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England men · Test · International series · 2nd Test

England
v Pakistan⁠

Result

Pakistan won by 178 runs

England
242 & 312
Pakistan
378 & 354/6d
Date
Thursday 22 October 2015 · England in 2015
Venue
Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai
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 378 all out (118.5 overs)

Pakistan · 1st innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Mohammad Hafeez c JM Bairstow b MM Ali 19 44 4 0 43.2
Shan Masood c JC Buttler b JM Anderson 54 87 7 1 62.1
Shoaib Malik c JM Bairstow b BA Stokes 2 9 0 0 22.2
Younis Khan c JC Buttler b MA Wood 56 115 4 0 48.7
Misbah-ul-Haq lbw b SCJ Broad 102 197 8 5 51.8
Asad Shafiq c JE Root b MA Wood 83 178 9 0 46.6
Sarfraz Ahmed c JM Anderson b MM Ali 32 49 3 0 65.3
Wahab Riaz c JM Anderson b MM Ali 6 10 1 0 60.0
Yasir Shah c BA Stokes b AU Rashid 16 17 3 0 94.1
Zulfiqar Babar lbw b MA Wood 3 6 0 0 50.0
Imran Khan not out 0* 1 0 0 0.0
Extras (b 0, lb 4, w 1, nb 0) 5
Total 118.5 overs 378

Fall of wickets: 1-51 (Mohammad Hafeez, 15.2 ov), 2-58 (Shoaib Malik, 18.4 ov), 3-85 (Shan Masood, 28.1 ov), 4-178 (Younis Khan, 57.6 ov), 5-282 (Misbah-ul-Haq, 90.5 ov), 6-334 (Sarfraz Ahmed, 106.2 ov), 7-342 (Wahab Riaz, 108.3 ov), 8-370 (Yasir Shah, 113.5 ov), 9-377 (Zulfiqar Babar, 116.6 ov), 10-378 (Asad Shafiq, 118.5 ov)

Pakistan · 1st innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
James Anderson 20 5 40 1 2.00 0 0
Stuart Broad 17 4 48 1 2.82 0 0
Moeen Ali 25 3 108 3 4.32 0 0
Mark Wood 19.5 7 39 3 1.97 0 0
Ben Stokes 17 3 55 1 3.24 1 0
Adil Rashid 20 1 84 1 4.20 0 0

England · 1st innings 242 all out (75.2 overs)

England · 1st innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Alastair Cook c sub (Ahmed Shehzad) b Yasir Shah 65 117 10 0 55.6
Moeen Ali c Shan Masood b Wahab Riaz 1 8 0 0 12.5
Ian Bell c Sarfraz Ahmed b Imran Khan 4 10 0 0 40.0
Joe Root c Sarfraz Ahmed b Wahab Riaz 88 141 12 0 62.4
Jonny Bairstow lbw b Yasir Shah 46 104 5 1 44.2
Ben Stokes c Sarfraz Ahmed b Wahab Riaz 4 13 0 0 30.8
Jos Buttler c Sarfraz Ahmed b Wahab Riaz 0 9 0 0 0.0
Adil Rashid c Mohammad Hafeez b Yasir Shah 0 2 0 0 0.0
Stuart Broad not out 15* 24 1 0 62.5
Mark Wood c Younis Khan b Yasir Shah 1 11 0 0 9.1
James Anderson c Sarfraz Ahmed b Imran Khan 4 17 0 0 23.5
Extras (b 4, lb 1, w 5, nb 4) 14
Total 75.2 overs 242

Fall of wickets: 1-5 (MM Ali, 1.4 ov), 2-14 (IR Bell, 4.1 ov), 3-127 (AN Cook, 35.4 ov), 4-206 (JE Root, 57.3 ov), 5-212 (BA Stokes, 61.3 ov), 6-216 (JC Buttler, 63.6 ov), 7-218 (AU Rashid, 66.2 ov), 8-223 (JM Bairstow, 66.6 ov), 9-233 (MA Wood, 70.2 ov), 10-242 (JM Anderson, 75.2 ov)

England · 1st innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
Imran Khan 13.2 4 33 2 2.47 0 0
Wahab Riaz 19 5 66 4 3.47 1 4
Zulfiqar Babar 10 2 35 0 3.50 0 0
Yasir Shah 29 4 93 4 3.21 0 0
Shoaib Malik 4 1 10 0 2.50 0 0

Pakistan · 2nd innings 354/6 dec (95 overs)

Pakistan · 2nd innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Mohammad Hafeez c JE Root b MA Wood 51 76 6 2 67.1
Shan Masood c JC Buttler b JM Anderson 1 6 0 0 16.7
Shoaib Malik b MA Wood 7 13 1 0 53.8
Younis Khan c MM Ali b AU Rashid 118 211 13 0 55.9
Misbah-ul-Haq c AN Cook b JM Anderson 87 147 8 4 59.2
Asad Shafiq lbw b MM Ali 79 112 8 0 70.5
Sarfraz Ahmed not out 3* 6 0 0 50.0
Extras (b 6, lb 1, w 0, nb 1) 8
Total 95 overs 354/6

Did not bat: Wahab Riaz, Yasir Shah, Zulfiqar Babar, Imran Khan

Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Shan Masood, 2.4 ov), 2-16 (Shoaib Malik, 7.5 ov), 3-83 (Mohammad Hafeez, 21.4 ov), 4-224 (Misbah-ul-Haq, 64.2 ov), 5-337 (Younis Khan, 91.4 ov), 6-354 (Asad Shafiq, 94.6 ov)

Pakistan · 2nd innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
James Anderson 15 7 22 2 1.47 0 0
Stuart Broad 10 1 34 0 3.40 0 0
Mark Wood 14 3 44 2 3.14 0 1
Moeen Ali 11 0 60 1 5.45 0 0
Ben Stokes 17 3 54 0 3.18 0 0
Adil Rashid 25 1 107 1 4.28 0 0
Joe Root 3 0 26 0 8.67 0 0

England · 2nd innings 312 all out (137.3 overs)

England · 2nd innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Alastair Cook c Wahab Riaz b Yasir Shah 10 22 0 0 45.5
Moeen Ali c Younis Khan b Imran Khan 1 15 0 0 6.7
Ian Bell c Younis Khan b Zulfiqar Babar 46 122 4 0 37.7
Joe Root c Younis Khan b Zulfiqar Babar 71 171 6 0 41.5
Jonny Bairstow b Yasir Shah 22 86 2 0 25.6
Ben Stokes c Misbah-ul-Haq b Imran Khan 13 66 2 0 19.7
Jos Buttler c Younis Khan b Yasir Shah 7 26 1 0 26.9
Adil Rashid c Zulfiqar Babar b Yasir Shah 61 172 7 0 35.5
Stuart Broad b Wahab Riaz 30 42 4 0 71.4
Mark Wood c Mohammad Hafeez b Zulfiqar Babar 29 95 4 0 30.5
James Anderson not out 0* 13 0 0 0.0
Extras (b 12, lb 4, w 1, nb 5) 22
Total 137.3 overs 312

Fall of wickets: 1-9 (MM Ali, 4.4 ov), 2-19 (AN Cook, 9.4 ov), 3-121 (IR Bell, 44.1 ov), 4-157 (JE Root, 66.6 ov), 5-163 (JM Bairstow, 71.5 ov), 6-178 (JC Buttler, 80.6 ov), 7-193 (BA Stokes, 88.3 ov), 8-253 (SCJ Broad, 103.3 ov), 9-308 (MA Wood, 132.5 ov), 10-312 (AU Rashid, 137.3 ov)

England · 2nd innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
Imran Khan 14 4 41 2 2.93 1 1
Wahab Riaz 25 4 78 1 3.12 0 4
Yasir Shah 41.3 15 87 4 2.10 0 0
Shoaib Malik 10 2 37 0 3.70 0 0
Zulfiqar Babar 47 23 53 3 1.13 0 0

Player of the match: Wahab Riaz · Umpires: BNJ Oxenford, PR Reiffel · TV umpire: CB Gaffaney · 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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