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England men · Test · International series · 1st Test

England
v Pakistan⁠

Result

Match drawn

England
598/9d & 74/4
Pakistan
523/8d & 173
Date
Tuesday 13 October 2015 · England in 2015
Venue
Abu Dhabi
Competition
Test · International series · 1st Test

Last checked 21 October 2026

Scorecard

England v Pakistan Test scorecard

Pakistan won the toss and chose to bat

Pakistan · 1st innings 523/8 dec (151.1 overs)

Pakistan · 1st innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Mohammad Hafeez lbw b BA Stokes 98 170 13 0 57.6
Shan Masood b JM Anderson 2 6 0 0 33.3
Shoaib Malik c IR Bell b BA Stokes 245 420 24 4 58.3
Younis Khan c AN Cook b SCJ Broad 38 57 3 1 66.7
Misbah-ul-Haq c JC Buttler b JM Anderson 3 17 0 0 17.6
Asad Shafiq lbw b MA Wood 107 218 10 0 49.1
Sarfraz Ahmed c IR Bell b BA Stokes 2 7 0 0 28.6
Wahab Riaz not out 2* 9 0 0 22.2
Zulfiqar Babar c JM Anderson b BA Stokes 0 4 0 0 0.0
Extras (b 4, lb 21, w 0, nb 1) 26
Total 151.1 overs 523/8

Did not bat: Rahat Ali, Imran Khan

Fall of wickets: 1-5 (Shan Masood, 2.5 ov), 2-173 (Mohammad Hafeez, 54.2 ov), 3-247 (Younis Khan, 70.2 ov), 4-251 (Misbah-ul-Haq, 74.3 ov), 5-499 (Asad Shafiq, 144.3 ov), 6-514 (Sarfraz Ahmed, 147.6 ov), 7-521 (Shoaib Malik, 149.3 ov), 8-523 (Zulfiqar Babar, 151.1 ov)

Pakistan · 1st innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
James Anderson 22 7 42 2 1.91 0 0
Stuart Broad 21 8 44 1 2.10 0 1
Ben Stokes 17.1 3 57 4 3.32 0 0
Mark Wood 22 5 58 1 2.64 0 0
Adil Rashid 34 0 163 0 4.79 0 0
Moeen Ali 30 2 121 0 4.03 0 0
Joe Root 5 1 13 0 2.60 0 0

England · 1st innings 598/9 dec (206 overs)

England · 1st innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Alastair Cook c Shan Masood b Shoaib Malik 263 528 18 0 49.8
Moeen Ali c Sarfraz Ahmed b Imran Khan 35 131 2 0 26.7
Ian Bell c Mohammad Hafeez b Wahab Riaz 63 199 5 0 31.7
Mark Wood b Wahab Riaz 4 7 1 0 57.1
Joe Root c Sarfraz Ahmed b Rahat Ali 85 143 7 0 59.4
Jonny Bairstow lbw b Wahab Riaz 8 39 1 0 20.5
Ben Stokes b Shoaib Malik 57 87 7 0 65.5
Jos Buttler c Asad Shafiq b Zulfiqar Babar 23 28 3 1 82.1
Adil Rashid b Imran Khan 12 36 0 0 33.3
Stuart Broad not out 17* 37 2 0 45.9
James Anderson not out 3* 12 0 0 25.0
Extras (b 7, lb 7, w 3, nb 11) 28
Total 206 overs 598/9

Fall of wickets: 1-116 (MM Ali, 40.2 ov), 2-281 (IR Bell, 105.3 ov), 3-285 (MA Wood, 107.4 ov), 4-426 (JE Root, 152.2 ov), 5-443 (JM Bairstow, 161.3 ov), 6-534 (BA Stokes, 184.1 ov), 7-549 (AN Cook, 190.1 ov), 8-563 (JC Buttler, 193.5 ov), 9-590 (AU Rashid, 202.4 ov)

England · 1st innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
Rahat Ali 28 1 86 1 3.07 0 0
Imran Khan 27 7 74 2 2.74 0 0
Zulfiqar Babar 72 17 183 1 2.54 0 0
Wahab Riaz 37 3 125 3 3.38 3 11
Asad Shafiq 7 0 19 0 2.71 0 0
Shoaib Malik 35 4 97 2 2.77 0 0

Pakistan · 2nd innings 173 all out (57.5 overs)

Pakistan · 2nd innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Mohammad Hafeez run out (BA Stokes) 34 55 4 1 61.8
Shan Masood b JM Anderson 1 4 0 0 25.0
Shoaib Malik c JM Bairstow b JM Anderson 0 4 0 0 0.0
Younis Khan c BA Stokes b AU Rashid 45 114 6 0 39.5
Misbah-ul-Haq b MM Ali 51 111 6 0 45.9
Asad Shafiq c JC Buttler b AU Rashid 6 11 0 0 54.5
Sarfraz Ahmed c JM Anderson b AU Rashid 27 36 3 0 75.0
Wahab Riaz c JM Bairstow b MM Ali 1 4 0 0 25.0
Zulfiqar Babar c JM Anderson b AU Rashid 1 8 0 0 12.5
Rahat Ali not out 0* 1 0 0 0.0
Imran Khan c JM Anderson b AU Rashid 0 1 0 0 0.0
Extras (b 3, lb 2, w 0, nb 2) 7
Total 57.5 overs 173

Fall of wickets: 1-3 (Shan Masood, 2.1 ov), 2-3 (Shoaib Malik, 2.5 ov), 3-47 (Mohammad Hafeez, 17.2 ov), 4-113 (Younis Khan, 41.1 ov), 5-139 (Asad Shafiq, 47.2 ov), 6-159 (Misbah-ul-Haq, 52.5 ov), 7-165 (Wahab Riaz, 54.2 ov), 8-168 (Zulfiqar Babar, 55.5 ov), 9-173 (Sarfraz Ahmed, 57.4 ov), 10-173 (Imran Khan, 57.5 ov)

Pakistan · 2nd innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
James Anderson 10 3 30 2 3.00 0 0
Stuart Broad 8 5 8 0 1.00 0 0
Mark Wood 7 2 29 0 4.14 0 2
Adil Rashid 18.5 3 64 5 3.40 0 0
Ben Stokes 7 4 9 0 1.29 0 0
Moeen Ali 7 0 28 2 4.00 0 0

England · 2nd innings 74/4 (11 overs)

England · 2nd innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Moeen Ali c Shoaib Malik b Zulfiqar Babar 11 12 1 0 91.7
Jos Buttler lbw b Shoaib Malik 4 5 1 0 80.0
Joe Root not out 33* 29 1 0 113.8
Ben Stokes c Mohammad Hafeez b Shoaib Malik 2 4 0 0 50.0
Jonny Bairstow st Sarfraz Ahmed b Zulfiqar Babar 15 10 1 1 150.0
Ian Bell not out 5* 6 0 0 83.3
Extras (b 0, lb 2, w 2, nb 0) 4
Total 11 overs 74/4

Did not bat: AN Cook, MA Wood, AU Rashid, SCJ Broad, JM Anderson

Fall of wickets: 1-13 (JC Buttler, 1.5 ov), 2-29 (MM Ali, 4.4 ov), 3-35 (BA Stokes, 5.5 ov), 4-66 (JM Bairstow, 9.2 ov)

England · 2nd innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
Zulfiqar Babar 5 0 27 2 5.40 1 0
Shoaib Malik 4 0 25 2 6.25 0 0
Wahab Riaz 2 0 20 0 10.00 1 0

Player of the match: Alastair Cook · Umpires: BNJ Oxenford, PR Reiffel · TV umpire: S Ravi · Match referee: AJ Pycroft. 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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