English cricket team in Pakistan in 1977–78
The England national cricket team toured Pakistan from November 1977 to January 1978 and played a three-match Test series against the Pakistan national cricket team. The Test series was drawn 0–0. England were captained by Mike Brearley and Pakistan by Wasim Bari. Geoffrey Boycott captained England in the third test after Brearley returned home with a broken arm. In addition, the teams played a three-match Limited Overs International (LOI) series which England won 2–1.[1]
Test series summary
[edit]First Test
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- Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
- 17 December was taken as a rest day.
- GA Cope and BC Rose (both ENG), and Abdul Qadir (PAK) made their Test debuts.
Second Test
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- Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
- 5 January was taken as a rest day.
Third Test
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- England won the toss and elected to bat.
- 21 January was taken as a rest day.
- MW Gatting (ENG) and Mohsin Khan (PAK) made their Test debuts.
One Day Internationals (ODIs)
[edit]1st ODI
[edit] 23 December 1977 Scorecard |
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- Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
- PR Downton, PH Edmonds, MW Gatting and BC Rose (all ENG), and Aamer Hameed, Hasan Jamil, Liaqat Ali, Mudassar Nazar and Shafiq Ahmed (all PAK) made their ODI debuts.
2nd ODI
[edit] 30 December 1977 Scorecard |
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- England won the toss and elected to field.
- GA Cope (ENG), and Haroon Rasheed, Iqbal Qasim and Sikander Bakht (all PAK) made their ODI debuts.
3rd ODI
[edit] 13 January 1978 Scorecard |
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- England won the toss and elected to field.
- Arshad Pervez (PAK) made his ODI debut.
References
[edit]- ^ "England in New Zealand and Pakistan 1977–78". CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 July 2014.
External links
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