West Indies batsmen versus Pakistan

Some interesting historical numbers against Pakistani bowlers. The number that stands out most to me is Sobers averaging 89.45 in 13 innings.

Hooper played very well against Pakistan, averaging 9 runs higher than his career average.

Greenidge and Richardson struggled to a degree. Greenidge had a real tough time against Wasim and Waqar in 1990, averaging 9.66 in that series.

Imran Khan dismissed Haynes 7 times in 13 innings at an average of 7.42.

We just gotta hope for the best ....

no such talent available currently  :-[

The high, ominous backlift, daring the bowler to sneak under it.
The glide across the crease and into perfect position. The square drive, flashed off front or back foot with a bullfighter's flourish. The square cut, rasped at light speed through point from anything a smidgen short or wide. The iron-wristed pulls and subtle glances, the feet tap-tapping down the wicket like a crocodile springing from the water, the bat whipping through in a brutal arc to unleash a cannonade into the stand. Innings after innings played with cyclonic force, cavalier grace allied to an inner fury, punishing anyone with the temerity to send a ball his way.


www.thecricketmonthly.com/story/1043611/the-lara-nightmare

For his Test career, Lara averaged 58.31 against spinners - 68.20 against right-arm spinners and 42.88 against lefties. Surprisingly, his lowest average in any country was 33.00 in India, although the tiny sample size of 6 innings renders this pretty meaningless. India was also the only country in which Lara failed to score a century.

Of all the players on that list, Hooper arguably did the best vs Pakistan. I think Hooper has the most tons in cricket history vs Wasim/Younis. Richards would have played a strong Pakistan too.

Lara's stats look impressive but he was actually a better ODI player vs Pak than a test one. He beat up strong attacks in ODIs but failed in tests vs Pak until the big guns retired. I also think (could be misremembering) WI/Pak didn't play for a number of years for political reasons, when Wasim and company were in their prime.

Roston Chase is the new Pakistan slayer