Series Name: | Pakistani cricket team in the West Indies in 1976/77 |
Team1 Image: | Flag of Pakistan.svg |
Team1 Name: | Pakistan |
Team2 Image: | WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg |
Team2 Name: | West Indies |
From Date: | 18 February 1977 |
To Date: | 20 April 1977 |
Team2 Captain: | Clive Lloyd |
No Of Tests: | 5 |
Team1 Tests Won: | 1 |
Team2 Tests Won: | 2 |
Team1 Tests Most Runs: | Majid Khan (530) Wasim Raja (517) Asif Iqbal (314) |
Team2 Tests Most Runs: | Gordon Greenidge (536) Roy Fredericks (517) Clive Lloyd (336) |
Team1 Tests Most Wickets: | Imran Khan (25) Sarfraz Nawaz (16) Mushtaq Mohammad (13) |
Team2 Tests Most Wickets: | Colin Croft (33) Joel Garner (25) Andy Roberts (19) |
Player Of Test Series: | Colin Croft (Pak) |
No Of Odis: | 1 |
Team1 Odis Won: | 0 |
Team2 Odis Won: | 1 |
Team1 Odis Most Runs: | Asif Iqbal (59*) |
Team2 Odis Most Runs: | Clive Lloyd (45) |
Team1 Odis Most Wickets: | Sarfraz Nawaz (3) |
Team2 Odis Most Wickets: | Joel Garner (3) |
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]
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