England v Pakistan, Sharjah Cricket Stadium

Pakistan 234/10 & 355/10

England 306/10 & 156/10

Pakistan won by 127 runs

England v Pakistan 2015 · 3rd Test Sharjah Cricket Stadium 1–5 Nov 2015

How hard each side found the batting

Uneven — England had it far tougher than Pakistan.

Pakistan

1.21× +21%

England

1.03× +3%

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

Mohammad Hafeez Pakistan

178 +237

AN Cook England

112 +150

Misbah-ul-Haq Pakistan

109 +141

JWA Taylor England

78 +98

Sarfraz Ahmed Pakistan

75 +78

Best bowling

Top match figures

JM Anderson4/17

Shoaib Malik4/33

Yasir Shah4/44

Shoaib Malik3/26

Top score

151

Mohammad Hafeez · Pakistan

Biggest stand

101

1st wkt · Pakistan

Worst collapse

3–11

3 wkts for 11 · England

Match facts

TossPakistan, bat

ResultPakistan won by 127 runs

Length5 days

Pakistan

234 /10 (85.1 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Mohammad Hafeez	c SCJ Broad b MM Ali	27	57	2	0	47.37
Azhar Ali	c JM Bairstow b JM Anderson	0	7	0	0	0.00
Shoaib Malik	c JM Bairstow b SCJ Broad	38	91	5	0	41.76
Younis Khan	lbw b JM Anderson	31	58	4	0	53.45
Misbah-ul-Haq	c Joe Root b JM Anderson	71	160	7	2	44.38
Asad Shafiq	c JM Bairstow b SR Patel	5	35	0	0	14.29
Sarfraz Ahmed	c Joe Root b MM Ali	39	76	3	0	51.32
Wahab Riaz	b SR Patel	0	2	0	0	0.00
Yasir Shah	c SR Patel b SCJ Broad	7	13	1	0	53.85
Rahat Ali	c MM Ali b JM Anderson	4	7	0	0	57.14
Zulfiqar Babar*	not out	6	5	1	0	120.00

Extras 6 (b 1, lb 5)

Total 234/10 (85.1 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
JM Anderson	15.1	8	17	4	1.12
SCJ Broad	13.0	8	13	2	1.00
Ben Stokes	11.0	4	23	0	2.09
SR Patel	23.0	3	85	2	3.70
MM Ali	13.0	3	49	2	3.77
AU Rashid	10.0	1	41	0	4.10

Fall of wickets

1-5 (Azhar Ali, 2.3)·2-49 (Mohammad Hafeez, 19.5)·3-88 (Shoaib Malik, 32.2)·4-103 (Younis Khan, 40.1)·5-116 (Asad Shafiq, 51.1)·6-196 (Sarfraz Ahmed, 77.1)·7-196 (Wahab Riaz, 78.2)·8-224 (Yasir Shah, 82.6)·9-224 (Misbah-ul-Haq, 83.1)·10-234 (Rahat Ali, 85.1)

England

306 /10 (126.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
AN Cook	c Azhar Ali b Yasir Shah	49	119	4	0	41.18
MM Ali	c Younis Khan b Shoaib Malik	14	28	2	0	50.00
IR Bell	st Sarfraz Ahmed b Yasir Shah	40	158	2	1	25.32
Joe Root	c Sarfraz Ahmed b Rahat Ali	4	14	0	0	28.57
JWA Taylor	c Sarfraz Ahmed b Rahat Ali	76	161	6	0	47.20
JM Bairstow	b Zulfiqar Babar	43	118	5	0	36.44
SR Patel	b Yasir Shah	42	80	6	0	52.50
AU Rashid	c Azhar Ali b Shoaib Malik	8	52	1	0	15.38
SCJ Broad*	not out	13	18	1	0	72.22
JM Anderson	b Shoaib Malik	7	7	1	0	100.00
Ben Stokes	b Shoaib Malik	0	10	0	0	0.00

Extras 10 (lb 6, nb 4)

Total 306/10 (126.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Rahat Ali	22.0	12	48	2	2.18
Yasir Shah	36.0	3	99	3	2.75
Wahab Riaz	20.0	5	33	0	1.65
Zulfiqar Babar	37.0	6	80	1	2.16
Shoaib Malik	9.5	3	33	4	3.36
Azhar Ali	2.0	0	7	0	3.50

Fall of wickets

1-19 (MM Ali, 8.4)·2-90 (AN Cook, 37.2)·3-97 (Joe Root, 42.1)·4-139 (IR Bell, 62.4)·5-228 (JWA Taylor, 96.2)·6-245 (JM Bairstow, 103.4)·7-285 (AU Rashid, 120.4)·8-287 (SR Patel, 121.3)·9-296 (JM Anderson, 122.6)·10-306 (Ben Stokes, 126.5)

Pakistan

355 /10 (118.2 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Mohammad Hafeez	c IR Bell b MM Ali	151	266	15	3	56.77
Azhar Ali	run out (IR Bell)	34	115	0	0	29.57
Shoaib Malik	lbw b JM Anderson	0	1	0	0	0.00
Younis Khan	lbw b SCJ Broad	14	39	1	0	35.90
Rahat Ali	b JM Anderson	0	12	0	0	0.00
Misbah-ul-Haq	lbw b SCJ Broad	38	86	2	1	44.19
Asad Shafiq	b SCJ Broad	46	109	4	1	42.20
Sarfraz Ahmed	b SR Patel	36	36	4	0	100.00
Yasir Shah	c SCJ Broad b AU Rashid	4	16	1	0	25.00
Wahab Riaz	run out (IR Bell)	21	27	2	0	77.78
Zulfiqar Babar*	not out	0	3	0	0	0.00

Extras 11 (b 6, lb 5)

Total 355/10 (118.2 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
JM Anderson	26.0	8	52	2	2.00
SCJ Broad	23.0	6	44	3	1.91
SR Patel	19.0	1	79	1	4.16
MM Ali	21.2	1	72	1	3.38
AU Rashid	29.0	3	97	1	3.34

Fall of wickets

1-101 (Azhar Ali, 38.1)·2-105 (Shoaib Malik, 39.1)·3-146 (Younis Khan, 50.4)·4-152 (Rahat Ali, 54.6)·5-245 (Misbah-ul-Haq, 85.1)·6-257 (Mohammad Hafeez, 88.5)·7-312 (Sarfraz Ahmed, 104.5)·8-319 (Yasir Shah, 109.2)·9-354 (Asad Shafiq, 117.3)·10-355 (Wahab Riaz, 118.2)

England

156 /10 (60.3 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
MM Ali	lbw b Shoaib Malik	22	43	2	51.16
AN Cook	st Sarfraz Ahmed b Shoaib Malik	63	164	4	38.41
IR Bell	b Shoaib Malik	0	6	0	0.00
Joe Root	lbw b Yasir Shah	6	29	0	20.69
JWA Taylor	c Younis Khan b Zulfiqar Babar	2	9	0	22.22
JM Bairstow	lbw b Yasir Shah	0	4	0	0.00
SR Patel	lbw b Zulfiqar Babar	0	1	0	0.00
AU Rashid	b Rahat Ali	22	72	1	30.56
SCJ Broad	c Shoaib Malik b Yasir Shah	20	23	2	86.96
Ben Stokes	st Sarfraz Ahmed b Yasir Shah	12	12	1	100.00
JM Anderson*	not out	0	1	0	0.00

Extras 9 (b 7, w 1, nb 1)

Total 156/10 (60.3 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Rahat Ali	5.0	1	23	1	4.60
Wahab Riaz	5.0	0	25	0	5.00
Zulfiqar Babar	18.0	5	31	2	1.72
Shoaib Malik	15.0	4	26	3	1.73
Yasir Shah	17.3	2	44	4	2.51

Fall of wickets

1-34 (MM Ali, 11.6)·2-34 (IR Bell, 13.6)·3-48 (Joe Root, 23.4)·4-57 (JWA Taylor, 26.5)·5-58 (JM Bairstow, 27.6)·6-59 (SR Patel, 28.4)·7-108 (AU Rashid, 49.6)·8-138 (SCJ Broad, 56.5)·9-150 (AN Cook, 59.5)·10-156 (Ben Stokes, 60.3)