West Indian cricket team in Pakistan in 1958–59
International cricket tour
The West Indies cricket team toured Pakistan in February to March 1959 and played a three-match Test series against the Pakistan national cricket team. Pakistan won the Test series 2–1. West Indies were captained by Gerry Alexander and Pakistan by Fazal Mahmood.[1]
Test series summary
First Test
20–25 February 1959 (5-day match) Scorecard |
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146 (60 overs) BF Butcher 45* Fazal Mahmood 4/35 (22 overs) Nasim-ul-Ghani 4/35 (16 overs) | 304 (160.2 overs) Hanif Mohammad 103 WW Hall 3/57 (30 overs) | |
245 (113 overs) JS Solomon 66 Shujauddin 3/18 (13 overs) | 88/0 (34 overs) Ijaz Butt 41* |
Second Test
6–8 March 1959 (5-day match) Scorecard |
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Pakistan won by 41 runs Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka, Bangladesh Umpires: Khwaja Saeed and Munawar Hussain |
- West Indies won the toss and elected to field.
- The match was scheduled for five days but completed in three.
Third Test
26–31 March 1959 (5-day match) Scorecard |
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West Indies won by an innings and 156 runs Bagh-e-Jinnah, Lahore Umpires: Akhtar Hussain and Munawar Hussain |
- West Indies won the toss and elected to bat.
- 27 March was taken as a rest day.
- Mushtaq Mohammad (PAK), and MR Bynoe (WIN) made their Test debuts.
References
- ^ "West Indies in India and Pakistan 1958–59". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 July 2014.
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