Pakistani cricket team in England in 1996

The Pakistani cricket team toured England in the 1996 English cricket season to play a three-match Test series against England.

Pakistan in England 1996
	Pakistan	England
Dates	27 June – 1 September 1996
Captains	Wasim Akram	Mike Atherton
Test series
Result	Pakistan won the 3-match series 2–0
Most runs	Saeed Anwar (362)	Alec Stewart (396)
Most wickets	Mushtaq Ahmed (17)	Dominic Cork (12)
Player of the series	Mushtaq Ahmed (Pak), Alec Stewart (Eng)
One Day International series
Results	England won the 3-match series 2–1
Most runs	Ijaz Ahmed (186)	Nick Knight (264)
Most wickets	Wasim Akram (6)	Adam Hollioake (8)
Player of the series	Ijaz Ahmed (Pak), Nick Knight (Eng)

Pakistan won the series 2-0 with one match drawn.

Test series summary

First Test

25–29 July 1996 (5-day match) Scorecard

Pakistan	v	England
340 (108.2 overs) Inzamam-ul-Haq 148 (218) AD Mullally 3/44 (24 overs)		285 (102.4 overs) GP Thorpe 77 (167) Waqar Younis 4/69 (24 overs)
352/5d (113.2 overs) Saeed Anwar 88 (144) DG Cork 3/86 (24 overs)		243 (97.1 overs) AJ Stewart 89 (189) Mushtaq Ahmed 5/57 (38 overs)

Pakistan won by 164 runs Lord's, London Umpires: SA Bucknor (WI) and P Willey (Eng) Player of the match: Waqar Younis (Pak)

• Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
• Shadab Kabir (Pak) and SJE Brown (Eng) made their Test debuts.

Second Test

8–12 August 1996 (5-day match) Scorecard

Pakistan	v	England
448 (153.2 overs) Ijaz Ahmed 141 (201) DG Cork 5/113 (37 overs)		501 (156.5 overs) AJ Stewart 170 (315) Wasim Akram 3/106 (39.5 overs)
242/7d (81 overs) Inzamam-ul-Haq 65 (83) AR Caddick 3/52 (17 overs)

Match drawn Headingley, Leeds Umpires: SA Bucknor (WI) and DR Shepherd (Eng) Player of the match: AJ Stewart (Eng)

• England won the toss and elected to field.

Third Test

22–26 August 1996 (5-day match) Scorecard

England	v	Pakistan
326 (99.2 overs) JP Crawley 106 (217) Waqar Younis 4/95 (25 overs)		521/8d (159.1 overs) Saeed Anwar 176 (264) AD Mullally 3/97 (37.1 overs)
242 (82.4 overs) AJ Stewart 54 (100) Mushtaq Ahmed 6/78 (37 overs)		48/1 (6.4 overs) Aamer Sohail 29* (17) AD Mullally 1/24 (3 overs)

Pakistan won by 9 wickets The Oval, London Umpires: BC Cooray (SL) and MJ Kitchen (Eng) Player of the match: Mushtaq Ahmed (Pak)

• England won the toss and elected to bat.
• RDB Croft (Eng) made his Test debut.

One Day Internationals (ODIs)

England won the Texaco Trophy 2-1.

1st ODI

29 August 1996 Scorecard

Pakistan 225/5 (50 overs)	v	England 226/5 (46.4 overs)
Saeed Anwar 57 (75) RDB Croft 2/36 (10 overs)		MA Atherton 65 (93) Wasim Akram 3/45 (9.4 overs)

England won by 5 wickets Old Trafford, Manchester Umpires: NT Plews and G Sharp Player of the match: MA Atherton (Eng)

• Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
• RDB Croft, DW Headley, NV Knight, GD Lloyd and AD Mullally (all ENG) made their ODI debuts.

2nd ODI

31 August 1996 Scorecard

England 292/8 (50 overs)	v	Pakistan 185 (37.5 overs)
NV Knight 113 (132) Mushtaq Ahmed 2/33 (10 overs)		Ijaz Ahmed 79 (80) AJ Hollioake 4/23 (6.5 overs)

England won by 107 runs Edgbaston, Birmingham Umpires: MJ Kitchen and P Willey Player of the match: NV Knight (Eng)

• Pakistan won the toss and elected to field.
• AJ Hollioake (ENG) made his ODI debut.

3rd ODI

1 September 1996 Scorecard

England 246 (50 overs)	v	Pakistan 247/8 (49.4 overs)
NV Knight 125* (145) Wasim Akram 3/45 (10 overs)		Saeed Anwar 61 (59) AJ Hollioake 4/45 (8.4 overs)

Pakistan won by 2 wickets Trent Bridge, Nottingham Umpires: JW Holder and DR Shepherd Player of the match: Pakistan team

• England won the toss and elected to bat.
• Shadab Kabir, Shahid Anwar and Shahid Nazir (all Pak) made their ODI debuts.

References

• Playfair Cricket Annual 1997
• Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1997

External links

• Pakistani cricket team in England and Scotland in 1996 at Cricinfo