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Pakistani cricket team in the West Indies in 1976–77

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]

Pakistani cricket team in the West Indies in 1976/77
 
  Pakistan West Indies
Dates 18 February 1977 – 20 April 1977
Captains Mushtaq Mohammad Clive Lloyd
Test series
Result West Indies won the 5-match series 2–1
Most runs Majid Khan (530)
Wasim Raja (517)
Asif Iqbal (314)		 Gordon Greenidge (536)
Roy Fredericks (517)
Clive Lloyd (336)
Most wickets Imran Khan (25)
Sarfraz Nawaz (16)
Mushtaq Mohammad (13)		 Colin Croft (33)
Joel Garner (25)
Andy Roberts (19)
Player of the series Colin Croft (Pak)
One Day International series
Results West Indies won the 1-match series 1–0
Most runs Asif Iqbal (59*) Clive Lloyd (45)
Most wickets Sarfraz Nawaz (3) Joel Garner (3)

The series was recognised as one of the finest of that era where West Indies managed to clinch it by 2/1 after narrowly escaping a defeat in first game at Barbados. It was memorable for debut of Colin Croft who picked 33 wickets in his debut series along with Joel Garner who too picked 25 wickets in his debut series. At the time, Pakistani skipper Mushtaq accused debutant Garner of illegal action although the claim was later found to be bogus.[2]

West Indies defeat at Trinidad was their last in West Indies till 1988 again by Pakistan at Boruda

Test series summary edit

First Test edit

18–23 February 1977
(5–day match)
Scorecard
v
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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

Only ODI edit

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 edit

  1. ^ "Pakistan in the West Indies 1977". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 July 2014.
  2. ^ "Pakistan in the West Indies, 1976-77". Cricinfo. Retrieved 17 March 2022.

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