover of The National's Sport section for Friday, October 14 after his unbeaten 146 headlined Day 1 of the day/night Test against West Indies in Dubai.
It was sometimes a slog of an affair, with sparse crowds and Azhar Ali and Sami Aslam pounding the Windies bowlers for a 215-run opening partnership that was only interrupted finally in the 68th over.
The hosts finished the day 279 for 1. Read Paul Radley's report on the day's (and night's) action.
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