Brathwaite: Being brave is important, especially as batters. Need to be disciplined with the ball. Lot of dot balls at these guys during the game.
Masood: Going to have a bat first keeping conditions in mind.
Pakistan have won the toss and have opted to bat
Taha: National Stadium is under construction.
Shoaib Sheikh: "I think the venue of this series should have been Karachi. Because the season of fog is going on in Punjab today. The weather in Karachi is better than Punjab at this time. If there were matches in Karachi, we would have seen more overs" -- Wouldn't have been possible in Karachi I think because of the renovation work going on ahead of Champions Trophy.
Shoaib Sheikh: "I think the venue of this series should have been Karachi. Because the season of fog is going on in Punjab today. The weather in Karachi is better than Punjab at this time. If there were matches in Karachi, we would have seen more overs" -- Would've have been possible in Karachi I think because of the renovation work going on ahead of Champions Trophy.
Shoaib Sheikh: I think the venue of this series should have been Karachi. Because the season of fog is going on in Punjab today. The weather in Karachi is better than Punjab at this time. If there were matches in Karachi, we would have seen more overs
Okay, so the official update is that toss will happen at 1pm local
11.30am local: Live pictures coming in show that it has gotten slightly brighter out there. Groundstaff are milling around on the outfield. The players and umpires are nowhere to be seen though.
Nadeem Abbas: As a local resident of Multan, you know that on days like this, the only chance of the sun coming out is around 2 PM. During this time of year, daylight fades by 5:30 PM. Therefore, the maximum play possible today would be a session and a half, provided the sun appears by 2 PM.
Naeem Khan: I am in Multan. The weather is foggy and not good for playing cricket. Hopefully, the Sun will be out i an hour or 2.
9.45am local: The weather doesn't seem to have improved much, so the waiting game continues..
Looks like the toss has been delayed because of foggy weather. The umpire can be seen having a chat with Pakistan captain Shan Masood who is still in his training kit.
There are going to be some changes in the batting department for both teams.
8.40am local: Hello and welcome to our coverage of the first Test between Pakistan and West Indies in Multan.
Squads:
Pakistan Squad: Shan Masood(c), Babar Azam, Kamran Ghulam, Saud Shakeel, Mohammad Rizwan(w), Salman Agha, Noman Ali, Sajid Khan, Khurram Shahzad, Abrar Ahmed, Mohammad Ali, Imam-ul-Haq, Rohail Nazir, Muhammad Hurraira, Kashif Ali
West Indies Squad: Kraigg Brathwaite(c), Mikyle Louis, Keacy Carty, Kavem Hodge, Alick Athanaze, Justin Greaves, Joshua Da Silva(w), Anderson Phillip, Kevin Sinclair, Kemar Roach, Jayden Seales, Gudakesh Motie, Jomel Warrican, Tevin Imlach, Amir Jangoo