# Pakistani cricket team in the West Indies in 1987–88

The Pakistan national cricket team toured the West Indies from March to April 1988 and played a three-match Test series 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 arguably the 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 and Garfield Sobers. 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

* 2–6 April 1988 (5-day match) Scorecard
* Pakistan won by 9 wickets Bourda, Georgetown Umpires: DM Archer and LH Barker Player of the match: Imran Khan (PAK)
* West Indies won the toss and elected to bat.
* The match was scheduled for five days but completed in four.
* 5 April was taken as a rest day.
* CEL Ambrose (WIN) made his Test debut.

### Second Test

* 14–19 April 1988 (5-day match) Scorecard
* Match drawn Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain Umpires: LH Barker and CE Cumberbatch Player of the match: Viv Richards (WIN)
* Pakistan won the toss and elected to field.
* 18 April was taken as a rest day.
* Viv Richards passed 7,000 test runs

### Third Test

* 22–27 April 1988 (5-day match) Scorecard
* West Indies won by 2 wickets Kensington Oval, Bridgetown Umpires: DM Archer and LH Barker Player of the match: MD Marshall (WIN)
* West Indies won the toss and elected to field.
* 25 April was taken as a rest day.

## One Day Internationals (ODIs)

West Indies won the series 5–0.

### 1st ODI

* 12 March 1988 Scorecard
| West Indies 241/4 (46 overs) | v | Pakistan 194/7 (46 overs) |
| AL Logie 109* (119) Imran Khan 3/36 (8 overs) | | Javed Miandad 47 (83) CEL Ambrose 4/39 (10 overs) |
* West Indies won by 47 runs Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica Umpires: JR Gayle and D Sang Hue Player of the match: AL Logie (WIN)
* Pakistan won the toss and elected to field.
* The match was reduced to 46 overs per side.
* CEL Ambrose (WIN) made his ODI debut.

### 2nd ODI

* 15 March 1988 Scorecard
| Pakistan 166/9 (46 overs) | v | West Indies 167/5 (37.1 overs) |
| Imran Khan 53 (82) CEL Ambrose 4/35 (10 overs) | | PV Simmons 54 (60) Mudassar Nazar 2/30 (7 overs) |
* West Indies won by 5 wickets Antigua Recreation Ground, St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda Umpires: LH Barker and PC Whyte Player of the match: WKM Benjamin (WIN)
* West Indies won the toss and elected to field.
* The match was reduced to 46 overs per side.
* Haafiz Shahid (PAK) made his ODI debut.

### 3rd ODI

* 18 March 1988 Scorecard
| West Indies 315/4 (47 overs) | v | Pakistan 265 (43.3 overs) |
| DL Haynes 142* (132) Saleem Malik 1/41 (7 overs) | | Saleem Malik 85 (55) BP Patterson 3/78 (10 overs) |
* West Indies won by 50 runs Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad Umpires: CE Cumberbatch and M Hosein Player of the match: DL Haynes (WIN)
* Pakistan won the toss and elected to field.
* The match was reduced to 47 overs per side.
* Aamer Malik (PAK) made his ODI debut.

### 4th ODI

* 20 March 1988 Scorecard
| Pakistan 271/6 (43 overs) | v | West Indies 272/3 (40.1 overs) |
| Rameez Raja 71 (72) BP Patterson 3/77 (9 overs) | | RB Richardson 79* (87) Haafiz Shahid 2/56 (9.1 overs) |
* West Indies won by 7 wickets Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad Umpires: GT Browne and CE Cumberbatch Player of the match: CG Greenidge (WIN)
* Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
* The match was reduced to 43 overs per side.
* Moin-ul-Atiq (PAK) made his ODI debut.

### 5th ODI

* 30 March 1988 Scorecard
| Pakistan 221/7 (43 overs) | v | West Indies 225/3 (37 overs) |
| Javed Miandad 100* (99) AH Gray 3/44 (10 overs) | | PV Simmons 79 (73) Imran Khan 2/59 (8 overs) |
* West Indies won by 7 wickets Bourda, Georgetown, Guyana Umpires: DM Archer and CR Duncan Player of the match: Javed Miandad (PAK)
* West Indies won the toss and elected to field.
* The match was reduced to 43 overs per side.