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Pakistani cricket team in the West Indies in 1957–58

Pakistani cricket team in the West Indies in 1957–58

International cricket tour

The Pakistan national cricket team toured the West Indies from January to March 1958 and played a five-match Test series against the West Indies cricket team which the West Indies won 3–1. Pakistan were captained by Abdul Hafeez Kardar; West Indies by Gerry Alexander.[1] The series was noted for high-scoring feats with Hanif Mohammad scoring 337 in 970 minutes at Bridgetown and then Garfield Sobers scoring a then world record 365 not out at Sabina Park. Sobers shared a second wicket partnership of 446 with Conrad Hunte who scored 260.

Test series summary

First Test

17, 18, 20, 21, 22, 23 January 1958
(6-day match)
Scorecard
v
579/9d (172.2 overs)
ED Weekes 197
Mahmood Hussain 4/153 (41.2 overs)
106 (42.2 overs)
Imtiaz Ahmed 20
R Gilchrist 4/32 (15 overs)
28/0 (11 overs)
RB Kanhai 17*
657/8d (f/o) (319 overs)
Hanif Mohammad 337
AL Valentine 2/109 (39 overs)
  • West Indies won the toss and elected to bat.
  • 19 January was taken as a rest day.
  • Saeed Ahmed, Haseeb Ahsan and Nasim-ul-Ghani (all PAK), and ES Atkinson and CC Hunte (both WIN) made their Test debuts.
  • At the time Hanif Mohammad's 337 was the second-highest score in Test cricket, behind L Hutton's 364 in 1938.
  • The 551 run difference between the Pakistan 1st and 2nd innings is still the biggest difference in innings in Test match history.

Second Test

5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11 February 1958
(6-day match)
Scorecard
v
325 (131.1 overs)
RB Kanhai 96
Nasim-ul-Ghani 3/42 (13.1 overs)
282 (86.3 overs)
W Mathias 73
OG Smith 4/71 (25 overs)
312 (130.2 overs)
GS Sobers 80
Fazal Mahmood 4/89 (51 overs)
235 (104.5 overs)
Hanif Mohammad 81
R Gilchrist 4/61 (19 overs)
West Indies won by 120 runs
Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad
Umpires: EN Lee Kow and EL Lloyd
  • West Indies won the toss and elected to bat.
  • 9 February was taken as a rest day.
  • LR Gibbs, EDAS McMorris and IS Madray (all WIN) made their Test debuts.

Third Test

26, 27, 28 February, 1, 3, 4 March 1958
(6-day match)
Scorecard
v
328 (102 overs)
Imtiaz Ahmed 122
ES Atkinson 5/42 (21 overs)
790/3d (208.1 overs)
GS Sobers 365*
CC Hunte 260
Fazal Mahmood 2/247 (85.2 overs)
288 (96.3 overs)
Wazir Mohammad 106
ES Atkinson 3/36 (18 overs)
West Indies won by an innings and 174 runs
Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica
Umpires: P Burke and TA Ewart
  • Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
  • 2 March was taken as a rest day.
  • Sobers' 365* was the highest score in Test cricket, until overtaken by BC Lara in 1993–94.

Fourth Test

13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, March 1958
(6-day match)
Scorecard
v
408 (125.1 overs)
Saeed Ahmed 150
R Gilchrist 4/102 (28 overs)
410 (133.4 overs)
CL Walcott 145
Nasim-ul-Ghani 5/116 (41.4 overs)
318 (139.1 overs)
Wazir Mohammad 97*
LR Gibbs 5/80 (42 overs)
317/2 (93.1 overs)
CC Hunte 114
Fazal-ur-Rehman 1/43 (17 overs)
West Indies won by 8 wickets
Bourda, Georgetown, British Guiana
Umpires: ES Gillette and FCP Kippins
  • Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
  • 16 March was taken as a rest day.
  • Fazal-ur-Rehman (PAK) made his Test debut.

Fifth Test

26, 27, 28, 29, 31 March 1958
(6-day match)
Scorecard
v
268 (93.1 overs)
OG Smith 86
Fazal Mahmood 6/83 (32 overs)
496 (177.5 overs)
Wazir Mohammad 189
JO Taylor 5/109 (36.5 overs)
227 (65.5 overs)
CL Walcott 62
Nasim-ul-Ghani 6/67 (30.5 overs)
Pakistan won by an innings and 1 run
Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad
Umpires: EL Lloyd and G Williams
  • West Indies won the toss and elected to bat.
  • The match was scheduled for six days but was completed in five days.
  • 30 March was taken as a rest day.
  • JO Taylor (WIN) made his Test debut.

References

  1. [1]
    "Pakistan in the West Indies 1958". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 28 March 2018.


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