Cricket TEST RUBBER TO PAKISTAN

Press, Volume XCVIII, Issue 28840, 10 March 1959, Page 23

Cricket TEST RUBBER TO PAKISTAN

Second Win Over West Indies

(N.Z. Press Association—Copyright) DACCA (Pakistan), March 8. Pakistan beat the West Indies by 41 runs in the second test at Dacca today to win the threematch series. Pakistan won the first test, in Karachi, by 10 wickets. Needing 214 to win, the West Indies was out for 172 in its second innings today. It fought back well from the ignominy of being dismissed for 76, its lowest test score, in the first innings yesterday, and for a while today it was back in the match with an outside chance of victory. Pakistan, which scored 145 and 144, was indebted mainly to Fazal Mahmood, Wallis Mathias and Shujaud-Din for its win. Fazal, using his cutters intelligently, took six wickets for 66 runs in the second innings, and 12 for 100 in the match. Wallis and Shuja, who saved Pakistan from rout in the first innings with a sixth-wicket stand of 86, stemmed another threatened collapse in the second with a partnership of 59. Wallis was top scorer in both innings with 64 and 45. Pakistan loked set for a comfortable win when it resumed its second innings this morning 189 runs ahead, with five wickets in hand. But a fine spell of hostile pace bowling by W. Hall brought the innings to an end in 45 minutes for the addition of only 24. The West Indies lost four wickets for 48 runs in its second innings, but G. Sobers (45) arid V. G. Smith (39) renewed its hopes with a sixth-wicket stand of 65, their quick running between the wickets baffling the Pakistan fielders. Scores:

Total ..172 Fall of wickets: one for 12, two for 31, three for 35, four for 48, five for 113, six for 134, seven for 141. eight for 150, nine for 159.

PAKISTAN First innings 145 Second Innings IJaz Butt, b Ramadhin .. 21 Alim-U-Din, c Smith, b Atkinson 0 Saeed Ahmad, lbw, b Ramadhin 22 Imtiaz Ahmad, c Smith, b Atkinson Wazir Mohammad, c Alexander, b Atkinson 4 Wallis Mathias, b Atkinson 45 Shula-Ud-Din, b Hall .. 17 Naslm-Ul-Ghani, b Hall 0 Fazal Mahmood, not out 7 Mahmood Hussain, b Hall 2 Hasoob Ah san. b Hall .. 0 Extras 22 Total 144 Fall of wickets: one for 2, two for 33. three for 40, four for 54, five tor 71. six for 130, seven for 130, eight Bowling O. M. R. W. Hall 16.5 5 41 4 Atkinson ..22 9 42 Ramadhin ..15 9 10 2 Gibbs 6 o 17 0 Sobers 3 2 4 0 WEST INDIES First innings 76 Second Innings J. K. Holt, c Imtiaz Ahmad, b Fazal Mahmood 5 18 R. Kanhal. lbw, b Fazal Mahmood 8 B. Butcher, b Fazal Mahmood .. 8 G. Sobers, c Fazal Mahmood, b Mahmood Hussain 45 O. G. Smith, b Fazal Mahmood 39 J. Solomon, c Mahmood Hussain, b Fazal Mahmood .. 8 L. Gibbs, b Mahmood Hussain . • E. Atkinson, lbw. b Mahmood Hussain 20 W. Hall, lbw. b Mahmod Huasain 6 J. Ramadhin, not out .. 4 Extras .. 11

o. M. R. w. Fazal Mahmood 27 10 66 6 Mahmood Hussain 19.5 1 48 Nasim - Ul-Ghani 8 2 34 0 Shuja-lTd-Din .. 6 2 13 0