MULTAN, Pakistan (AFP) — Pakistan spinner Sajid Khan is banking on weather conditions being in their favour for them to seal victory against the West Indies, after a strong showing on the second day of their first Test cricket match here.

Khan and fellow spin bowler Noman Ali guided Pakistan to a strong position on Saturday as they shared nine wickets between them to dismiss the West Indies for 137 in reply to the home team’s 230 all out.

“The weather is foggy, so if we have continuous play and take our lead over 300 then we can win this Test,” Khan reasoned. “It’s great to bowl with Noman, who always guides me.”

But Windies’ left-arm spinner Jomel Warrican, who took 2-17 so far in his second bowling innings, wants the target to be under 250.

“Obviously we don’t want to get the lead go over 250 because it’s a spin-favouring surface,” Warrican said. “We need a good comeback in batting the second time around on this pitch.”

The dry and grassless Multan pitch has already produced 23 wickets in six sessions — 19 on day two — even though two and a half hours were lost on day one and another 30 minutes on Saturday because of poor visibility.

Noman grabbed 5-39 for his seventh five-wicket haul in Tests while Sajid finished with 4-65 to dismiss the West Indies after lunch, in a first innings that lasted just 25.2 overs.

Noman and Sajid, who shared 39 of the 40 wickets in the last two Tests against England in Pakistan’s 2-1 series win last year, were once again unplayable.