Pakistan vs England - First Test

Dubai
January 17, 2012

Pakistan won the first of the three test match series against England. England won the toss and choosing to bat first.

Saeed Ajmal picked up seven wickets in the first innings and England were all out for 192. In reply, half centuries from Mohammad Hafeez, Taufeeq Umar, Misabah-ul-Haq and Adnan Akmal saw Pakistan score 338 in their first innings. Umar Gul picked up 4 wickets and Ajmal and Rehman picked up 3 in the second innings.

Scorecard

Pakistan vs England - 1st Test
Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai
January 17 - 21, 2012

Result: Pakistan won by 10 wickets
Toss: England won the toss and chose to bat first.
Pakistan led the 3-match test series 1-0
Player of the match: Saeed Ajmal

First Innings

England Innings		Runs	Balls	4s	6s	SR
Andrew Strauss (captain)	b Saeed Ajmal	19	43	1	0	44.18
Alastair Cook	c Adnan Akmal b Mohammad Hafeez	3	20	0	0	15.00
Jonathan Trott	c Adnan Akmal b Aizaz Cheema	17	29	3	0	58.62
Kevin Pietersen	lbw Saeed Ajmal	2	29	0	0	6.89
Ian Bell	c Adnan Akmal b Saeed Ajmal	0	1	0	0	0.00
Eoin Morgan	lbw Saeed Ajmal	24	47	2	0	51.06
Matt Prior	not out	70	154	3	0	45.45
Stuart Broad	lbw Saeed Ajmal	8	14	1	0	57.14
Graeme Swann	b Abdur Rehman	34	65	6	0	52.30
Chris Tremlett	lbw Saeed Ajmal	1	18	0	0	5.55
James Anderson	lbw Saeed Ajmal	12	15	2	0	80.00
Extras	lb 2	2
		192 all out (72.3 overs)

Fall of Wickets
1-10 (Cook, 5.3 ov)	2-31 (Trott, 12.3 ov)
3-42 (Strauss, 18.6 ov)	4-42 (Bell, 20.1 ov)
5-43 (Pietersen, 20.4 ov)	6-82 (Morgan, 38.1 ov)
7-94 (Broad, 42.1 ov)	8-151 (Swann, 59.3 ov)
9-168 (Tremlett, 66.4 ov)	10-192 (Anderson, 72.3 ov)

	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Economy
Umar Gul	12.0	4	35	0	2.91
Aizaz Cheema	12.0	0	43	1	3.58
Mohammad Hafeez	6.0	3	5	1	0.83
Abdur Rehman	18.0	5	52	1	2.88
Saeed Ajmal	24.3	7	55	7	2.24

Pakistan Innings		Runs	Balls	4s	6s	SR
Mohammad Hafeez	lbw Graeme Swann	88	164	11	1	53.65
Taufeeq Umar	b Stuart Broad	58	113	10	0	51.32
Azhar Ali	c Matt Prior b Stuart Broad	1	8	0	0	12.50
Younis Khan	lbw Jonathan Trott	37	87	4	0	42.52
Misbah-ul-Haq (captain)	lbw Graeme Swann	52	154	5	0	33.76
Asad Shafiq	c Matt Prior b James Anderson	16	33	1	0	48.48
Adnan Akmal (wk)	st Matt Prior b Graeme Swann	61	129	8	0	47.28
Abdur Rehman	b James Anderson	4	3	1	0	133.33
Umar Gul	c Eoin Morgan b Stuart Broad	0	8	0	0	0.00
Saeed Ajmal	c Alastair Cook b Graeme Swann	12	22	1	0	54.54
Aizaz Cheema	not out	0	0	0	0	0.00
Extras	b 2, lb 5, nb 2	9
		338 all out (119.5 overs)

Fall of Wickets
1-114 (Taufeeq Umar, 35.5 ov)	2-128 (Azhar Ali, 39.3 ov)
3-176 (Mohammad Hafeez, 56.4 ov)	4-202 (Younis Khan, 67.6 ov)
5-231 (Asad Shafiq, 80.6 ov)	6-283 (Misbah-ul-Haq, 103.5 ov)
7-288 (Abdur Rehman, 104.3 ov)	8-289 (Umar Gul, 105.6 ov)
9-319 (Saeed Ajmal, 115.6 ov)	10-338 (Adnan Akmal, 119.5 ov)

	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Economy	Extras
James Anderson	30.0	7	71	2	2.36
Chris Tremlett	21.0	6	53	0	2.52	1nb
Stuart Broad	31.0	8	84	3	2.70	1nb
Graeme Swann	29.5	3	107	4	3.58
Jonathan Trott	8.0	2	16	1	2.00

Second Innings

England Innings		Runs	Balls	4s	6s	SR
Andrew Strauss (captain)	c Adnan Akmal b Umar Gul	6	16	0	0	37.50
Alastair Cook	c Adnan Akmal b Umar Gul	5	41	0	0	12.19
Jonathan Trott	c Adnan Akmal b Umar Gul	49	111	6	0	44.14
Kevin Pietersen	c Abdur Rehman b Umar Gul	0	8	0	0	0.00
Ian Bell	lbw Saeed Ajmal	4	15	1	0	26.66
Eoin Morgan	c Adnan Akmal b Abdur Rehman	14	39	2	0	35.89
Matt Prior	lbw Saeed Ajmal	4	17	0	0	23.52
Stuart Broad	c Asad Shafiq b Abdur Rehman	17	27	1	0	62.96
Graeme Swann	c Asad Shafiq b Saeed Ajmal	39	52	5	1	75.00
Chris Tremlett	c Mohammad Hafeez b Abdur Rehman	0	1	0	0	0.00
James Anderson	not out	15	22	0	1	68.18
Extras	b 4, lb 1, nb 2	7
		160 all out (57.5 overs)

Fall of Wickets
1-6 (Strauss, 4.5 ov)	2-25 (Cook, 12.3 ov)
3-25 (Pietersen, 14.5 ov)	4-35 (Bell, 20.1 ov)
5-74 (Morgan, 33.3 ov)	6-87 (Trott, 40.4 ov)
7-87 (Prior, 41.2 ov)	8-135 (Broad, 51.3 ov)
9-135 (Tremlett, 51.4 ov)	10-160 (Swann, 57.5 ov)

	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Economy	Extras
Umar Gul	19.0	5	63	4	3.31	2nb
Aizaz Cheema	7.2	1	9	0	1.22
Mohammad Hafeez	2.0	0	4	0	2.00
Saeed Ajmal	17.3	4	42	3	2.40
Abdur Rehman	12.0	2	37	3	3.08

Pakistan Innings		Runs	Balls	4s	6s	SR
Mohammad Hafeez	not out	15	16	3	0	93.75
Taufeeq Umar	not out	0	6	0	0	0.00
Azhar Ali
Younis Khan
Misbah-ul-Haq (captain)
Asad Shafiq
Adnan Akmal (wk)
Abdur Rehman
Umar Gul
Saeed Ajmal
Aizaz Cheema
Extras		0
		15 / 0 (3.4 overs)

		Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Economy	Extras
James Anderson		2.0	1	7	0	3.50
Stuart Broad		1.4	1	8	0	4.80

Umpires	Billy Bowden, Bruce Oxenford
TV Umpire	Steve Davis
Match Referee	Javagal Srinath
Reserve Umpire	Ahsan Raza

Preview

After winning the toss, England captain Andrew Strauss stressed on the importance of being patient on the field. He said that the track is slow and low and expects a good challenge from the Pakistan team. England is playing three seamers and one spinner, while Pakistan chose to field two seamers and two spinners.

Teams

Pakistan team

Mohammad Hafeez, Taufeeq Umar, Azhar Ali, Younis Khan, Misbah-ul-Haq (captain), Asad Shafiq, Adnan Akmal (wicket keeper), Abdur Rehman, Umar Gul, Saeed Ajmal, Aizaz Cheema

England team

Andrew Strauss (captain), Alastair Cook, Jonathan Trott, Kevin Pietersen, Ian Bell, Eoin Morgan, Matt Prior (wicket keeper), Stuart Broad, Graeme Swann, James Anderson, Chris Tremlett

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