Pakistani cricket team in England in 1978

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Pakistani cricket team in England in 1978 - Wikipedia

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The Pakistan cricket team toured England in the 1978 season to play a three-match Test series against England. England won the series 2–0 with 1 match drawn.

Test series summary

First Test

1–5 June 1978
Scorecard

Pakistan	v	England
164 (60.4 overs) Mohsin Khan 35 (100) CM Old 7/50 (22.4 overs)		452/8d (144 overs) CT Radley 106 (234) Sikander Bakht 4/132 (45 overs)
231 (103.4 overs) Sadiq Mohammad 79 (123) PH Edmonds 4/44 (26 overs)

England won by an innings and 57 runs
Edgbaston, Birmingham
Umpires: HD Bird and KE Palmer
Player of the match: CM Old (ENG)

Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
4 June was taken as a rest day.
The match was scheduled for five days but completed in four.
DI Gower (ENG) made his Test debut.

Second Test

15–19 June 1978
Scorecard

England	v	Pakistan
364 (91.2 overs) IT Botham 108 (110) Liaqat Ali 3/80 (18 overs)		105 (36 overs) Mohsin Khan 31 (91) RGD Willis 5/47 (13 overs)
		139 (f/o) (66.5 overs) Mohsin Khan 46 (117) IT Botham 8/34 (20.5 overs)

England won by an innings and 120 runs
Lord's, London
Umpires: WL Budd and DJ Constant
Player of the match: IT Botham (ENG)

England won the toss and elected to bat.
18 June was taken as a rest day.
There was no play on the first day.
The match was scheduled for five days but completed in four.

Third Test

29 June–4 July 1978
Scorecard

Pakistan	v	England
205 (105.4 overs) Sadiq Mohammad 97 (282) CM Old 4/41 (41.4 overs)		119/7(54 overs) DI Gower 39 (99) Sarfraz Nawaz 5/39 (20 overs)

Match drawn
Headingley, Leeds
Umpires: HD Bird and KE Palmer
Player of the match: Sadiq Mohammad (PAK)

Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
2 July was taken as a rest day.
There was no play on the third day.

One Day Internationals (ODIs)

England won the Prudential Trophy 2-0.

1st ODI

24, 25 May 1978
Scorecard

England 217/7 (55 overs)	v	Pakistan 85 (47 overs)
CT Radley 79 (129) Sikander Bakht 3/56 (11 overs)		Wasim Bari 19 (49) RGD Willis 4/15 (11 overs)

England won by 132 runs
Old Trafford, Manchester
Umpires: DJ Constant and KE Palmer
Player of the match: RGD Willis (ENG)

England won the toss and elected to bat.
Reserve day used. Pakistan were 12/2 (11 overs) at the end of the first day.
DI Gower and CT Radley (both ENG) made their ODI debuts.

2nd ODI

26 May 1978
Scorecard

England 248/6 (55 overs)	v	Pakistan 154/8 (55 overs)
DI Gower 114* (122) Mudassar Nazar 2/31 (6 overs)		Mudassar Nazar 56 (136) B Wood 2/14 (4 overs)

England won by 94 runs
The Oval, London
Umpires: HD Bird and WL Budd
Player of the match: DI Gower (ENG)

Pakistan won the toss and elected to field.
Naeem Ahmed (PAK) made his ODI debut.

External sources

CricketArchive – tour itineraries

Annual reviews

Playfair Cricket Annual 1979
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1979

International cricket tours of England

Test and LOI tours

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