England v Pakistan, Dubai International Cricket Stadium

Pakistan 99/10 & 365/10

England 141/10 & 252/10

Pakistan won by 71 runs

England v Pakistan 2012 · 3rd Test Dubai International Cricket Stadium 3–6 Feb 2012

How hard each side found the batting

Uneven — England had it far tougher than Pakistan.

Pakistan

1.10× +10%

England

0.88× -12%

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

158 +187

AJ Strauss England

82 +166

Younis Khan Pakistan

131 +161

Asad Shafiq Pakistan

50 +103

MJ Prior England

55 +93

Best bowling

Top match figures

Abdur Rehman5/40

MS Panesar5/124

SCJ Broad4/36

Umar Gul4/61

Top score

157

Azhar Ali · Pakistan

Biggest stand

216

3rd wkt · Pakistan

Worst collapse

3–11

3 wkts for 11 · Pakistan

Match facts

TossPakistan, bat

ResultPakistan won by 71 runs

Length4 days

Pakistan

99 /10 (44.1 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Mohammad Hafeez	lbw b SCJ Broad	13	30	1	0	43.33
Taufeeq Umar	lbw b JM Anderson	0	5	0	0	0.00
Azhar Ali	c MJ Prior b SCJ Broad	1	14	0	0	7.14
Younis Khan	c MJ Prior b SCJ Broad	4	8	1	0	50.00
Misbah-ul-Haq	lbw b JM Anderson	1	8	0	0	12.50
Adnan Akmal	lbw b SCJ Broad	6	30	0	0	20.00
Asad Shafiq	lbw b MS Panesar	45	78	3	0	57.69
Abdur Rehman	c KP Pietersen b GP Swann	1	5	0	0	20.00
Saeed Ajmal	lbw b MS Panesar	12	53	1	0	22.64
Umar Gul	b JM Anderson	13	27	1	1	48.15
Aizaz Cheema*	not out	0	7	0	0	0.00

Extras 3 (lb 3)

Total 99/10 (44.1 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
JM Anderson	14.1	4	35	3	2.47
SCJ Broad	16.0	5	36	4	2.25
MS Panesar	13.0	4	25	2	1.92
GP Swann	1.0	1	0	1	0.00

Fall of wickets

1-1 (Taufeeq Umar, 0.6)·2-8 (Azhar Ali, 5.3)·3-18 (Younis Khan, 7.5)·4-21 (Mohammad Hafeez, 9.6)·5-21 (Misbah-ul-Haq, 10.5)·6-39 (Adnan Akmal, 18.6)·7-44 (Abdur Rehman, 21.2)·8-78 (Saeed Ajmal, 35.3)·9-85 (Asad Shafiq, 39.6)·10-99 (Umar Gul, 44.1)

England

141 /10 (55.0 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
AJ Strauss	st Adnan Akmal b Abdur Rehman	56	150	5	0	37.33
AN Cook	c Adnan Akmal b Umar Gul	1	5	0	0	20.00
IJL Trott	lbw b Umar Gul	2	10	0	0	20.00
KP Pietersen	lbw b Abdur Rehman	32	44	4	0	72.73
IR Bell	st Adnan Akmal b Saeed Ajmal	5	28	0	0	17.86
EJG Morgan	lbw b Abdur Rehman	10	14	0	1	71.43
MJ Prior	b Abdur Rehman	6	19	0	0	31.58
JM Anderson	b Abdur Rehman	4	22	0	0	18.18
SCJ Broad	lbw b Saeed Ajmal	4	19	0	0	21.05
GP Swann	c Abdur Rehman b Saeed Ajmal	16	18	3	0	88.89
MS Panesar*	not out	0	1	0	0	0.00

Extras 5 (b 1, lb 4)

Total 141/10 (55.0 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Umar Gul	7.0	1	28	2	4.00
Aizaz Cheema	4.0	0	9	0	2.25
Saeed Ajmal	23.0	6	59	3	2.57
Abdur Rehman	21.0	4	40	5	1.90

Fall of wickets

1-5 (AN Cook, 2.2)·2-7 (IJL Trott, 4.2)·3-64 (KP Pietersen, 19.2)·4-75 (IR Bell, 28.5)·5-88 (EJG Morgan, 33.1)·6-98 (MJ Prior, 37.6)·7-106 (JM Anderson, 43.6)·8-121 (SCJ Broad, 50.5)·9-133 (AJ Strauss, 53.5)·10-141 (GP Swann, 54.6)

Pakistan

365 /10 (152.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Mohammad Hafeez	lbw b MS Panesar	21	36	3	1	58.33
Taufeeq Umar	c AJ Strauss b JM Anderson	6	16	1	0	37.50
Azhar Ali	c AN Cook b GP Swann	157	442	10	1	35.52
Younis Khan	lbw b SCJ Broad	127	221	12	1	57.47
Misbah-ul-Haq	lbw b MS Panesar	31	115	1	0	26.96
Asad Shafiq	lbw b MS Panesar	5	17	0	0	29.41
Adnan Akmal	b MS Panesar	0	7	0	0	0.00
Abdur Rehman	c JM Anderson b GP Swann	1	5	0	0	20.00
Saeed Ajmal	c JM Anderson b GP Swann	1	12	0	0	8.33
Umar Gul	lbw b MS Panesar	4	38	0	0	10.53
Aizaz Cheema*	not out	0	8	0	0	0.00

Extras 12 (b 10, lb 1, nb 1)

Total 365/10 (152.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
JM Anderson	28.0	7	51	1	1.82
SCJ Broad	24.0	7	55	1	2.29
MS Panesar	56.4	14	124	5	2.19
GP Swann	39.0	6	101	3	2.59
IJL Trott	2.0	0	14	0	7.00
KP Pietersen	3.0	0	9	0	3.00

Fall of wickets

1-16 (Taufeeq Umar, 6.7)·2-28 (Mohammad Hafeez, 9.6)·3-244 (Younis Khan, 91.6)·4-331 (Misbah-ul-Haq, 130.2)·5-339 (Asad Shafiq, 136.2)·6-345 (Adnan Akmal, 138.2)·7-346 (Abdur Rehman, 139.1)·8-350 (Saeed Ajmal, 141.6)·9-363 (Azhar Ali, 149.3)·10-365 (Umar Gul, 152.4)

England

252 /10 (97.3 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
AJ Strauss	lbw b Abdur Rehman	26	76	2	0	34.21
AN Cook	c Younis Khan b Saeed Ajmal	49	187	4	0	26.20
IJL Trott	c Abdur Rehman b Saeed Ajmal	18	64	2	0	28.12
KP Pietersen	b Saeed Ajmal	18	45	1	1	40.00
IR Bell	c Asad Shafiq b Umar Gul	10	38	0	0	26.32
EJG Morgan	c Adnan Akmal b Umar Gul	31	48	3	1	64.58
MJ Prior*	not out	49	58	5	0	84.48
SCJ Broad	c Taufeeq Umar b Umar Gul	18	24	2	0	75.00
GP Swann	c Asad Shafiq b Umar Gul	1	6	0	0	16.67
JM Anderson	c Younis Khan b Saeed Ajmal	9	26	0	0	34.62
MS Panesar	lbw b Abdur Rehman	8	15	0	0	53.33

Extras 15 (b 4, lb 8, nb 3)

Total 252/10 (97.3 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Umar Gul	20.0	5	61	4	3.05
Aizaz Cheema	4.0	0	9	0	2.25
Mohammad Hafeez	5.0	2	6	0	1.20
Abdur Rehman	41.3	10	97	2	2.34
Saeed Ajmal	27.0	9	67	4	2.48

Fall of wickets

1-48 (AJ Strauss, 25.2)·2-85 (IJL Trott, 44.3)·3-116 (KP Pietersen, 60.6)·4-119 (AN Cook, 62.5)·5-156 (IR Bell, 74.6)·6-159 (EJG Morgan, 76.3)·7-196 (SCJ Broad, 82.3)·8-203 (GP Swann, 84.4)·9-237 (JM Anderson, 92.6)·10-252 (MS Panesar, 97.3)