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Charlie Griffith's Bouncer Ends Nari Contractor's Career — Bridgetown, 1962

Barbados vs India

1962-03-17

On 17 March 1962, Indian captain Nari Contractor was struck on the right temple by a short-pitched delivery from 23-year-old Charlie Griffith in a tour match between Barbados and India at Kensington Oval. The blow fractured Contractor's skull, sent him into a three-day coma and required emergency surgery to relieve pressure on the brain. He survived but never played another Test. He was 28.

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Hanif Mohammad's 337 — 970-Minute Vigil at Bridgetown, 1958

West Indies vs Pakistan

1958-01-23

Asked to follow on 473 runs behind in the first Test at Bridgetown in January 1958, Hanif Mohammad batted for 970 minutes — 16 hours 10 minutes across nine consecutive sessions — to score 337 and save the match. It remains the longest innings in Test history and the highest score by a Pakistan batsman away from home.

#pakistan#west-indies#hanif-mohammad