Pakistani national cricket team in the West Indies in the 1957/58 season

The tour of the Pakistani national cricket team to the West Indies in the 1957/58 season took place from January 17 to March 31, 1958. The international cricket tour was part of the 1957/58 international cricket season and comprised five tests . The West Indies won the series 3–1.

prehistory

It was the first tour of the season for both teams. The last meeting of the two teams on a tour took place in Pakistan in the 1948/49 season .

Stages

Bridgetown Port of Spain

Tour venues

Kingston

Tour venues in Jamaica

Georgetown (BCG)

Tour venues

The following stages have been designated as the venue for the tour.

city	country	Stadion	capacity	Games
Bridgetown	Barbados	Kensington oval	11,000	1st test
Georgetown	Guyana	Bourda Cricket Ground	25,000	3rd test
Kingston	Jamaica	Sabina Park	20,000	2nd test
Port of Spain	Trinidad and Tobago	Queen's Park Oval	25,000	2nd & 5th test

Squad lists

The teams named the following squads.

test
West Indies	Pakistan
Garry Alexander Denis Atkinson Eric Atkinson Tom Dewdney Lance Gibbs Roy Gilchrist Conrad Hunte Rohan Kanhai Ivan Madray Easton McMorris Cammie Smith Garry Sobers Jaswick Taylor Alf Valentine Clyde Walcott Everton Weekes	Abdul Kardar Alimuddin Fazal Mahmood Hanif Mohammad Haseeb Ahsan Imtiaz Ahmed Khan Mohammad Mahmood Hussain Nasim-ul-Ghani Fazal-ur-Rehman Saeed Anwar Wallis Mathias Waqar Younis Wazir Mohammad

Tour matches

Pakistan played four tour matches during the tour.

Testing

First test in Bridgetown

January 17-23 Scorecard	Bridgetown	West Indies 579 (172.2) & 28-0 (11)	-	Pakistan 106 (42.2) & 657-8 (f / o)
		draw

Second test in Port of Spain

February 5th - 11th scorecard	Port of Spain	West Indies 325 (131.1) & 312 (130.2)	-	Pakistan 282 (86.3) & 235 (104.5)
		West Indies wins by 120 runs

Third test in Kingston

February 26th - March 4th scorecard	Kingston	Pakistan 328 (102) & 288 (96.3)	-	West Indies 790-3d (208.1)
		West Indies wins with one innings and 174 runs

Fourth test in Georgetown

March 13-19 Scorecard	Georgetown	Pakistan 408 (125.1) & 318 (139.1)	-	West Indies 410 (133.4) & 317-2 (93.1)
		West Indies wins by 8 wickets

Fifth test in Port of Spain

March 26th - 31st Scorecard	Port of Spain	West Indies 268 (93.1) & 227 (65.5)	-	Pakistan 496 (177.5)
		Pakistan wins with one innings and one run

Web links

• The series on Cricinfo