West Indies vs Pakistan 3rd Test – Statistical Highlights

A hard fought Test series between West Indies and Pakistan came to an end in a dramatic fashion with Pakistan clinching their first ever Test series in West Indies with a victory in the final moments of the game to hand Younis Khan and Misbah-ul-Haq a memorable farewell.

A gritty knock from Roston Chase delayed the historic win for Pakistan and as time passed and the support from the tail-enders almost denied it for the visiting side as Shanon Gabriel played a poor shot with just 7 more balls to save the game. It undid all the hard work done for the home side throughout the day.

Here are all the stats and records from the game:

1 – This is the first Test series win for Pakistan outside Asia since 2012. Their last series win in Tests outside Asia came in 2011 vs Zimbabwe in a one-off Test.

1 – This is Pakistan’s maiden Test series win on West Indies soil. They are yet to win a Test series in Australia and South Africa.

2.38 – Collective run-rate in this game in the first innings of both sides is 2.38, the 2nd lowest in Test cricket in the last 15 years. India-England Test at Nagpur in 2012 had a run-rate of 2.27 at the end of the first innings of both the sides. (Min: 600 runs first inns aggregate)

2.56 – Pakistan’s run-rate in their first innings is the 4th lowest run-rate for a team in the first innings of a Test match since 2004. (350+ totals)

4 – Number of Pakistan Test captains including Misbah-ul-Haq who have won in their last Test match. AH Kardar, Imran Khan and Rashid Latif are the other three.

4 – Number of spinners including Yasir Shah who have taken 25 wickets in a Test series on West Indies soil. The last of the previous three was way back in 1973.

6 – Number of balls in the match remaining when Pakistan won the game, the closest win in Test cricket for them in the last 20 years. They won with 5 overs to spare vs India in 2005 at Bangalore.

15 – Wickets  Mohammad Abbas picked in this series; the most by any Pakistan pacer in a Test series since 2011. The last occasion when a Pakistan pacer took 15 or more wickets in a Test series win was in 2010 by Mohammad Amir (19 wickets) in England.

25 – Number of wickets Yasir Shah has taken in this series, the most for him in a Test series. These are also the joint-most wickets taken in a Test series against West Indies for Pakistan. Imran Khan also took 25 wickets in West Indies in 1977.

403 – Runs scored by Roston Chase in this series, the 2nd most by any West Indies player in a Test series since 2010. Darren Bravo scored 404 runs in India in 2011.

2001 – Last instance when a bowler took 25 wickets in a Test series in West Indies before Yasir Shah was way back in 2001 by Courtney Walsh vs South Africa.

2009 – Only the 2nd time in last 20 years West Indies played with the same XI in three consecutive Test matches. The other instance was in 2009 against England.

2013 – Last time before West Indies a team played a Test series of 3 or more games with same XI players was Australia in the 2013/14 Ashes.