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England men · Test · International series · 1st Test

England
v Pakistan⁠

Result

Pakistan won by 10 wickets

England
192 & 160
Pakistan
338 & 15/0
Date
Tuesday 17 January 2012 · England in 2012
Venue
Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai
Competition
Test · International series · 1st Test

Last checked 21 October 2026

Scorecard

England v Pakistan Test scorecard

England won the toss and chose to bat

England · 1st innings 192 all out (72.3 overs)

England · 1st innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Andrew Strauss b Saeed Ajmal 19 43 1 0 44.2
Alastair Cook c Adnan Akmal b Mohammad Hafeez 3 20 0 0 15.0
Jonathan Trott c Adnan Akmal b Aizaz Cheema 17 29 3 0 58.6
Kevin Pietersen lbw b Saeed Ajmal 2 29 0 0 6.9
Ian Bell c Adnan Akmal b Saeed Ajmal 0 1 0 0 0.0
Eoin Morgan lbw b Saeed Ajmal 24 47 2 0 51.1
Matt Prior not out 70* 154 3 0 45.5
Stuart Broad lbw b Saeed Ajmal 8 14 1 0 57.1
Graeme Swann b Abdur Rehman 34 65 6 0 52.3
Chris Tremlett lbw b Saeed Ajmal 1 18 0 0 5.6
James Anderson lbw b Saeed Ajmal 12 15 2 0 80.0
Extras (b 0, lb 2, w 0, nb 0) 2
Total 72.3 overs 192

Fall of wickets: 1-10 (AN Cook, 5.3 ov), 2-31 (IJL Trott, 12.3 ov), 3-42 (AJ Strauss, 18.6 ov), 4-42 (IR Bell, 20.1 ov), 5-43 (KP Pietersen, 20.4 ov), 6-82 (EJG Morgan, 38.1 ov), 7-94 (SCJ Broad, 42.1 ov), 8-151 (GP Swann, 59.3 ov), 9-168 (CT Tremlett, 66.4 ov), 10-192 (JM Anderson, 72.3 ov)

England · 1st innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
Umar Gul 12 4 35 0 2.92 0 0
Aizaz Cheema 12 0 43 1 3.58 0 0
Mohammad Hafeez 6 3 5 1 0.83 0 0
Abdur Rehman 18 5 52 1 2.89 0 0
Saeed Ajmal 24.3 7 55 7 2.24 0 0

Pakistan · 1st innings 338 all out (119.5 overs)

Pakistan · 1st innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Mohammad Hafeez lbw b GP Swann 88 164 11 1 53.7
Taufeeq Umar b SCJ Broad 58 113 10 0 51.3
Azhar Ali c MJ Prior b SCJ Broad 1 8 0 0 12.5
Younis Khan lbw b IJL Trott 37 87 4 0 42.5
Misbah-ul-Haq lbw b GP Swann 52 154 5 0 33.8
Asad Shafiq c MJ Prior b JM Anderson 16 33 1 0 48.5
Adnan Akmal st MJ Prior b GP Swann 61 129 8 0 47.3
Abdur Rehman b JM Anderson 4 3 1 0 133.3
Umar Gul c EJG Morgan b SCJ Broad 0 8 0 0 0.0
Saeed Ajmal c AN Cook b GP Swann 12 22 1 0 54.5
Aizaz Cheema not out 0* 0 0 0 –
Extras (b 2, lb 5, w 0, nb 2) 9
Total 119.5 overs 338

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)

Pakistan · 1st innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
James Anderson 30 7 71 2 2.37 0 0
Chris Tremlett 21 6 53 0 2.52 0 1
Stuart Broad 31 8 84 3 2.71 0 1
Graeme Swann 29.5 3 107 4 3.59 0 0
Jonathan Trott 8 2 16 1 2.00 0 0

England · 2nd innings 160 all out (57.5 overs)

England · 2nd innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Andrew Strauss c Adnan Akmal b Umar Gul 6 16 0 0 37.5
Alastair Cook c Adnan Akmal b Umar Gul 5 41 0 0 12.2
Jonathan Trott c Adnan Akmal b Umar Gul 49 111 6 0 44.1
Kevin Pietersen c Abdur Rehman b Umar Gul 0 8 0 0 0.0
Ian Bell lbw b Saeed Ajmal 4 15 1 0 26.7
Eoin Morgan c Adnan Akmal b Abdur Rehman 14 39 2 0 35.9
Matt Prior lbw b Saeed Ajmal 4 17 0 0 23.5
Stuart Broad c Asad Shafiq b Abdur Rehman 17 27 1 0 63.0
Graeme Swann c Asad Shafiq b Saeed Ajmal 39 52 5 1 75.0
Chris Tremlett c Mohammad Hafeez b Abdur Rehman 0 1 0 0 0.0
James Anderson not out 15* 22 0 1 68.2
Extras (b 4, lb 1, w 0, nb 2) 7
Total 57.5 overs 160

Fall of wickets: 1-6 (AJ Strauss, 4.5 ov), 2-25 (AN Cook, 12.3 ov), 3-25 (KP Pietersen, 14.5 ov), 4-35 (IR Bell, 20.1 ov), 5-74 (EJG Morgan, 33.3 ov), 6-87 (IJL Trott, 40.4 ov), 7-87 (MJ Prior, 41.2 ov), 8-135 (SCJ Broad, 51.3 ov), 9-135 (CT Tremlett, 51.4 ov), 10-160 (GP Swann, 57.5 ov)

England · 2nd innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
Umar Gul 19 5 63 4 3.32 0 2
Aizaz Cheema 7.2 1 9 0 1.23 0 0
Mohammad Hafeez 2 0 4 0 2.00 0 0
Saeed Ajmal 17.3 4 42 3 2.40 0 0
Abdur Rehman 12 2 37 3 3.08 0 0

Pakistan · 2nd innings 15/0 (3.4 overs)

Pakistan · 2nd innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Mohammad Hafeez not out 15* 16 3 0 93.8
Taufeeq Umar not out 0* 6 0 0 0.0
Extras (b 0, lb 0, w 0, nb 0) 0
Total 3.4 overs 15/0

Did not bat: Azhar Ali, Younis Khan, Misbah-ul-Haq, Asad Shafiq, Adnan Akmal, Abdur Rehman, Umar Gul, Saeed Ajmal, Aizaz Cheema

Pakistan · 2nd innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
James Anderson 2 1 7 0 3.50 0 0
Stuart Broad 1.4 1 8 0 4.80 0 0

Player of the match: Saeed Ajmal · Umpires: BF Bowden, BNJ Oxenford · TV umpire: SJ Davis · Match referee: J Srinath. 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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