Pakistani cricket team in the West Indies in 1957–58

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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[edit]

First Test[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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 completed in five.
  • 30 March was taken as a rest day.
  • JO Taylor (WIN) made his Test debut.

References[edit]

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

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