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England men · Test · International series · 3rd Test

England
v Pakistan⁠

Result

Pakistan won by 71 runs

England
141 & 252
Pakistan
99 & 365
Date
Friday 3 February 2012 · England in 2012
Venue
Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai
Competition
Test · International series · 3rd Test

Last checked 21 October 2026

Scorecard

England v Pakistan Test scorecard

Pakistan won the toss and chose to bat

Pakistan · 1st innings 99 all out (44.1 overs)

Pakistan · 1st innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Mohammad Hafeez lbw b SCJ Broad 13 30 1 0 43.3
Taufeeq Umar lbw b JM Anderson 0 5 0 0 0.0
Azhar Ali c MJ Prior b SCJ Broad 1 14 0 0 7.1
Younis Khan c MJ Prior b SCJ Broad 4 8 1 0 50.0
Misbah-ul-Haq lbw b JM Anderson 1 8 0 0 12.5
Asad Shafiq lbw b MS Panesar 45 78 3 0 57.7
Adnan Akmal lbw b SCJ Broad 6 30 0 0 20.0
Abdur Rehman c KP Pietersen b GP Swann 1 5 0 0 20.0
Saeed Ajmal lbw b MS Panesar 12 53 1 0 22.6
Umar Gul b JM Anderson 13 27 1 1 48.1
Aizaz Cheema not out 0* 7 0 0 0.0
Extras (b 0, lb 3, w 0, nb 0) 3
Total 44.1 overs 99

Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Taufeeq Umar, 0.6 ov), 2-8 (Azhar Ali, 5.3 ov), 3-18 (Younis Khan, 7.5 ov), 4-21 (Mohammad Hafeez, 9.6 ov), 5-21 (Misbah-ul-Haq, 10.5 ov), 6-39 (Adnan Akmal, 18.6 ov), 7-44 (Abdur Rehman, 21.2 ov), 8-78 (Saeed Ajmal, 35.3 ov), 9-85 (Asad Shafiq, 39.6 ov), 10-99 (Umar Gul, 44.1 ov)

Pakistan · 1st innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
James Anderson 14.1 3 35 3 2.47 0 0
Stuart Broad 16 5 36 4 2.25 0 0
Monty Panesar 13 4 25 2 1.92 0 0
Graeme Swann 1 1 0 1 0.00 0 0

England · 1st innings 141 all out (55 overs)

England · 1st innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Andrew Strauss st Adnan Akmal b Abdur Rehman 56 150 5 0 37.3
Alastair Cook c Adnan Akmal b Umar Gul 1 5 0 0 20.0
Jonathan Trott lbw b Umar Gul 2 10 0 0 20.0
Kevin Pietersen lbw b Abdur Rehman 32 44 4 0 72.7
Ian Bell st Adnan Akmal b Saeed Ajmal 5 28 0 0 17.9
Eoin Morgan lbw b Abdur Rehman 10 14 0 1 71.4
Matt Prior b Abdur Rehman 6 19 0 0 31.6
James Anderson b Abdur Rehman 4 22 0 0 18.2
Stuart Broad lbw b Saeed Ajmal 4 19 0 0 21.1
Graeme Swann c Abdur Rehman b Saeed Ajmal 16 18 3 0 88.9
Monty Panesar not out 0* 1 0 0 0.0
Extras (b 1, lb 4, w 0, nb 0) 5
Total 55 overs 141

Fall of wickets: 1-5 (AN Cook, 2.2 ov), 2-7 (IJL Trott, 4.2 ov), 3-64 (KP Pietersen, 19.2 ov), 4-75 (IR Bell, 28.5 ov), 5-88 (EJG Morgan, 33.1 ov), 6-98 (MJ Prior, 37.6 ov), 7-106 (JM Anderson, 43.6 ov), 8-121 (SCJ Broad, 50.5 ov), 9-133 (AJ Strauss, 53.5 ov), 10-141 (GP Swann, 54.6 ov)

England · 1st innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
Umar Gul 7 1 28 2 4.00 0 0
Aizaz Cheema 4 0 9 0 2.25 0 0
Saeed Ajmal 23 6 59 3 2.57 0 0
Abdur Rehman 21 4 40 5 1.90 0 0

Pakistan · 2nd innings 365 all out (152.4 overs)

Pakistan · 2nd innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Mohammad Hafeez lbw b MS Panesar 21 36 3 1 58.3
Taufeeq Umar c AJ Strauss b JM Anderson 6 16 1 0 37.5
Azhar Ali c AN Cook b GP Swann 157 442 10 1 35.5
Younis Khan lbw b SCJ Broad 127 221 12 1 57.5
Misbah-ul-Haq lbw b MS Panesar 31 115 1 0 27.0
Asad Shafiq lbw b MS Panesar 5 17 0 0 29.4
Adnan Akmal b MS Panesar 0 7 0 0 0.0
Abdur Rehman c JM Anderson b GP Swann 1 5 0 0 20.0
Saeed Ajmal c JM Anderson b GP Swann 1 12 0 0 8.3
Umar Gul lbw b MS Panesar 4 38 0 0 10.5
Aizaz Cheema not out 0* 8 0 0 0.0
Extras (b 10, lb 1, w 0, nb 1) 12
Total 152.4 overs 365

Fall of wickets: 1-16 (Taufeeq Umar, 6.6 ov), 2-28 (Mohammad Hafeez, 9.6 ov), 3-244 (Younis Khan, 91.6 ov), 4-331 (Misbah-ul-Haq, 130.2 ov), 5-339 (Asad Shafiq, 136.2 ov), 6-345 (Adnan Akmal, 138.2 ov), 7-346 (Abdur Rehman, 139.1 ov), 8-350 (Saeed Ajmal, 141.6 ov), 9-363 (Azhar Ali, 149.3 ov), 10-365 (Umar Gul, 152.4 ov)

Pakistan · 2nd innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
James Anderson 28 7 51 1 1.82 0 1
Stuart Broad 24 7 55 1 2.29 0 0
Monty Panesar 56.4 13 124 5 2.19 0 0
Graeme Swann 39 6 101 3 2.59 0 0
Jonathan Trott 2 0 14 0 7.00 0 0
Kevin Pietersen 3 0 9 0 3.00 0 0

England · 2nd innings 252 all out (97.3 overs)

England · 2nd innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Andrew Strauss lbw b Abdur Rehman 26 76 2 0 34.2
Alastair Cook c Younis Khan b Saeed Ajmal 49 187 4 0 26.2
Jonathan Trott c Abdur Rehman b Saeed Ajmal 18 64 2 0 28.1
Kevin Pietersen b Saeed Ajmal 18 45 1 1 40.0
Ian Bell c Asad Shafiq b Umar Gul 10 38 0 0 26.3
Eoin Morgan c Adnan Akmal b Umar Gul 31 48 3 1 64.6
Matt Prior not out 49* 58 5 0 84.5
Stuart Broad c Taufeeq Umar b Umar Gul 18 24 2 0 75.0
Graeme Swann c Asad Shafiq b Umar Gul 1 6 0 0 16.7
James Anderson c Younis Khan b Saeed Ajmal 9 26 0 0 34.6
Monty Panesar lbw b Abdur Rehman 8 15 0 0 53.3
Extras (b 4, lb 8, w 0, nb 3) 15
Total 97.3 overs 252

Fall of wickets: 1-48 (AJ Strauss, 25.2 ov), 2-85 (IJL Trott, 44.3 ov), 3-116 (KP Pietersen, 60.6 ov), 4-119 (AN Cook, 62.5 ov), 5-156 (IR Bell, 74.6 ov), 6-159 (EJG Morgan, 76.3 ov), 7-196 (SCJ Broad, 82.2 ov), 8-203 (GP Swann, 84.4 ov), 9-237 (JM Anderson, 92.6 ov), 10-252 (MS Panesar, 97.3 ov)

England · 2nd innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
Umar Gul 20 5 61 4 3.05 0 2
Aizaz Cheema 4 0 9 0 2.25 0 0
Mohammad Hafeez 5 2 6 0 1.20 0 0
Abdur Rehman 41.3 10 97 2 2.34 0 0
Saeed Ajmal 27 9 67 4 2.48 0 0

Player of the match: Azhar Ali · Umpires: SJ Davis, SJA Taufel · TV umpire: SK Tarapore · Match referee: JJ Crowe. 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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