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England men · Test · International series · 2nd Test

England
v Pakistan⁠

Result

Pakistan won by 72 runs

England
327 & 72
Pakistan
257 & 214
Date
Wednesday 25 January 2012 · England in 2012
Venue
Abu Dhabi
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 257 all out (96.4 overs)

Pakistan · 1st innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Mohammad Hafeez b MS Panesar 31 77 4 0 40.3
Taufeeq Umar b GP Swann 16 48 2 0 33.3
Azhar Ali b SCJ Broad 24 68 1 0 35.3
Younis Khan b SCJ Broad 24 38 3 0 63.2
Misbah-ul-Haq lbw b SCJ Broad 84 173 5 4 48.6
Asad Shafiq lbw b GP Swann 58 126 7 1 46.0
Adnan Akmal lbw b SCJ Broad 9 26 2 0 34.6
Abdur Rehman b GP Swann 0 7 0 0 0.0
Saeed Ajmal lbw b JM Anderson 0 14 0 0 0.0
Umar Gul not out 0* 2 0 0 0.0
Junaid Khan c GP Swann b JM Anderson 0 3 0 0 0.0
Extras (b 8, lb 1, w 0, nb 2) 11
Total 96.4 overs 257

Fall of wickets: 1-51 (Taufeeq Umar, 18.3 ov), 2-61 (Mohammad Hafeez, 23.5 ov), 3-98 (Younis Khan, 36.2 ov), 4-103 (Azhar Ali, 40.2 ov), 5-203 (Asad Shafiq, 78.6 ov), 6-216 (Adnan Akmal, 85.6 ov), 7-243 (Abdur Rehman, 92.1 ov), 8-257 (Misbah-ul-Haq, 95.4 ov), 9-257 (Saeed Ajmal, 96.1 ov), 10-257 (Junaid Khan, 96.4 ov)

Pakistan · 1st innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
James Anderson 19.4 5 46 2 2.34 0 1
Stuart Broad 24 4 47 4 1.96 0 1
Monty Panesar 33 9 91 1 2.76 0 0
Graeme Swann 18 2 52 3 2.89 0 0
Jonathan Trott 2 0 12 0 6.00 0 0

England · 1st innings 327 all out (112 overs)

England · 1st innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Andrew Strauss c Asad Shafiq b Mohammad Hafeez 11 42 1 0 26.2
Alastair Cook lbw b Saeed Ajmal 94 220 10 0 42.7
Jonathan Trott b Abdur Rehman 74 158 7 0 46.8
Kevin Pietersen c Mohammad Hafeez b Saeed Ajmal 14 39 2 0 35.9
Ian Bell lbw b Umar Gul 29 78 3 0 37.2
Eoin Morgan c Mohammad Hafeez b Saeed Ajmal 3 22 0 0 13.6
Matt Prior lbw b Saeed Ajmal 3 16 0 0 18.8
Stuart Broad not out 58* 62 6 1 93.5
Graeme Swann lbw b Abdur Rehman 15 15 3 0 100.0
James Anderson b Mohammad Hafeez 13 19 3 0 68.4
Monty Panesar lbw b Mohammad Hafeez 0 2 0 0 0.0
Extras (b 5, lb 7, w 0, nb 1) 13
Total 112 overs 327

Fall of wickets: 1-27 (AJ Strauss, 13.2 ov), 2-166 (IJL Trott, 63.6 ov), 3-198 (AN Cook, 74.6 ov), 4-203 (KP Pietersen, 78.1 ov), 5-207 (EJG Morgan, 84.5 ov), 6-227 (MJ Prior, 90.2 ov), 7-268 (IR Bell, 100.4 ov), 8-291 (GP Swann, 105.5 ov), 9-327 (JM Anderson, 111.4 ov), 10-327 (MS Panesar, 111.6 ov)

England · 1st innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
Umar Gul 13 1 53 1 4.08 0 0
Junaid Khan 8 0 33 0 4.13 0 0
Mohammad Hafeez 22 4 54 3 2.45 0 0
Saeed Ajmal 40 6 108 4 2.70 0 1
Abdur Rehman 29 9 67 2 2.31 0 0

Pakistan · 2nd innings 214 all out (99.2 overs)

Pakistan · 2nd innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Mohammad Hafeez lbw b MS Panesar 22 37 2 0 59.5
Taufeeq Umar b GP Swann 7 38 0 0 18.4
Azhar Ali c MJ Prior b JM Anderson 68 195 8 0 34.9
Younis Khan b MS Panesar 1 14 0 0 7.1
Misbah-ul-Haq lbw b MS Panesar 12 32 2 0 37.5
Asad Shafiq c JM Anderson b MS Panesar 43 138 5 0 31.2
Adnan Akmal c AJ Strauss b SCJ Broad 13 45 0 0 28.9
Abdur Rehman lbw b GP Swann 10 38 0 0 26.3
Saeed Ajmal c JM Anderson b MS Panesar 17 31 1 0 54.8
Umar Gul not out 10* 24 0 1 41.7
Junaid Khan b MS Panesar 0 4 0 0 0.0
Extras (b 5, lb 6, w 0, nb 0) 11
Total 99.2 overs 214

Fall of wickets: 1-29 (Mohammad Hafeez, 11.4 ov), 2-29 (Taufeeq Umar, 12.5 ov), 3-36 (Younis Khan, 17.4 ov), 4-54 (Misbah-ul-Haq, 27.5 ov), 5-142 (Asad Shafiq, 69.6 ov), 6-170 (Azhar Ali, 82.2 ov), 7-172 (Adnan Akmal, 83.5 ov), 8-198 (Abdur Rehman, 92.3 ov), 9-208 (Saeed Ajmal, 97.4 ov), 10-214 (Junaid Khan, 99.2 ov)

Pakistan · 2nd innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
James Anderson 14 3 39 1 2.79 0 0
Stuart Broad 20 9 36 1 1.80 0 0
Monty Panesar 38.2 18 62 6 1.62 0 0
Graeme Swann 27 5 66 2 2.44 0 0

England · 2nd innings 72 all out (36.1 overs)

England · 2nd innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Andrew Strauss lbw b Abdur Rehman 32 100 3 0 32.0
Alastair Cook c & b Mohammad Hafeez 7 40 0 0 17.5
Ian Bell b Saeed Ajmal 3 3 0 0 100.0
Kevin Pietersen lbw b Abdur Rehman 1 8 0 0 12.5
Eoin Morgan b Abdur Rehman 0 2 0 0 0.0
Matt Prior c Asad Shafiq b Saeed Ajmal 18 45 1 0 40.0
Jonathan Trott lbw b Abdur Rehman 1 11 0 0 9.1
Stuart Broad b Abdur Rehman 0 2 0 0 0.0
Graeme Swann lbw b Saeed Ajmal 0 4 0 0 0.0
James Anderson c Umar Gul b Abdur Rehman 1 2 0 0 50.0
Monty Panesar not out 0* 0 0 0 –
Extras (b 0, lb 9, w 0, nb 0) 9
Total 36.1 overs 72

Fall of wickets: 1-21 (AN Cook, 14.6 ov), 2-26 (IR Bell, 17.1 ov), 3-33 (KP Pietersen, 20.4 ov), 4-37 (EJG Morgan, 20.6 ov), 5-56 (AJ Strauss, 28.6 ov), 6-68 (IJL Trott, 34.3 ov), 7-68 (SCJ Broad, 34.5 ov), 8-71 (GP Swann, 35.4 ov), 9-72 (MJ Prior, 35.6 ov), 10-72 (JM Anderson, 36.1 ov)

England · 2nd innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
Mohammad Hafeez 8 3 11 1 1.38 0 0
Umar Gul 3 0 5 0 1.67 0 0
Saeed Ajmal 15 7 22 3 1.47 0 0
Abdur Rehman 10.1 4 25 6 2.46 0 0

Player of the match: Abdur Rehman · Umpires: SJ Davis, BNJ Oxenford · TV umpire: BF Bowden · 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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