The
Pakistan national cricket team toured the
West Indies from March to April 1988 and played a three-match
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and five-match ODI series against the
West Indies cricket team which was drawn 1–1.
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.
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. 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
Walter Reginald Hammond (19 June 1903 – 1 July 1965) was an English first-class cricketer who played for Gloucestershire in a career that lasted from 1920 to 1951. Beginning as a professional, he later became an amateur and was appointed c ...
and
Garfield Sobers
Sir Garfield St Aubrun Sobers, (born 28 July 1936), also known as Sir Gary or Sir Garry Sobers, is a former cricketer who played for the West Indies between 1954 and 1974. A highly skilled bowler, an aggressive batsman and an excellent fielder, ...
. However, Pakistan secured a draw in the game by a slim margin of 1 wicket through the last stand.
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.
Test series summary
First Test
Second Test
Third Test
One Day Internationals (ODIs)
West Indies won the series 5–0.
1st ODI
2nd ODI
3rd ODI
4th ODI
5th ODI
References
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1988 in Pakistani cricket
1988 in West Indian cricket
Pakistani cricket tours of the West Indies
International cricket competitions from 1985–86 to 1988
West Indian cricket seasons from 1970–71 to 1999–2000
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