- It was the 1494th Test match in cricket history.
It was the 35th Test match between these two sides.The record now
reads: West Indies 12, Pakistan 10, drawn 13.It was the 17th Test match between these two sides in West Indies.
The record now reads: West Indies 8, Pakistan 3 and drawn 6.It was the 160th Test macth on West Indian soil.The record now
reads: West Indies 65, opponents 27, drawn 68.Umpires Steve Bucknor and Rudi Koertzen were officiating in their
49th and 18th Test respectively. For Peter Burge it was his 23rd Test
as ICC referee.Moin Khan became only second wicketkeeper to captain his side in a
Test against West Indies. The only other keeper to have done so was
New Zealander Lee Germon who captained his Side in a two Test series
on West Indian soil in 1995-96.Courtney Walsh was playing his 16th Test against Pakistan which
equals West Indian record of most appearances against Pakistan.
Desmond Haynes and Viv Richards had also made 16 appearances against
Pakistan.The wicket of Wajahatullah Wasti was 50th for Courtney Walsh
against Pakistan in his 16th Test. He became third West Indian and
only the sixth bowler in all Tests to do so.Curtly Ambrose became the most prolific bowler in Test annals to
dismiss batsmen on duck with the wicket of Yousuf Youhana. It was the
75th occasion when Ambrose did not let his victim open his account.
Ambrose surpassed Pakistan?s Wasim Akram's tally of 74 ?duck?
dismissals.The accompanying table lists most prolific bowlers in this
regard :
Ducks Total Bowler Country
75 382 Curtly Ambrose West Indies
74 384 Wasim Akram Pakistan
68 434 Kapil Dev India
66 431 Richard Hadlee New Zealand
65 437 Courtney Walsh West Indies
63 292 Waqar Younis Pakistan
57 325 Bob Willis England
57 376 Malcolm Marshall West Indies
50 307 Fred Trueman England
The catch of Yousuf Youhana was 50th dismissal for Ridley Jacobs
in his 14th Test.He became seventh West Indian 'keeper to do so.Inzamam-ul-Haq scored his 10th Test hundred in his 62nd Test.
Inzamam became ninth Pakistani batsman to score 10 or more hundreds in
a Test career.The hundred was Inzamam's third against West Indies - most by a
Pakistani batsman against West Indies. He was earlier at level with
Aamir Sohail, Hanif Mohammad, Wazir Mohammad, Mushtaq Mohammad, Wasim
Raja, Majid Khan and Javed Miandad with two hundreds.The hundred was second for Inzamam on West Indian soil. His other
hundred came at St.John?s in 1992-93 when he made 123. Inzamam became
only third Pakistani after Hanif Mohammad and Javed Miandad to have
scored two hundreds on West Indian soil. Incidentally India?s Sunil
Gavaskar holds the record of scoring most hundreds on West Indian soil
with 7 hundreds in 13 matches.The sixth wicket partnership of 206 runs between Inzamam-ul- Haq
and Abdur Razzaq is Pakistan?s best for this wicket against West
Indies - home or away.This obliterated the previous record stand of
166 between Wazir Mohammad and Abdul Hafiz Kardar at Kingston in
1957-58.The partnership was also the joint second highest for sixth wicket
against West Indies after the 220 run stand between Glenn Turner and
Ken Wadsworth for New Zealand at Kingston in 1971-72 and 206 run stand
between Keith Miller and RG Archer also at Kingston in 1954-55.The partnership was the third highest for Pakistan for sixth
wicket in all Tests after the 217 run stand between Hanif Mohammad and
Majid Khan at Lahore in 1964-65 and 207 run stand between Salim Malik
and Imran Khan at Faisalabad in 1982-83.Courtney Walsh became leading wicket taker for West Indies against
Pakistan when he dismissed Wasim Akram.Walsh surpassed the tally of
Colin Croft and Malcolm Marshall who both have taken 50 wickets apiece
in 9 and 12 Tests respectively.The seventh wicket partnership of 74 runs between Shivnarine
Chanderpaul and Nixon McLean is West Indies best for this wicket
against Pakistan-home or away.This obliterated the 70 run partnership
between Clive Lloyd and Joel Garner at Bridgetown in 1976-77.