England v Pakistan, Abu Dhabi

Pakistan 257/10 & 214/10

England 327/10 & 72/10

Pakistan won by 72 runs

England v Pakistan 2012 · 2nd Test Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi 25–28 Jan 2012

How hard each side found the batting

Uneven — England had it far tougher than Pakistan.

Pakistan

1.13× +13%

England

0.94× -6%

harder to scoretypicaleasier

The lead

Pakistan's margin flattered them — conditions did some of the work.

Who won it · by value

Runs, and what they were worth in these conditions

Azhar Ali Pakistan

92 +157

Misbah-ul-Haq Pakistan

96 +143

Asad Shafiq Pakistan

101 +137

AN Cook England

101 +121

SCJ Broad England

58 +115

Best bowling

Top match figures

Abdur Rehman6/25

MS Panesar6/62

SCJ Broad4/47

Saeed Ajmal4/108

Top score

AN Cook · England

Biggest stand

139

2nd wkt · England

Worst collapse

4–4

4 wkts for 4 · England

Match facts

TossPakistan, bat

ResultPakistan won by 72 runs

Length4 days

Pakistan

257 /10 (96.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Mohammad Hafeez	b MS Panesar	31	77	4	0	40.26
Taufeeq Umar	b GP Swann	16	48	2	0	33.33
Azhar Ali	b SCJ Broad	24	68	1	0	35.29
Younis Khan	b SCJ Broad	24	38	4	0	63.16
Misbah-ul-Haq	lbw b SCJ Broad	84	173	5	4	48.55
Asad Shafiq	lbw b GP Swann	58	126	7	1	46.03
Adnan Akmal	lbw b SCJ Broad	9	26	2	0	34.62
Abdur Rehman	b GP Swann	0	7	0	0	0.00
Saeed Ajmal	lbw b JM Anderson	0	14	0	0	0.00
Umar Gul*	not out	0	2	0	0	0.00
Junaid Khan	c GP Swann b JM Anderson	0	3	0	0	0.00

Extras 11 (b 8, lb 1, nb 2)

Total 257/10 (96.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
JM Anderson	19.4	6	46	2	2.34
SCJ Broad	24.0	4	47	4	1.96
MS Panesar	33.0	9	91	1	2.76
GP Swann	18.0	2	52	3	2.89
IJL Trott	2.0	0	12	0	6.00

Fall of wickets

1-51 (Taufeeq Umar, 18.3)·2-61 (Mohammad Hafeez, 23.5)·3-98 (Younis Khan, 36.2)·4-103 (Azhar Ali, 40.2)·5-203 (Asad Shafiq, 78.6)·6-216 (Adnan Akmal, 85.6)·7-243 (Abdur Rehman, 92.1)·8-257 (Misbah-ul-Haq, 95.4)·9-257 (Saeed Ajmal, 96.1)·10-257 (Junaid Khan, 96.4)

England

327 /10 (112.0 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
AJ Strauss	c Asad Shafiq b Mohammad Hafeez	11	42	1	0	26.19
AN Cook	lbw b Saeed Ajmal	94	220	10	0	42.73
IJL Trott	b Abdur Rehman	74	158	7	0	46.84
KP Pietersen	c Mohammad Hafeez b Saeed Ajmal	14	39	2	0	35.90
IR Bell	lbw b Umar Gul	29	78	3	0	37.18
EJG Morgan	c Mohammad Hafeez b Saeed Ajmal	3	22	0	0	13.64
MJ Prior	lbw b Saeed Ajmal	3	16	0	0	18.75
SCJ Broad*	not out	58	62	6	1	93.55
GP Swann	lbw b Abdur Rehman	15	15	3	0	100.00
JM Anderson	b Mohammad Hafeez	13	19	3	0	68.42
MS Panesar	lbw b Mohammad Hafeez	0	2	0	0	0.00

Extras 13 (b 5, lb 7, nb 1)

Total 327/10 (112.0 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Umar Gul	13.0	1	53	1	4.08
Junaid Khan	8.0	0	33	0	4.12
Mohammad Hafeez	22.0	4	54	3	2.45
Saeed Ajmal	40.0	6	108	4	2.70
Abdur Rehman	29.0	9	67	2	2.31

Fall of wickets

1-27 (AJ Strauss, 13.2)·2-166 (IJL Trott, 63.6)·3-198 (AN Cook, 74.6)·4-203 (KP Pietersen, 78.1)·5-207 (EJG Morgan, 84.5)·6-227 (MJ Prior, 90.2)·7-268 (IR Bell, 100.4)·8-291 (GP Swann, 105.5)·9-327 (JM Anderson, 111.4)·10-327 (MS Panesar, 111.6)

Pakistan

214 /10 (99.2 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Mohammad Hafeez	lbw b MS Panesar	22	37	3	0	59.46
Taufeeq Umar	b GP Swann	7	38	0	0	18.42
Azhar Ali	c MJ Prior b JM Anderson	68	195	8	0	34.87
Younis Khan	b MS Panesar	1	14	0	0	7.14
Misbah-ul-Haq	lbw b MS Panesar	12	32	2	0	37.50
Asad Shafiq	c JM Anderson b MS Panesar	43	138	5	0	31.16
Adnan Akmal	c AJ Strauss b SCJ Broad	13	45	0	0	28.89
Abdur Rehman	lbw b GP Swann	10	38	0	0	26.32
Saeed Ajmal	c JM Anderson b MS Panesar	17	31	1	0	54.84
Umar Gul*	not out	10	24	0	1	41.67
Junaid Khan	b MS Panesar	0	4	0	0	0.00

Extras 11 (b 5, lb 6)

Total 214/10 (99.2 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
JM Anderson	14.0	3	39	1	2.79
SCJ Broad	20.0	9	36	1	1.80
MS Panesar	38.2	19	62	6	1.62
GP Swann	27.0	5	66	2	2.44

Fall of wickets

1-29 (Mohammad Hafeez, 11.4)·2-29 (Taufeeq Umar, 12.5)·3-36 (Younis Khan, 17.4)·4-54 (Misbah-ul-Haq, 27.5)·5-142 (Asad Shafiq, 69.6)·6-170 (Azhar Ali, 82.2)·7-172 (Adnan Akmal, 83.5)·8-198 (Abdur Rehman, 92.3)·9-208 (Saeed Ajmal, 97.4)·10-214 (Junaid Khan, 99.2)

England

72 /10 (36.1 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
AJ Strauss	lbw b Abdur Rehman	32	100	3	32.00
AN Cook	c & b Mohammad Hafeez	7	40	0	17.50
IR Bell	b Saeed Ajmal	3	3	0	100.00
KP Pietersen	lbw b Abdur Rehman	1	8	0	12.50
EJG Morgan	b Abdur Rehman	0	2	0	0.00
MJ Prior	c Asad Shafiq b Saeed Ajmal	18	45	1	40.00
IJL Trott	lbw b Abdur Rehman	1	11	0	9.09
SCJ Broad	b Abdur Rehman	0	2	0	0.00
GP Swann	lbw b Saeed Ajmal	0	4	0	0.00
JM Anderson	c Umar Gul b Abdur Rehman	1	2	0	50.00

Extras 9 (lb 9)

Total 72/10 (36.1 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Mohammad Hafeez	8.0	3	11	1	1.38
Umar Gul	3.0	0	5	0	1.67
Saeed Ajmal	15.0	7	22	3	1.47
Abdur Rehman	10.1	5	25	6	2.46

Fall of wickets

1-21 (AN Cook, 14.6)·2-26 (IR Bell, 17.1)·3-33 (KP Pietersen, 20.4)·4-37 (EJG Morgan, 20.6)·5-56 (AJ Strauss, 28.6)·6-68 (IJL Trott, 34.3)·7-68 (SCJ Broad, 34.5)·8-71 (GP Swann, 35.4)·9-72 (MJ Prior, 35.6)·10-72 (JM Anderson, 36.1)