The Pakistan national cricket team toured the West Indies from March to April 1988 and played a three-match Test series and five-match ODI series against the West Indies cricket team which was drawn 1–1.[1]
| Pakistani cricket team in the West Indies in 1987/88 | |||
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| Pakistan | West Indies | ||
| Dates | 2 March 1988 – 27 April 1988 | ||
| Captains | Imran Khan |
Gordon Greenidge (First test) Viv Richards (Second and Third test) | |
| Test series | |||
| Result | 3-match series drawn 1–1 | ||
| Most runs | Javed Miandad (282) | Viv Richards (280) | |
| Most wickets |
Imran Khan (23) Wasim Akram (11) |
Malcolm Marshall (15) Winston Benjamin(12) | |
| Player of the series | Imran Khan (Pak) | ||
| One Day International series | |||
| Results | West Indies won the 5-match series 5–0 | ||
| Most runs | Javed Miandad (247) | Richie Richardson (321) | |
| Most wickets | Imran Khan (8) | Curtly Ambrose (10) | |
The tour started with the ODI leg where Pakistan were thrashed by 5/0 despite missing services of Viv Richards due to injury concerns who was perhaps finest batter in world at the time. However, Pakistan staged a brilliant comeback in the test leg of the tour & came closest to end West Indies undefeated record in a test series for 15 years.[2]
In first test at Boruda Stadium in Georgetown in absence of Viv Richards and Malcolm Marshall, Windies were led by the opener Gordon Greenidge suffered their first test defeat at home in ten years after their Packer depleted team lost to Australia at same venue in 1978. Imran Khan coming out of the retirement took an 11 wicket haul in the game along with Miandad's first test century against Windies, Pakistan defeat them by 9 wickets.[3] However, In second test at Trinidad, Viv Richards returned along with Marshall and rescued West Indies batting from 80/4 by scoring his 22nd test ton. Richards also passed 7,000 test runs during the innings and became third fastest to the milestone in 140 innings at the time after Walter Hammond and Garfield Sobers. However, Pakistan secured a draw in the game by a slim margin of 1 wicket through the last stand.[4]
In final game at Barbaods, West Indies won the test by 1 wicket and thus level the series by 1/1 continuing their unbeaten record. The series is widely regarded as among the finest test series of all time.[5]
Test series summary
editFirst Test
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- West Indies won the toss and elected to bat.
- The match was scheduled for five days but completed in four.
- 5 April was taken as a rest day.
- CEL Ambrose (WIN) made his Test debut.
Second Test
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- Pakistan won the toss and elected to field.
- 18 April was taken as a rest day.
- Viv Richards passed 7,000 test runs
Third Test
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- West Indies won the toss and elected to field.
- 25 April was taken as a rest day.
One Day Internationals (ODIs)
editWest Indies won the series 5–0.
1st ODI
edit 12 March 1988
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- Pakistan won the toss and elected to field.
- The match was reduced to 46 overs per side.
- CEL Ambrose (WIN) made his ODI debut.
2nd ODI
edit 15 March 1988
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- West Indies won the toss and elected to field.
- The match was reduced to 46 overs per side.
- Haafiz Shahid (PAK) made his ODI debut.
3rd ODI
edit 18 March 1988
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- Pakistan won the toss and elected to field.
- The match was reduced to 47 overs per side.
- Aamer Malik (PAK) made his ODI debut.
4th ODI
edit 20 March 1988
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- Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
- The match was reduced to 43 overs per side.
- Moin-ul-Atiq (PAK) made his ODI debut.
5th ODI
edit 30 March 1988
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- West Indies won the toss and elected to field.
- The match was reduced to 43 overs per side.
References
edit- ^ "Pakistan in the West Indies 1987–88". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 July 2014.
- ^ "How it feels to watch footage of the epic West Indies-Pakistan 1987-88 series today". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
- ^ Updated:Mon, Arunabha Sengupta|; January 11; 2016 1:35am. "Imran Khan comes back from retirement and ends West Indian home rule". Cricket Country. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Karthik Parimal. "Viv Richards and Malcolm Marshall return to prevent Pakistan from creating history". Cricket Country. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
- ^ Updated:Mon, Arunabha Sengupta|; January 11; 2016 1:39am. "West Indies pip Pakistan in the third Test at Kensington Oval to square a most fascinating series". Cricket Country. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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