Pakistani cricket team in the West Indies in 1992–93 explained

Series Name:Pakistani cricket team in the West Indies in 1992–93
Team1 Image:WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg
Team1 Name:West Indies
Team2 Image:Flag of Pakistan.svg
Team2 Name:Pakistan
From Date:23 March
To Date:6 May 1993
No Of Tests:3
Team1 Tests Won:2
Team2 Tests Won:0
Team1 Tests Most Runs:Desmond Haynes (402)
Team2 Tests Most Runs:Basit Ali (222)
Team1 Tests Most Wickets:Courtney Walsh (12)
Team2 Tests Most Wickets:Waqar Younis (19)
Player Of Test Series:Desmond Haynes (Win)
No Of Odis:5
Team1 Odis Won:2
Team2 Odis Won:2
Team1 Odis Most Runs:Brian Lara (234)
Team2 Odis Most Runs:Aamer Sohail (238)
Team1 Odis Most Wickets:Carl Hooper (6)
Ian Bishop (6)
Team2 Odis Most Wickets:Wasim Akram (8)
Player Of Odi Series:-

The Pakistan national cricket team toured the West Indies from March to May 1993 and played a three-match Test series against the West Indies cricket team which the West Indies won 2–0. Pakistan were captained by Wasim Akram; West Indies by Richie Richardson. In addition, the teams played a five-match One Day International (ODI) series which was drawn 2–2 with the final game ending in a tie.[1]

The tied ODI, fifty overs each, was played at Bourda, Georgetown, on 3 April and Pakistan batted first after winning the toss. They scored 244 for six in their fifty overs. In reply, the West Indies levelled the score off the final ball of the fiftieth over and had lost five wickets compared with the six lost by Pakistan. Normally, when scores are level, the match is awarded to the team losing the least wickets and so, under the rules, the West Indies would have won. However, the crowd invaded the field before play on the final ball was completed. A Pakistani fielder threw the ball to Wasim Akram at the bowler's end and he saw the chance of a run out at the striker's end if he could return the ball to the wicket-keeper, but, with the pitch already overrun by spectators, he had no chance of doing this and the batsman could not be run out. As a result, the match referee Raman Subba Row had to make a decision on the result and he adjudged the match a tie.[2]

Test series summary

Third Test

One Day Internationals (ODIs)

The series was drawn 2-2, with one match tied.

5th ODI

Arrest of Pakistani players

Four Pakistani players (captain Wasim Akram, vice-captain Waqar Younis, Aaqib Javed and Mushtaq Ahmed), along with two female tourists and a local man, were arrested on a beach in Grenada on 8 April 1993 on charges of "possession of a controlled drug". They were later released on bail.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Pakistan in the West Indies 1992–93 . CricketArchive . 24 July 2014.
  2. Web site: West Indies v Pakistan, Fifth ODI 1993 . CricketArchive . 24 July 2014.
  3. Web site: Cozier. Tony. Pakistani cricketers arrested over drugs find on beach: West Indies tour in doubt after four held in Grenada. https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220524/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/pakistani-cricketers-arrested-over-drugs-find-on-beach-west-indies-tour-in-doubt-after-four-held-in-1454332.html . 24 May 2022 . subscription . live. The Independent. 15 January 2016. 10 April 1993.