Pakistani cricket team in the West Indies in 1957–58#Second Test

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.{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/series/61496.html |publisher=ESPN Cricinfo |title=Pakistan in the West Indies 1958 |access-date=28 March 2018}} 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=

{{Two-innings cricket match

| date = 17, 18, 20, 21, 22, 23 January 1958
(6-day match)

| team1 = {{cr-rt|WIN}}

| team2 = {{cr|PAK}}

| score-team1-inns1 = 579/9d (172.2 overs)

| runs-team1-inns1 = ED Weekes 197

| wickets-team1-inns1 = Mahmood Hussain 4/153 (41.2 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 106 (42.2 overs)

| runs-team2-inns1 = Imtiaz Ahmed 20

| wickets-team2-inns1 = R Gilchrist 4/32 (15 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 28/0 (11 overs)

| runs-team1-inns2 = RB Kanhai 17*

| wickets-team1-inns2 =

| score-team2-inns2 = 657/8d (f/o) (319 overs)

| runs-team2-inns2 = Hanif Mohammad 337

| wickets-team2-inns2 = AL Valentine 2/109 (39 overs)

| result = Match drawn

| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/17398/scorecard/62835/west-indies-vs-pakistan-1st-test/ Scorecard]

| venue = Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados

| umpires = HBD Jordan and JH Walcott

| toss = West Indies won the toss and elected to bat.

| rain = 19 January was taken as a rest day.

| notes = 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=

{{Two-innings cricket match

| date = 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11 February 1958
(6-day match)

| team1 = {{cr-rt|WIN}}

| team2 = {{cr|PAK}}

| score-team1-inns1 = 325 (131.1 overs)

| runs-team1-inns1 = RB Kanhai 96

| wickets-team1-inns1 = Nasim-ul-Ghani 3/42 (13.1 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 282 (86.3 overs)

| runs-team2-inns1 = W Mathias 73

| wickets-team2-inns1 = OG Smith 4/71 (25 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 312 (130.2 overs)

| runs-team1-inns2 = GS Sobers 80

| wickets-team1-inns2 = Fazal Mahmood 4/89 (51 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 = 235 (104.5 overs)

| runs-team2-inns2 = Hanif Mohammad 81

| wickets-team2-inns2 = R Gilchrist 4/61 (19 overs)

| result = West Indies won by 120 runs

| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/17398/scorecard/62836/west-indies-vs-pakistan-2nd-test/ Scorecard]

| venue = Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad

| umpires = EN Lee Kow and EL Lloyd

| toss = West Indies won the toss and elected to bat.

| rain = 9 February was taken as a rest day.

| notes = LR Gibbs, EDAS McMorris and IS Madray (all WIN) made their Test debuts.

}}

=Third Test=

{{Two-innings cricket match

| date = 26, 27, 28 February, 1, 3, 4 March 1958
(6-day match)

| team1 = {{cr-rt|PAK}}

| team2 = {{cr|WIN}}

| score-team1-inns1 = 328 (102 overs)

| runs-team1-inns1 = Imtiaz Ahmed 122

| wickets-team1-inns1 = ES Atkinson 5/42 (21 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 790/3d (208.1 overs)

| runs-team2-inns1 = GS Sobers 365*

| wickets-team2-inns1 = Fazal Mahmood 2/247 (85.2 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 288 (96.3 overs)

| runs-team1-inns2 = Wazir Mohammad 106

| wickets-team1-inns2 = ES Atkinson 3/36 (18 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 =

| runs-team2-inns2 =

| wickets-team2-inns2 =

| result = West Indies won by an innings and 174 runs

| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/17398/scorecard/62837/west-indies-vs-pakistan-3rd-test/ Scorecard]

| venue = Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica

| umpires = P Burke and TA Ewart

| toss = Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.

| rain = 2 March was taken as a rest day.

| notes = Sobers' 365* was the highest score in Test cricket, until overtaken by BC Lara in 1993–94.

}}

=Fourth Test=

{{Two-innings cricket match

| date = 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, March 1958
(6-day match)

| team1 = {{cr-rt|PAK}}

| team2 = {{cr|WIN}}

| score-team1-inns1 = 408 (125.1 overs)

| runs-team1-inns1 = Saeed Ahmed 150

| wickets-team1-inns1 = R Gilchrist 4/102 (28 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 410 (133.4 overs)

| runs-team2-inns1 = CL Walcott 145

| wickets-team2-inns1 = Nasim-ul-Ghani 5/116 (41.4 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 318 (139.1 overs)

| runs-team1-inns2 = Wazir Mohammad 97*

| wickets-team1-inns2 = LR Gibbs 5/80 (42 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 = 317/2 (93.1 overs)

| runs-team2-inns2 = CC Hunte 114

| wickets-team2-inns2 = Fazal-ur-Rehman 1/43 (17 overs)

| result = West Indies won by 8 wickets

| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/17398/scorecard/62838/west-indies-vs-pakistan-4th-test/ Scorecard]

| venue = Bourda, Georgetown, British Guiana

| umpires = ES Gillette and FCP Kippins

| toss = Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.

| rain = 16 March was taken as a rest day.

| notes = Fazal-ur-Rehman (PAK) made his Test debut.

}}

=Fifth Test=

{{Two-innings cricket match

| date = 26, 27, 28, 29, 31 March 1958
(6-day match)

| team1 = {{cr-rt|WIN}}

| team2 = {{cr|PAK}}

| score-team1-inns1 = 268 (93.1 overs)

| runs-team1-inns1 = OG Smith 86

| wickets-team1-inns1 = Fazal Mahmood 6/83 (32 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 496 (177.5 overs)

| runs-team2-inns1 = Wazir Mohammad 189

| wickets-team2-inns1 = JO Taylor 5/109 (36.5 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 227 (65.5 overs)

| runs-team1-inns2 = CL Walcott 62

| wickets-team1-inns2 = Nasim-ul-Ghani 6/67 (30.5 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 =

| runs-team2-inns2 =

| wickets-team2-inns2 =

| result = Pakistan won by an innings and 1 run

| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/17398/scorecard/62839/west-indies-vs-pakistan-5th-test/ Scorecard]

| venue = Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad

| umpires = EL Lloyd and G Williams

| toss = West Indies won the toss and elected to bat.

| rain = The match was scheduled for six days but was completed in five days.

30 March was taken as a rest day.

| notes = JO Taylor (WIN) made his Test debut.

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References

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