West Indian cricket team in Pakistan in 1958–59
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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.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/1/West_Indies_in_India_and_Pakistan_1958-59.html |publisher=CricketArchive |title=West Indies in India and Pakistan 1958–59 |access-date=10 July 2014}}
Test series summary
=First Test=
{{Two-innings cricket match
| date = 20–25 February 1959
(5-day match)
| team1 = {{cr-rt|WIN}}
| team2 = {{cr|PAK}}
| score-team1-inns1 = 146 (60 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = BF Butcher 45*
| wickets-team1-inns1 = Fazal Mahmood 4/35 (22 overs)
Nasim-ul-Ghani 4/35 (16 overs)
| score-team2-inns1 = 304 (160.2 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = Hanif Mohammad 103
| wickets-team2-inns1 = WW Hall 3/57 (30 overs)
| score-team1-inns2 = 245 (113 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = JS Solomon 66
| wickets-team1-inns2 = Shujauddin 3/18 (13 overs)
| score-team2-inns2 = 88/0 (34 overs)
| runs-team2-inns2 = Ijaz Butt 41*
| wickets-team2-inns2 =
| result = Pakistan won by 10 wickets
| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/23/23351.html Scorecard]
| venue = National Stadium, Karachi
| umpires = Daud Khan and Murawwat Hussain
| toss = Pakistan won the toss and elected to field.
| rain = 23 February was taken as a rest day.
| notes = Ijaz Butt and A D'Souza (both PAK) made their Test debuts.
}}
=Second Test=
{{Two-innings cricket match
| date = 6–8 March 1959
(5-day match)
| team1 = {{cr-rt|PAK}}
| team2 = {{cr|WIN}}
| score-team1-inns1 = 145 (75.3 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = W Mathias 64
| wickets-team1-inns1 = WW Hall 4/28 (13 overs)
| score-team2-inns1 = 76 (36.3 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = GS Sobers 29
| wickets-team2-inns1 = Fazal Mahmood 6/34 (18.3 overs)
| score-team1-inns2 = 144 (62.5 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = W Mathias 45
| wickets-team1-inns2 = ES Atkinson 4/42 (22 overs)
| score-team2-inns2 = 172 (60.5 overs)
| runs-team2-inns2 = GS Sobers 45
| wickets-team2-inns2 = Fazal Mahmood 6/66 (27 overs)
| result = Pakistan won by 41 runs
| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/23/23361.html Scorecard]
| venue = Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka, Bangladesh
| umpires = Khwaja Saeed and Munawar Hussain
| toss = West Indies won the toss and elected to field.
| rain = The match was scheduled for five days but completed in three.
| notes =
}}
=Third Test=
{{Two-innings cricket match
| date = 26–31 March 1959
(5-day match)
| team1 = {{cr-rt|WIN}}
| team2 = {{cr|PAK}}
| score-team1-inns1 = 469 (149.3 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = RB Kanhai 217
| wickets-team1-inns1 = Nasim-ul-Ghani 3/106 (30 overs)
| score-team2-inns1 = 209 (79.2 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = Ijaz Butt 47
| wickets-team2-inns1 = WW Hall 5/87 (24 overs)
| score-team1-inns2 =
| runs-team1-inns2 =
| wickets-team1-inns2 =
| score-team2-inns2 = 104 (f/o) (48.5 overs)
| runs-team2-inns2 = Saeed Ahmed 33
| wickets-team2-inns2 = S Ramadhin 4/25 (10 overs)
| result = West Indies won by an innings and 156 runs
| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/23/23370.html Scorecard]
| venue = Bagh-e-Jinnah, Lahore
| umpires = Akhtar Hussain and Munawar Hussain
| toss = West Indies won the toss and elected to bat.
| rain = 27 March was taken as a rest day.
| notes = Mushtaq Mohammad (PAK), and MR Bynoe (WIN) made their Test debuts.
}}
References
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External links
{{International cricket tours of Pakistan}}
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Category:1959 in West Indian cricket
Category:International cricket competitions from 1945–46 to 1960
Category:Pakistani cricket seasons from 1947–48 to 1969–70
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