| Series Name: | Pakistani cricket team in the West Indies in 1987/88 |
| Team1 Image: | Flag of Pakistan.svg |
| Team1 Name: | Pakistan |
| Team2 Image: | WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg |
| Team2 Name: | West Indies |
| From Date: | 2 March 1988 |
| To Date: | 27 April 1988 |
| Team1 Captain: | Imran Khan |
| Team2 Captain: | Gordon Greenidge (First test) Viv Richards (Second and Third test) |
| No Of Tests: | 3 |
| Team1 Tests Won: | 1 |
| Team2 Tests Won: | 1 |
| Team1 Tests Most Runs: | Javed Miandad (282) |
| Team2 Tests Most Runs: | Viv Richards (280) |
| Team1 Tests Most Wickets: | Imran Khan (23) Wasim Akram (11) |
| Team2 Tests Most Wickets: | Malcolm Marshall (15) Winston Benjamin(12) |
| Player Of Test Series: | Imran Khan (Pak) |
| No Of Odis: | 5 |
| Team1 Odis Won: | 0 |
| Team2 Odis Won: | 5 |
| Team1 Odis Most Runs: | Javed Miandad (247) |
| Team2 Odis Most Runs: | Richie Richardson (321) |
| Team1 Odis Most Wickets: | Imran Khan (8) |
| Team2 Odis Most Wickets: | Curtly Ambrose (10) |
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.[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.[2]
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.[3] 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.[4]
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.[5]
West Indies won the series 5–0.