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England men · Test · International series · 2nd Test

England
v Pakistan⁠

Result

England won by 9 wickets

England
251 & 118/1
Pakistan
72 & 296
Date
Friday 6 August 2010 · England in 2010
Venue
Birmingham
Competition
Test · International series · 2nd Test

Last checked 21 October 2026

Scorecard

England v Pakistan Test scorecard

Pakistan won the toss and chose to bat

Pakistan · 1st innings 72 all out (39.3 overs)

Pakistan · 1st innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Imran Farhat c MJ Prior b SCJ Broad 0 24 0 0 0.0
Salman Butt c GP Swann b ST Finn 7 40 1 0 17.5
Azhar Ali lbw b SCJ Broad 0 32 0 0 0.0
Shoaib Malik c MJ Prior b JM Anderson 3 4 0 0 75.0
Umar Akmal lbw b ST Finn 17 29 1 1 58.6
Umar Amin c PD Collingwood b SCJ Broad 23 47 3 0 48.9
Zulqarnain Haider c MJ Prior b SCJ Broad 0 1 0 0 0.0
Mohammad Amir c AN Cook b JM Anderson 12 39 1 0 30.8
Umar Gul c KP Pietersen b JM Anderson 0 8 0 0 0.0
Saeed Ajmal not out 5* 9 1 0 55.6
Mohammad Asif c KP Pietersen b JM Anderson 0 5 0 0 0.0
Extras (b 0, lb 4, w 0, nb 1) 5
Total 39.3 overs 72

Fall of wickets: 1-8 (Imran Farhat, 7.5 ov), 2-9 (Salman Butt, 13.1 ov), 3-12 (Shoaib Malik, 14.2 ov), 4-29 (Azhar Ali, 18.5 ov), 5-33 (Umar Akmal, 23.6 ov), 6-36 (Zulqarnain Haider, 24.3 ov), 7-63 (Umar Amin, 34.3 ov), 8-64 (Umar Gul, 35.6 ov), 9-67 (Mohammad Amir, 37.2 ov), 10-72 (Mohammad Asif, 39.3 ov)

Pakistan · 1st innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
James Anderson 14.3 6 20 4 1.38 0 1
Stuart Broad 17 7 38 4 2.24 0 0
Steven Finn 8 3 10 2 1.25 0 0

England · 1st innings 251 all out (83.1 overs)

England · 1st innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Andrew Strauss c Zulqarnain Haider b Mohammad Amir 25 40 2 0 62.5
Alastair Cook c Umar Akmal b Mohammad Asif 17 35 3 0 48.6
Jonathan Trott c sub (Yasir Hameed) b Umar Amin 55 125 7 0 44.0
Kevin Pietersen c & b Saeed Ajmal 80 147 12 0 54.4
Paul Collingwood c Imran Farhat b Saeed Ajmal 28 70 4 0 40.0
Eoin Morgan c Zulqarnain Haider b Mohammad Asif 6 15 0 0 40.0
Matt Prior lbw b Saeed Ajmal 15 21 2 0 71.4
Graeme Swann c & b Saeed Ajmal 4 25 0 0 16.0
Stuart Broad c sub (Yasir Hameed) b Saeed Ajmal 0 3 0 0 0.0
James Anderson lbw b Mohammad Amir 0 14 0 0 0.0
Steven Finn not out 0* 5 0 0 0.0
Extras (b 10, lb 9, w 1, nb 1) 21
Total 83.1 overs 251

Fall of wickets: 1-44 (AN Cook, 11.3 ov), 2-44 (AJ Strauss, 12.6 ov), 3-177 (IJL Trott, 54.3 ov), 4-205 (KP Pietersen, 63.1 ov), 5-220 (EJG Morgan, 66.6 ov), 6-243 (MJ Prior, 73.6 ov), 7-248 (PD Collingwood, 77.1 ov), 8-248 (SCJ Broad, 77.4 ov), 9-251 (JM Anderson, 82.1 ov), 10-251 (GP Swann, 83.1 ov)

England · 1st innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
Mohammad Amir 20 4 57 2 2.85 1 0
Mohammad Asif 20 5 41 2 2.05 0 0
Umar Gul 9 1 24 0 2.67 0 1
Saeed Ajmal 26.1 5 82 5 3.13 0 0
Umar Amin 8 2 28 1 3.50 0 0

Pakistan · 2nd innings 296 all out (117.5 overs)

Pakistan · 2nd innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Imran Farhat b GP Swann 29 93 4 0 31.2
Salman Butt c AJ Strauss b JM Anderson 0 10 0 0 0.0
Azhar Ali b GP Swann 19 82 3 0 23.2
Shoaib Malik c MJ Prior b ST Finn 3 23 0 0 13.0
Umar Akmal lbw b GP Swann 20 26 3 0 76.9
Umar Amin st MJ Prior b GP Swann 14 25 2 0 56.0
Zulqarnain Haider c AJ Strauss b GP Swann 88 200 15 0 44.0
Mohammad Amir c AJ Strauss b SCJ Broad 16 117 2 0 13.7
Saeed Ajmal c PD Collingwood b GP Swann 50 79 6 0 63.3
Umar Gul not out 13* 22 1 0 59.1
Mohammad Asif c KP Pietersen b SCJ Broad 14 30 3 0 46.7
Extras (b 16, lb 14, w 0, nb 0) 30
Total 117.5 overs 296

Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Salman Butt, 2.6 ov), 2-53 (Imran Farhat, 29.3 ov), 3-54 (Azhar Ali, 31.3 ov), 4-76 (Shoaib Malik, 38.2 ov), 5-82 (Umar Akmal, 39.2 ov), 6-101 (Umar Amin, 47.1 ov), 7-153 (Mohammad Amir, 83.3 ov), 8-268 (Saeed Ajmal, 108.2 ov), 9-269 (Zulqarnain Haider, 110.1 ov), 10-296 (Mohammad Asif, 117.5 ov)

Pakistan · 2nd innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
James Anderson 28 13 62 1 2.21 0 0
Stuart Broad 28.5 8 66 2 2.29 0 0
Steven Finn 16 5 57 1 3.56 0 0
Graeme Swann 37 20 65 6 1.76 0 0
Paul Collingwood 7 2 14 0 2.00 0 0
Kevin Pietersen 1 0 2 0 2.00 0 0

England · 2nd innings 118/1 (36.3 overs)

England · 2nd innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Andrew Strauss not out 53* 114 4 0 46.5
Alastair Cook b Mohammad Amir 4 7 1 0 57.1
Jonathan Trott not out 53* 101 6 0 52.5
Extras (b 5, lb 0, w 0, nb 3) 8
Total 36.3 overs 118/1

Did not bat: KP Pietersen, PD Collingwood, EJG Morgan, MJ Prior, GP Swann, SCJ Broad, JM Anderson, ST Finn

Fall of wickets: 1-7 (AN Cook, 2.4 ov)

England · 2nd innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
Mohammad Amir 11 1 31 1 2.82 0 2
Mohammad Asif 6 0 20 0 3.33 0 0
Saeed Ajmal 14.3 1 42 0 2.90 0 0
Shoaib Malik 5 0 20 0 4.00 0 1

Player of the match: Graeme Swann · Umpires: SJ Davis, M Erasmus · TV umpire: AL Hill · Match referee: RS Madugalle. Scorecard from ball-by-ball data by Cricsheet (opens in a new tab), used under the Open Data Commons Attribution License (opens in a new tab). Names as Cricsheet writes them; England players link to their profiles.

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