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England men · Test · International series · 3rd Test

England
v Pakistan⁠

Result

Pakistan won by 127 runs

England
306 & 156
Pakistan
234 & 355
Date
Sunday 1 November 2015 · England in 2015
Venue
Sharjah
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 234 all out (85.1 overs)

Pakistan · 1st innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Mohammad Hafeez c SCJ Broad b MM Ali 27 57 2 0 47.4
Azhar Ali c JM Bairstow b JM Anderson 0 7 0 0 0.0
Shoaib Malik c JM Bairstow b SCJ Broad 38 91 5 0 41.8
Younis Khan lbw b JM Anderson 31 58 4 0 53.4
Misbah-ul-Haq c JE Root b JM Anderson 71 160 7 2 44.4
Asad Shafiq c JM Bairstow b SR Patel 5 35 0 0 14.3
Sarfraz Ahmed c JE Root b MM Ali 39 76 3 0 51.3
Wahab Riaz b SR Patel 0 2 0 0 0.0
Yasir Shah c SR Patel b SCJ Broad 7 13 1 0 53.8
Zulfiqar Babar not out 6* 5 1 0 120.0
Rahat Ali c MM Ali b JM Anderson 4 7 0 0 57.1
Extras (b 1, lb 5, w 0, nb 0) 6
Total 85.1 overs 234

Fall of wickets: 1-5 (Azhar Ali, 2.3 ov), 2-49 (Mohammad Hafeez, 19.5 ov), 3-88 (Shoaib Malik, 32.2 ov), 4-103 (Younis Khan, 40.1 ov), 5-116 (Asad Shafiq, 51.1 ov), 6-196 (Sarfraz Ahmed, 77.1 ov), 7-196 (Wahab Riaz, 78.2 ov), 8-224 (Yasir Shah, 82.6 ov), 9-224 (Misbah-ul-Haq, 83.1 ov), 10-234 (Rahat Ali, 85.1 ov)

Pakistan · 1st innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
James Anderson 15.1 7 17 4 1.12 0 0
Stuart Broad 13 8 13 2 1.00 0 0
Ben Stokes 11 4 23 0 2.09 0 0
Samit Patel 23 3 85 2 3.70 0 0
Moeen Ali 13 3 49 2 3.77 0 0
Adil Rashid 10 1 41 0 4.10 0 0

England · 1st innings 306 all out (126.5 overs)

England · 1st innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Alastair Cook c Azhar Ali b Yasir Shah 49 119 4 0 41.2
Moeen Ali c Younis Khan b Shoaib Malik 14 28 2 0 50.0
Ian Bell st Sarfraz Ahmed b Yasir Shah 40 158 2 1 25.3
Joe Root c Sarfraz Ahmed b Rahat Ali 4 14 0 0 28.6
James Taylor c Sarfraz Ahmed b Rahat Ali 76 161 6 0 47.2
Jonny Bairstow b Zulfiqar Babar 43 118 5 0 36.4
Samit Patel b Yasir Shah 42 80 6 0 52.5
Adil Rashid c Azhar Ali b Shoaib Malik 8 52 1 0 15.4
Stuart Broad not out 13* 18 1 0 72.2
James Anderson b Shoaib Malik 7 7 1 0 100.0
Ben Stokes b Shoaib Malik 0 10 0 0 0.0
Extras (b 0, lb 6, w 0, nb 4) 10
Total 126.5 overs 306

Fall of wickets: 1-19 (MM Ali, 8.4 ov), 2-90 (AN Cook, 37.2 ov), 3-97 (JE Root, 42.1 ov), 4-139 (IR Bell, 62.4 ov), 5-228 (JWA Taylor, 96.2 ov), 6-245 (JM Bairstow, 103.4 ov), 7-285 (AU Rashid, 120.4 ov), 8-287 (SR Patel, 121.3 ov), 9-296 (JM Anderson, 122.6 ov), 10-306 (BA Stokes, 126.5 ov)

England · 1st innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
Rahat Ali 22 12 48 2 2.18 0 1
Yasir Shah 36 3 99 3 2.75 0 0
Wahab Riaz 20 5 33 0 1.65 0 3
Zulfiqar Babar 37 6 80 1 2.16 0 0
Shoaib Malik 9.5 3 33 4 3.36 0 0
Azhar Ali 2 0 7 0 3.50 0 0

Pakistan · 2nd innings 355 all out (118.2 overs)

Pakistan · 2nd innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Mohammad Hafeez c IR Bell b MM Ali 151 266 15 3 56.8
Azhar Ali run out (IR Bell/AU Rashid) 34 115 0 0 29.6
Shoaib Malik lbw b JM Anderson 0 1 0 0 0.0
Younis Khan lbw b SCJ Broad 14 39 1 0 35.9
Rahat Ali b JM Anderson 0 12 0 0 0.0
Misbah-ul-Haq lbw b SCJ Broad 38 86 2 1 44.2
Asad Shafiq b SCJ Broad 46 109 4 1 42.2
Sarfraz Ahmed b SR Patel 36 36 4 0 100.0
Yasir Shah c SCJ Broad b AU Rashid 4 16 1 0 25.0
Wahab Riaz run out (IR Bell/JM Bairstow) 21 27 2 0 77.8
Zulfiqar Babar not out 0* 3 0 0 0.0
Extras (b 6, lb 5, w 0, nb 0) 11
Total 118.2 overs 355

Fall of wickets: 1-101 (Azhar Ali, 38.1 ov), 2-105 (Shoaib Malik, 39.1 ov), 3-146 (Younis Khan, 50.4 ov), 4-152 (Rahat Ali, 54.6 ov), 5-245 (Misbah-ul-Haq, 85.1 ov), 6-257 (Mohammad Hafeez, 88.5 ov), 7-312 (Sarfraz Ahmed, 104.5 ov), 8-319 (Yasir Shah, 109.2 ov), 9-354 (Asad Shafiq, 117.3 ov), 10-355 (Wahab Riaz, 118.2 ov)

Pakistan · 2nd innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
James Anderson 26 8 52 2 2.00 0 0
Stuart Broad 23 6 44 3 1.91 0 0
Samit Patel 19 1 79 1 4.16 0 0
Moeen Ali 21.2 1 72 1 3.38 0 0
Adil Rashid 29 3 97 1 3.34 0 0

England · 2nd innings 156 all out (60.3 overs)

England · 2nd innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Moeen Ali lbw b Shoaib Malik 22 43 2 0 51.2
Alastair Cook st Sarfraz Ahmed b Shoaib Malik 63 164 4 0 38.4
Ian Bell b Shoaib Malik 0 6 0 0 0.0
Joe Root lbw b Yasir Shah 6 29 0 0 20.7
James Taylor c Younis Khan b Zulfiqar Babar 2 9 0 0 22.2
Jonny Bairstow lbw b Yasir Shah 0 4 0 0 0.0
Samit Patel lbw b Zulfiqar Babar 0 1 0 0 0.0
Adil Rashid b Rahat Ali 22 72 1 0 30.6
Stuart Broad c Shoaib Malik b Yasir Shah 20 23 2 0 87.0
Ben Stokes st Sarfraz Ahmed b Yasir Shah 12 12 1 0 100.0
James Anderson not out 0* 1 0 0 0.0
Extras (b 7, lb 0, w 1, nb 1) 9
Total 60.3 overs 156

Fall of wickets: 1-34 (MM Ali, 11.6 ov), 2-34 (IR Bell, 13.6 ov), 3-48 (JE Root, 23.4 ov), 4-57 (JWA Taylor, 26.5 ov), 5-58 (JM Bairstow, 27.6 ov), 6-59 (SR Patel, 28.4 ov), 7-108 (AU Rashid, 49.6 ov), 8-138 (SCJ Broad, 56.5 ov), 9-150 (AN Cook, 59.5 ov), 10-156 (BA Stokes, 60.3 ov)

England · 2nd innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
Rahat Ali 5 1 23 1 4.60 0 0
Wahab Riaz 5 0 25 0 5.00 1 1
Zulfiqar Babar 18 5 31 2 1.72 0 0
Shoaib Malik 15 4 26 3 1.73 0 0
Yasir Shah 17.3 2 44 4 2.51 0 0

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