Pakistani cricket team in England in 1974
The Pakistan cricket team toured England in the 1974 season to play a three-match Test series against England. The first Test of the series was England's 500th Test match.[1][2] The series was tied 0-0 with all three matches drawn. The team completed their 22-match itinerary undefeated, the first touring team to do so in England since 1948.[3]
The team[]
- Intikhab Alam (captain)
- Asif Iqbal (vice-captain)
- Aftab Baloch
- Aftab Gul
- Asif Masood
- Imran Khan
- Maazullah Khan
- Majid Khan
- Mohammad Nazir
- Mushtaq Mohammad
- Naseer Malik
- Sadiq Mohammad
- Sarfraz Nawaz
- Shafiq Ahmed
- Wasim Bari
- Wasim Raja
- Zaheer Abbas
The manager was Omar Kureishi.[3]
Test series summary[]
First Test[]
Pakistan
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238/6 (107 overs)
JH Edrich 70 (247) Sarfraz Nawaz 4/56 (36 overs) |
- Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
- 28 July was taken as a rest day.
- There was no play on the final day.
- Shafiq Ahmed (PAK) made his Test debut.
Second Test[]
Pakistan
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130/9d (44.5 overs)
Majid Khan 48 (91) DL Underwood 5/20 (14 overs) |
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226 (97.5 overs)
Mushtaq Mohammad 76 (206) DL Underwood 8/51 (34.5 overs) |
27/0 (10 overs)
DL Amiss 14* (34) |
- Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
- 11 August was taken as a rest day.
- There was no play on the final day.
Third Test[]
Pakistan
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600/7d (165.3 overs)
Zaheer Abbas 240 (410) AW Greig 2/92 (25 overs) |
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- Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
- 25 August was taken as a rest day.
Prudential Trophy[]
1st ODI[]
31 August 1974
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England
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D Lloyd 116* (159)
Majid Khan 1/15 (3 overs) |
Majid Khan 109 (93)
DL Underwood 1/32 (8 overs) |
- England won the toss and elected to bat.
- The match was reduced before play started from 55 to 50 overs per side.
- Imran Khan and Zaheer Abbas (both PAK) made their ODI debuts.
2nd ODI[]
2, 3 September 1974
Scorecard |
England
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- Pakistan won the toss and elected to field.
- Reserve day used. No play first day.
- The match was reduced before play started from 55 to 35 overs per side.
References[]
- ^ "Test cricket turns 2000". ESPN Cricinfo. 25 July 2007. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
- ^ Booth, Lawrence (12 April 2018). The Shorter Wisden 2018: The Best Writing from Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 2018. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 9781472953582. Retrieved 29 April 2018 – via Google Books.
- ^ a b Wisden 1975, pp. 327–29.
External sources[]
Annual reviews[]
Further reading[]
- Bill Frindall, The Wisden Book of Test Cricket 1877-1978, Wisden, 1979
Categories:
- 1974 in English cricket
- Pakistani cricket tours of England
- International cricket competitions from 1970–71 to 1975
- 1974 in Pakistani cricket
- International cricket tour of England stubs