The
West Indian cricket team toured
Pakistan for cricket matches in the
2006–07 cricket season. The tour immediately followed the
2006 ICC Champions Trophy in India, where West Indies reached the final, and they played their first tour match three days after playing the final. Pakistan's recent results included a 3-0 loss in
a Test series in England, where the final match ended in farce, and they were eliminated at the group stage of the Champions Trophy. The
Pakistan Cricket Board had also recently suspended
fast bowlers Shoaib Akhtar and
Mohammad Asif due to a doping case.
Schedule
Squads
Matches
Tour Match: Patron's XI v West Indians, 8–9 November
The
PCB Patron's XI made 305 for four
declared on the first day, with
Salman Butt retiring after making 106, sharing an opening stand of 175 with
Yasir Hameed, who was first to fall, caught behind off
Dave Mohammed for 92. On the second day, West Indies replied with 279 for five, with
Dwayne Bravo replicating Butt's feat. No bowler took more than one wicket in the game.
First Test: Pakistan v West Indies, 11–14 November
West Indies batted first, but Pakistan earned a first innings lead of 279, enough to stretch West Indies' their sequence of Tests without a win to 14, and they had now played 17 Tests away from home without a win. The visitors started with an opening stand of 41, but then four wickets fell within 26 balls, and they were 52 for...
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