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. 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

West Indies	v	Pakistan
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)

Match drawn
Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados
Umpires: HBD Jordan and JH Walcott

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

West Indies	v	Pakistan
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

Pakistan	v	West Indies
328 (102 overs) Imtiaz Ahmed 122 ES Atkinson 5/42 (21 overs)		790/3d (208.1 overs) GS Sobers 365* 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

Pakistan	v	West Indies
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

West Indies	v	Pakistan
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

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

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