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England men · Test · International series · 3rd Test

England
v Pakistan⁠

Result

Pakistan won by 4 wickets

England
233 & 222
Pakistan
308 & 148/6
Date
Wednesday 18 August 2010 · England in 2010
Venue
The Oval, London
Competition
Test · International series · 3rd Test

Last checked 21 October 2026

Scorecard

England v Pakistan Test scorecard

England won the toss and chose to bat

England · 1st innings 233 all out (62.3 overs)

England · 1st innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Andrew Strauss c Kamran Akmal b Wahab Riaz 15 34 3 0 44.1
Alastair Cook c Kamran Akmal b Mohammad Asif 6 7 1 0 85.7
Jonathan Trott c Yasir Hameed b Wahab Riaz 12 34 2 0 35.3
Kevin Pietersen c Kamran Akmal b Wahab Riaz 6 29 0 0 20.7
Paul Collingwood b Mohammad Amir 5 7 1 0 71.4
Eoin Morgan c Kamran Akmal b Wahab Riaz 17 43 2 0 39.5
Matt Prior not out 84* 127 14 0 66.1
Graeme Swann c Umar Akmal b Mohammad Asif 8 12 2 0 66.7
Stuart Broad lbw b Wahab Riaz 48 77 7 0 62.3
James Anderson lbw b Mohammad Asif 0 4 0 0 0.0
Steven Finn lbw b Saeed Ajmal 0 6 0 0 0.0
Extras (b 10, lb 11, w 6, nb 5) 32
Total 62.3 overs 233

Fall of wickets: 1-9 (AN Cook, 1.6 ov), 2-35 (AJ Strauss, 10.3 ov), 3-40 (IJL Trott, 14.1 ov), 4-47 (PD Collingwood, 15.5 ov), 5-67 (KP Pietersen, 21.5 ov), 6-74 (EJG Morgan, 27.4 ov), 7-94 (GP Swann, 30.6 ov), 8-213 (SCJ Broad, 58.4 ov), 9-214 (JM Anderson, 59.3 ov), 10-233 (ST Finn, 62.3 ov)

England · 1st innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
Mohammad Amir 15 4 49 1 3.27 1 1
Mohammad Asif 20 5 68 3 3.40 0 2
Wahab Riaz 18 6 63 5 3.50 4 2
Saeed Ajmal 9.3 1 32 1 3.37 0 0

Pakistan · 1st innings 308 all out (100.2 overs)

Pakistan · 1st innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Imran Farhat b JM Anderson 11 55 2 0 20.0
Yasir Hameed c MJ Prior b ST Finn 36 53 6 1 67.9
Wahab Riaz lbw b GP Swann 27 75 3 0 36.0
Salman Butt c MJ Prior b GP Swann 17 24 3 0 70.8
Mohammad Yousuf c & b GP Swann 56 108 8 0 51.9
Azhar Ali not out 92* 176 15 0 52.3
Umar Akmal run out (EJG Morgan) 38 50 4 1 76.0
Kamran Akmal c EJG Morgan b SCJ Broad 10 16 1 0 62.5
Mohammad Amir c MJ Prior b SCJ Broad 6 20 1 0 30.0
Saeed Ajmal b JM Anderson 0 2 0 0 0.0
Mohammad Asif c JM Anderson b GP Swann 8 25 1 0 32.0
Extras (b 0, lb 4, w 1, nb 2) 7
Total 100.2 overs 308

Fall of wickets: 1-48 (Imran Farhat, 17.3 ov), 2-48 (Yasir Hameed, 18.2 ov), 3-76 (Salman Butt, 26.2 ov), 4-110 (Wahab Riaz, 42.1 ov), 5-179 (Mohammad Yousuf, 62.4 ov), 6-236 (Umar Akmal, 79.3 ov), 7-251 (Kamran Akmal, 83.1 ov), 8-269 (Mohammad Amir, 89.5 ov), 9-270 (Saeed Ajmal, 90.2 ov), 10-308 (Mohammad Asif, 100.2 ov)

Pakistan · 1st innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
James Anderson 24 6 79 2 3.29 0 2
Stuart Broad 25 4 72 2 2.88 1 0
Steven Finn 20 4 74 1 3.70 0 0
Graeme Swann 27.2 9 68 4 2.49 0 0
Paul Collingwood 4 0 11 0 2.75 0 0

England · 2nd innings 222 all out (77 overs)

England · 2nd innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Andrew Strauss c Yasir Hameed b Mohammad Amir 4 4 1 0 100.0
Alastair Cook c Kamran Akmal b Wahab Riaz 110 173 17 0 63.6
James Anderson c Kamran Akmal b Saeed Ajmal 11 30 2 0 36.7
Jonathan Trott c Azhar Ali b Mohammad Amir 36 130 4 0 27.7
Kevin Pietersen b Saeed Ajmal 23 45 5 0 51.1
Paul Collingwood c Kamran Akmal b Mohammad Amir 3 10 0 0 30.0
Eoin Morgan b Saeed Ajmal 5 14 0 0 35.7
Matt Prior c Kamran Akmal b Mohammad Amir 5 18 0 0 27.8
Graeme Swann b Saeed Ajmal 6 21 1 0 28.6
Stuart Broad c Mohammad Asif b Mohammad Amir 6 16 1 0 37.5
Steven Finn not out 1* 6 0 0 16.7
Extras (b 0, lb 5, w 2, nb 5) 12
Total 77 overs 222

Fall of wickets: 1-4 (AJ Strauss, 0.4 ov), 2-40 (JM Anderson, 11.1 ov), 3-156 (AN Cook, 50.1 ov), 4-194 (KP Pietersen, 61.6 ov), 5-195 (IJL Trott, 62.5 ov), 6-202 (PD Collingwood, 66.3 ov), 7-206 (EJG Morgan, 67.3 ov), 8-210 (MJ Prior, 72.1 ov), 9-220 (GP Swann, 75.2 ov), 10-222 (SCJ Broad, 76.6 ov)

England · 2nd innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
Mohammad Amir 19 5 52 5 2.74 1 0
Mohammad Asif 16 7 45 0 2.81 0 2
Wahab Riaz 8 1 40 1 5.00 1 3
Saeed Ajmal 31 7 71 4 2.29 0 0
Imran Farhat 3 0 9 0 3.00 0 0

Pakistan · 2nd innings 148/6 (41.4 overs)

Pakistan · 2nd innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Imran Farhat lbw b GP Swann 33 39 6 0 84.6
Yasir Hameed c GP Swann b JM Anderson 0 1 0 0 0.0
Salman Butt c PD Collingwood b GP Swann 48 64 6 0 75.0
Mohammad Yousuf b JM Anderson 33 56 5 0 58.9
Azhar Ali run out (JM Anderson/GP Swann) 5 24 1 0 20.8
Umar Akmal not out 16* 36 1 0 44.4
Kamran Akmal lbw b GP Swann 0 6 0 0 0.0
Mohammad Amir not out 4* 25 1 0 16.0
Extras (b 4, lb 2, w 2, nb 1) 9
Total 41.4 overs 148/6

Did not bat: Wahab Riaz, Saeed Ajmal, Mohammad Asif

Fall of wickets: 1-5 (Yasir Hameed, 0.5 ov), 2-57 (Imran Farhat, 11.3 ov), 3-103 (Salman Butt, 21.2 ov), 4-124 (Azhar Ali, 29.3 ov), 5-131 (Mohammad Yousuf, 32.1 ov), 6-132 (Kamran Akmal, 33.3 ov)

Pakistan · 2nd innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
James Anderson 14 5 39 2 2.79 1 1
Stuart Broad 6 0 35 0 5.83 1 0
Graeme Swann 18.4 4 50 3 2.68 0 0
Steven Finn 3 0 18 0 6.00 0 0

Player of the match: Mohammad Amir · Umpires: SJ Davis, AL Hill · TV umpire: BF Bowden · 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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