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.^[1]

Test series summary

First Test

20–25 February 1959
(5-day match)
Scorecard

West Indies	v	Pakistan
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*

Pakistan won by 10 wickets
National Stadium, Karachi
Umpires: Daud Khan and Murawwat Hussain

Pakistan won the toss and elected to field.
23 February was taken as a rest day.
Ijaz Butt and A D'Souza (both PAK) made their Test debuts.

Second Test

6–8 March 1959
(5-day match)
Scorecard

Pakistan	v	West Indies
145 (75.3 overs) W Mathias 64 WW Hall 4/28 (13 overs)		76 (36.3 overs) GS Sobers 29 Fazal Mahmood 6/34 (18.3 overs)
144 (62.5 overs) W Mathias 45 ES Atkinson 4/42 (22 overs)		172 (60.5 overs) GS Sobers 45 Fazal Mahmood 6/66 (27 overs)

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

West Indies	v	Pakistan
469 (149.3 overs) RB Kanhai 217 Nasim-ul-Ghani 3/106 (30 overs)		209 (79.2 overs) Ijaz Butt 47 WW Hall 5/87 (24 overs)
		104 (f/o) (48.5 overs) Saeed Ahmed 33 S Ramadhin 4/25 (10 overs)

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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