Pakistani cricket team in the West Indies in 1976–77

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The Pakistan national cricket team toured the West Indies from February to April 1977 and played a five-match Test series against the West Indies cricket team which the West Indies won 2–1. Pakistan were captained by Mushtaq Mohammad; West Indies by Clive Lloyd.[1]

Test series summary[]

First Test[]

18–23 February 1977
(5–day match)
Scorecard
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435 (133.4 overs)
Wasim Raja 117*
J Garner 4/130 (37 overs)
421 (94.4 overs)
CH Lloyd 157
Sarfraz Nawaz 3/125 (29 overs)
291 (67 overs)
Wasim Raja 71
CEH Croft 4/47 (15 overs)
251/9 (100 overs)
IVA Richards 92
Sarfraz Nawaz 4/79 (34 overs)
  • Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
  • 21 February was taken as a rest day.
  • CEH Croft and J Garner (both WIN) made their Test debuts.

Second Test[]

4–9 March 1977
(5–day match)
Scorecard
v
180 (67.5 overs)
Wasim Raja 65
CEH Croft 8/29 (18.5 overs)
316 (116 overs)
RC Fredericks 120
Mushtaq Mohammad 4/50 (20 overs)
340 (124.1 overs)
Wasim Raja 84
AME Roberts 4/85 (26 overs)
206/4 (74 overs)
CG Greenidge 70
Imran Khan 3/59 (24 overs)
West Indies won by 6 wickets
Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad
Umpires: RG Gosein and D Sang Hue
  • Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
  • 7 March was taken as a rest day.
  • IT Shillingford (WIN) made his Test debut.

Third Test[]

18–23 March 1977
(5–day match)
Scorecard
v
194 (56.3 overs)
Imran Khan 47
J Garner 4/48 (16 overs)
448 (162.3 overs)
IT Shillingford 120
Majid Khan 4/45 (24 overs)
540 (163.3 overs)
Majid Khan 167
J Garner 4/100 (39 overs)
154/1 (24.5 overs)
CG Greenidge 96
Imran Khan 1/79 (12.5 overs)
Match drawn
Bourda, Georgetown, Guyana
Umpires: C Paynter and CF Vyfhuis
  • West Indies won the toss and elected to field.
  • 21 March was taken as a rest day.

Fourth Test[]

1–6 April 1977
(5–day match)
Scorecard
v
341 (121.3 overs)
Mushtaq Mohammad 121
AME Roberts 3/82 (25 overs)
154 (55.5 overs)
RC Fredericks 41
Mushtaq Mohammad 5/28 (10.5 overs)
301/9d (85.5 overs)
Wasim Raja 70
J Garner 3/71 (23 overs)
222 (104.5 overs)
AI Kallicharran 45
Wasim Raja 3/22 (3.5 overs)
Pakistan won by 266 runs
Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad
Umpires: RG Gosein and CF Vyfhuis
  • West Indies won the toss and elected to field.
  • 4 April was taken as a rest day.

Fifth Test[]

15–20 April 1977
(5–day match)
Scorecard
v
280 (65.3 overs)
CG Greenidge 100
Imran Khan 6/90 (18 overs)
198 (56.3 overs)
Haroon Rasheed 72
CEH Croft 4/49 (13.3 overs)
359 (102.2 overs)
RC Fredericks 83
Sikander Bakht 3/55 (16 overs)
301 (77.2 overs)
Asif Iqbal 135
DAJ Holford 3/69 (18 overs)
West Indies won by 140 runs
Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica
Umpires: RG Gosein and D Sang Hue
  • West Indies won the toss and elected to bat.
  • 18 April was taken as a rest day.

Guinness Trophy[]

Only ODI[]

16 March 1977
Scorecard
Pakistan 
176/7 (45 overs)
v
 West Indies
182/6 (43.2 overs)
Asif Iqbal 59* (65)
J Garner 3/27 (9 overs)
CH Lloyd 45* (76)
Sarfraz Nawaz 3/42 (9 overs)
West Indies won by 4 wickets
Albion Sports Complex, Albion, Guyana
Umpires: C Paynter and CF Vyfhuis
Player of the match: Asif Iqbal (PAK)
  • West Indies won the toss and elected to field.
  • The match was reduced before play started from 50 to 45 overs per side.
  • Mohsin Khan (PAK), and CEH Croft and J Garner (both WIN) made their ODI debuts.

References[]

  1. ^ "Pakistan in the West Indies 1977". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 July 2014.

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