Greatest reaguard test innings ever

1958

The start of the longest Test innings of all time, Hanif Mohammad’s 970-minute marathon for Pakistan at Bridgetown. Following on 473 runs in arrears, Hanif ground down West Indies' bowlers on his way to 337 made over three days as the match ended in a draw. Hanif disputes his record, maintaining that he actually batted for 999 minutes. His captain, Abdul Kardar, encouraged him by leaving notes saying "You are our only hope," and "Keeping fighting. Don't give up,” stuck to his bedroom mirror.

Test # 446 (449/1)
West Indies v Pakistan, 1957/58, 1st Test
Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados
17,18,20,21,22,23 January 1958 (6-day match)

Result: Match drawn
5-Test series level 0-0

Toss: West Indies
Umpires: HBD Jordan and JH Walcott
Test Debuts: ES Atkinson, CC Hunte (WI); Haseeb Ahsan, Nasim-ul-Ghani, Saeed Ahmed (Pak).

Close of Play:

Day 1: West Indies 266/2 (Hunte 142*, Weekes 40*)
Day 2: West Indies 579/9d, Pakistan 6/0 (Hanif Mohammad 5*, Imtiaz Ahmed 1*)
Day 3: Pakistan 106 and 162/1 (Hanif Mohammad 61*, Alimuddin 1*)
Day 4: Pakistan 339/2 (Hanif Mohammad 161*, Saeed Ahmed 26*)
Day 5: Pakistan 525/3 (Hanif Mohammad 270*, Wazir Mohammad 31*)
West Indies 1st innings R M 4 6
CC Hunte c Imtiaz Ahmed b Fazal Mahmood 142 300 17 0
RB Kanhai c Mathias b Fazal Mahmood 27 0
GS Sobers c Mathias b Mahmood Hussain 52 0
ED Weekes c Imtiaz Ahmed b Mahmood Hussain 197 0
CL Walcott c Mathias b Kardar 43 0
OG Smith c Mathias b Alimuddin 78 1
DS Atkinson b Mahmood Hussain 4 0
ES Atkinson b Fazal Mahmood 0 0 0
*+FCM Alexander b Mahmood Hussain 9 0
AL Valentine not out 5 0
Extras (b 9, lb 4, w 3, nb 6) 22
Total (9 wickets declared, 172.2 overs) 579

DNB: R Gilchrist.

FoW: 1-122 (Kanhai), 2-209 (Sobers), 3-266 (Hunte),
4-356 (Walcott), 5-541 (Smith), 6-551 (DS Atkinson),
7-556 (ES Atkinson), 8-570 (Weekes), 9-579 (Alexander).

Bowling O M R W
Fazal Mahmood 62 21 145 3
Mahmood Hussain 41.2 4 153 4
Kardar 32 4 107 1
Haseeb Ahsan 21 0 84 0
Nasim-ul-Ghani 14 1 51 0
Alimuddin 2 0 17 1

Pakistan 1st innings R M 4 6
Hanif Mohammad b ES Atkinson 17 0
+Imtiaz Ahmed lbw b Gilchrist 20 0
Alimuddin c Weekes b Gilchrist 3 0 0
Saeed Ahmed st Alexander b Smith 13 0
Wazir Mohammad lbw b Valentine 4 0
W Mathias c Alexander b Smith 17 0
*AH Kardar c DS Atkinson b Smith 4 0
Fazal Mahmood b Gilchrist 4 0
Nasim-ul-Ghani run out 11 0
Mahmood Hussain b Gilchrist 3 0 0
Haseeb Ahsan not out 1 0 0
Extras (b 4, lb 5) 9
Total (all out, 42.2 overs) 106

FoW: 1-35 (Imtiaz Ahmed), 2-39 (Hanif Mohammad),
3-44 (Alimuddin), 4-53 (Wazir Mohammad), 5-81 (Saeed Ahmed),
6-84 (Mathias), 7-91 (Kardar), 8-93 (Fazal Mahmood),
9-96 (Mahmood Hussain), 10-106 (Nasim-ul-Ghani).

Bowling O M R W
Gilchrist 15 4 32 4
ES Atkinson 8 0 27 1
Smith 13 4 23 3
Valentine 6.2 1 15 1

Pakistan 2nd innings (following on) R M 4 6
Hanif Mohammad c Alexander b DS Atkinson 337 970 24 0
+Imtiaz Ahmed lbw b Gilchrist 91 0
Alimuddin c Alexander b Sobers 37 0
Saeed Ahmed c Alexander b Smith 65 0
Wazir Mohammad c Alexander b ES Atkinson 35 0
W Mathias lbw b ES Atkinson 17 0
*AH Kardar not out 23 0
Fazal Mahmood b Valentine 19 2
Nasim-ul-Ghani b Valentine 0 0 0
Mahmood Hussain not out 0 0 0
Extras (b 19, lb 7, nb 7) 33
Total (8 wickets declared, 319 overs) 657

DNB: Haseeb Ahsan.

FoW: 1-152 (Imtiaz Ahmed), 2-264 (Alimuddin),
3-418 (Saeed Ahmed), 4-539 (Wazir Mohammad),
5-598 (Mathias), 6-626 (Hanif Mohammad),
7-649 (Fazal Mahmood), 8-649 (Nasim-ul-Ghani).

Bowling O M R W
Gilchrist 41 5 121 1
ES Atkinson 49 5 136 2
Smith 61 30 93 1
Valentine 39 8 109 2
DS Atkinson 62 35 61 1
Sobers 57 25 94 1
Walcott 10 5 10 0

West Indies 2nd innings (target: 185 runs) R M 4 6
CC Hunte not out 11 0
RB Kanhai not out 17 0
Extras 0
Total (0 wickets, 11 overs) 28

DNB: GS Sobers, ED Weekes, CL Walcott, OG Smith,
DS Atkinson, ES Atkinson, *+FCM Alexander, AL Valentine,
R Gilchrist.

Bowling O M R W
Fazal Mahmood 2 1 3 0
Kardar 3 1 13 0
Hanif Mohammad 3 1 10 0
Saeed Ahmed 2 2 0 0
Wazir Mohammad 1 0 2 0

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sorry amjid, I would reply but all the info is too confusing for me

no doubt this innings is the ebst ever test inings ever played in test cricket history

nope Laxman in 2001 at Kolkata.

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Is there something that an Indian hasnt done best Gary?
While India ended up winning that match, they werent 473 runs behind. Batting for 3 days is absurd. This is one thing missing from the batsmen of today - batting out long periods of time to draw it in hopeless situations

Good one !

Daoud, u ignore where I said Abdul Qadir's 9/56 was the best display of spin bowling ever, where Mushys wrongun in the WC final was the best ball I ever seen, where I say that Alan Knott is the best keeper ever!

India were playing the greatest team ever at their peak. India were 1 down in series. India were following on. Laxman and Dravid bat for a day unbroken, only time this has ever happened, Laxman makes 281 and India win the test and the series.

OK, maybe I forgot about your Qadir comment, but I havent read your other stuff


Wrong, its happened a number of times. Jayasuria and Mahanama once batted for 2 days straight

ok I stand corrected.

That test showed the world the great Indian left arm spinner that is Nilesh Kulkarni.

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Dont diss him. He got a wicket with his first ball in Test cricket. Unfortunetely that was his only wicket :oD

LOLLLLLLLLLLLLLL

He was dire in the Chennai test match.

another quality rear guard inns i can remember is salim malik and aamir sohail v aus in 95/6 i think....sohail had been hit in the head in the 1st inns by mcdermott and had been in hospital with concussion....him and malik saved the game for pak.

lets hope Pak fight like that this time around.

I cant imagine anyone in Pakistan team batting for 1 straight day. They arent fit enough plus concentration levels are not good at all. Hameed can not bat longer than 20 overs. Malik is better than him when it comes to concentration.

How long did Inzi bat for his 329?
Taufeeq can.
Pakistani batsmen have to learn the value of staying at the crease and grinding it out when things are not going so well. Tendulkar and Dravid are the masters of it.