Test Cricket Tours West Indies to Pakistan 1990-91

Test Cricket Tours - West Indies to Pakistan 1990-91

Tour of Pakistan 1990-91 Captain: Desmond Haynes

34th West Indies Test tour

Fifth Test-playing tour of Pakistan by West Indies

(November - December 1990)

Desmond Haynes captained the touring side while Viv Richards recuperated from an operation.

Before the Test series began Pakistan won 3-0, the one-day international series giving them a clean sweep and a series victory against West Indies for the first time. They then beat West Indies in the first Test on a pitch of uneven bounce and because Pakistan had two fast bowlers in Waqar and Wasim to match West Indies’ formidable quartet of Bishop, Ambrose, Walsh and Marshall, the matches were relatively even.

Play was often disrupted by heavy dew and a lack of late afternoon light. West Indies won a low-scoring encounter at Faisalabad and the third match was left drawn as the Pakistan batsmen denied West Indies a breakthrough. Walsh, armed with a stump, had to be restrained from approaching a spectator who threw an orange at him at the end of the third Test.

Other West Indies tours

Previous tour

Australia 1988-89

Next tour

England 1991

Next Pakistan tour

1997-98

Members of the Test tour party

(15)

Opening batsmen: Gordon Greenidge, Desmond Haynes (reinforcement)

Middle-order batsmen Carlisle Best, Carl Hooper, Brian Lara, Gus Logie, Richie Richardson

Wicket-keepers: Jeffrey Dujon, David Williams

Spin bowler: Robert Haynes

Fast bowlers: Curtly Ambrose, Ian Bishop, Malcolm Marshall, Ezra Moseley, Courtney Walsh

C E L Ambrose	L	27	RF

C A Best	B	31	RHB

I R Bishop	T	23	RF

P J L Dujon	Ja	34	RHB WK

C G Greenidge	B	39	RHB opener

D L Haynes	B	34	RHB opener captain

R C Haynes	Ja	26	LBG

C L Hooper	G	23	RHB OB

B C Lara	T	21	LHB

A L Logie	G	30	RHB

M D Marshall	B	32	RF

E A Moseley	B	32	RFM

R B Richardson	L	28	RHB

C A Walsh	Ja	28	RF

D Williams	B	27	WK

Regional representation :

B - Barbados (6)

G - Guyana (2)

Ja - Jamaica (3)

L - Leeward Islands (2)

T - Trinidad & Tobago (2)

W - Windward Islands (0)

Average age of team at time of first Test match

(15 Nov 1990):

29 yrs 5 months

ODI There was no separate one-day series squad.

Test Appearances made before the tour

Greenidge 100, D L Haynes 89, Marshall 68, Dujon 68, Richardson 49, Logie 40, Walsh 37, Ambrose 20, Hooper 19, Bishop 8, Best 6, Moseley 2, Lara 0. RC Haynes 0, Williams 0.

Tour Officials

Lance Gibbs	Manager
	Coach
Qaiser Raza	Liaison officer

Qaiser Raza was a former first-class cricketer with Pakistan International Airlines, who now employed him.

Selectors

The selection panel of Jackie Hendriks (chairman), Joey Carew, David Holford and captain Desmond Haynes met in Brigetown on Wednesday 29 August.

Selection

In August 1990 the West Indies Cricket Board of Control (WICBC) replaced Clive Lloyd as manager for the Pakistan tour with Lance Gibbs. Gibbs was sales manager at the Florida-based Crowley Shipping Company.

Unavailable: Vivian Richards (needed an operation related to his recurring haemorrhoids ailment).

Tour Party Announced : 30 August 1990.

Not selected : Keith Arthurton (Lara was preferred to him).

Time between selection and departure from West Indies

x days

(30 August to 1 November)

Travel

TorontoQ LondonQ Karachi

The match against Barbados on 31 October marked the end of a one-week retreat in Bridgetown for the West Indies players, who travelled to Pakistan after the exhibition match in Toronto on November 4.

The team landed at Karachi Airport after a long and tiring flight from London Heathrow on 8 November.

Time spent in Pakistan

34 days

(8 November - 12 December)

On-tour selection panel

Reinforcements

Fixtures/Results

a	Bridgetown	Barbados XI	Lost 3 w
b	ϯ Skydome, Toronto	Rest of the World XI	Won w

c	§ Karachi	Pakistan (1st ODI)	Lost 6 r
d	§ Lahore	Pakistan (2nd ODI)	Lost 5 w
e	§ Multan	Pakistan (3rd ODI)	Lost 31 r
f	KARACHI	PAKISTAN First Test	LOST 8 w
g	FAISALABAD	PAKISTAN Second Test	WON 7 w
h	Sargodha	Combined XI	Drawn
i	LAHORE	PAKISTAN Third Test	DRAWN

† not first-class

§ one-day international

Time spent in Pakistan before First Test:

7 days

(8 November - 15 November)

Test appearances on tour

3 - Ambrose, Bishop, Dujon, Greenidge, D L Haynes, Hooper, Logie, Marshall, Richardson, Walsh

2 - Best

1 - Lara.

0 - R C Haynes, Moseley, Williams.

Match appearances

T Test match

o one-day international

x other match

⊕ T/20 international

W Won L Lost D Drawn

N no result A abandoned

u unknown result

	a	b	c	d	e	f	g	h	i
C E L Ambrose		x	o	o		T	T		T
C A Best		x	o	o	o	T	T
I R Bishop		x	o	o	o	T	T	x	T
P J L Dujon		x	o	o		T	T	x	T
C G Greenidge				o	o	T	T	x	T
D L Haynes		x	o	o	o	T	T	x	T
R C Haynes					o			x
C L Hooper		x	o	o	o	T	T	x	T
B C Lara		x	o					x	T
A L Logie		x	o	o	o	T	T	x	T
M D Marshall		x	o	o		T	T		T
E A Moseley				o	o			x
R B Richardson		x	o	o	o	T	T	x	T
C A Walsh		x	o		o	T	T		T
D Williams					o			x
RESULTS	L	W	L	L	L	L	W	D	D

Highlights

• Desmond Haynes (117) was the only batsman to defy the Pakistan fast bowlers in the Karachi Test.

• Marshall took four wickets in thirteen balls in the 2nd Test at Faisalabad wrecking the Pakistan innings.

• Carl Hooper scored 134 and 49 in the third Test at Lahore

• Ian Bishop took sixteen wickets in the Test series at only 18.87 each

Tour Summary

	P	W	L	D	Aban
Test Matches	3	1	1	1	-
Other first-class matches	1	0	0	1	-
ϯ Minor matches	0	-	-	-	-
§ One-day internationals	3	0	3	0	-
All Matches	7	1	4	2	-

Return

Karachi Q ?

The team left Karachi on the morning of 12 December after sharing the Test series 1-1.

Time away from West Indies

x days

(1 November to ?)

Finances

Accounts of the tour

Postscript