Famous Cricketers No 61 - Wes Hall

20th Test, the second of this series, he became only the third West Indian bowler to achieve 100 Test wickets. He reached this milestone when he trapped Rusi Surti lbw in the second innings. Hall’s batting also showed surprising improvement, as he averaged over 50 runs per innings for the only time in his entire career. He struck a bold 88 for Barbados against India, his highest score for his native island, and achieved his second (and last) Test fifty in an unbroken stand with Worrell (73 not out) that yielded 98 runs. This remained a West Indian record for the tenth wicket until Carl Hooper and Courtney Walsh eclipsed it in May 1993 by adding 106 against Pakistan at St. John’s, Antigua. In the Barbados match, Hall also shared a record partnership of 87 runs with Tony King (89) that remains intact to this day. It is still the best ninth-wicket stand for Barbados against the Indians. The latter never adapted properly to Hall’s extreme pace during the tour. They were also overwhelmed by the versatility of Sobers who registered 424 runs (ave: 70.66), 23 wickets (ave: 20.56) and 11 catches. They lost the series by the embarrassing margin of 5-0. It marked the first occasion on which the West Indies accomplished such a ‘black wash’, as it came to be called in the Caribbean. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 62. WEST INDIES v INDIA, Port-of-Spain, February 16, 17, 19, 20 (West Indies won by ten wickets) not out 37 289 20 6 38 2 N.J.Contractor c G.St A.Sobers 203 V.L.Mehra c J.L.Hendricks did not bat - 15-0 8 3 11 3 N.J.Contractor b 98 V.L.Manjrekar hit wkt D.S.Sardesai c C.W.Smith 63. WEST INDIES v INDIA, Kingston, March 7, 8, 9, 10, 12 (West Indies won by an innings and 18 runs) did not bat - 631-8d 28 4 79 3 N.J.Contractor c I.L.Mendonca 395 C.G.Borde b A.S.Durani lbw 20.5 5 49 6 N.J.Contractor b 218 M.L.Jaisimha b R.S.Surti lbw C.G.Borde c E.D.A.St J.McMorris F.M.Engineer c C.C.Hunte R.B.Desai c I. L.Mendonca 64. Barbados v Indians, Bridgetown, March 16, 17, 19 (Barbados won by an innings and 95 runs) b R.G.Nadkarni 88 394 5 3 7 2 D.S.Sardesai c G.B.Rock 86 R.F.Surti c D.W.Allan 13 1 53 1 R.G. Nadkarni b 213 1 65. WEST INDIES v INDIA, Bridgetown, March 23, 24, 26, 27, 28 (West Indies won by an innings and 30 runs) lbw b P.R.Umrigar 3 475 22 4 64 3 M.L. Jaisimha c D.W. Allan 258 V.L.Manjrekar c F.M.M.Worrell P.R.Umrigar c D.W. Allan 10 3 17 0 187 66. WEST INDIES v INDIA, Port-of-Spain, April 4, 5, 6, 7 (West Indies won by seven wickets) not out 50 444-9d 9 3 20 5 D.S. Sardesai b 197 M.L.Jaisimha c I.L.Mendonca R.S.Surti c S.McD.Nurse V.L.Manjrekar c I.L.Mendonca V.L.Mehra b did not bat - 176-3 18 3 74 1 V.L.Mehra b 422 67. WEST INDIES v INDIA, Kingston, April 13, 14, 16, 17, 18 (West Indies won by 123 runs) c B.K.Kunderam b R.G.Nadkarni 20 253 11 3 26 1 Nawab of Pataudi c R.B.Kanhai 178 1 lbw b V.B.Ranjane 10 283 20.5 3 47 3 R.G.Nadkarni c D.W.Allan 235 P.R.Umrigar b B.K.Kunderam b 20