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England vs Pakistan Scorecard, 1st Test, Pakistan vs England 2022
Result · Dec 01 2022, Thu - 10:15 AM (IST)
ENGLAND657, 264/7 decl
PAKISTAN579, 268
England won by 74 runs
CRR:2.78
Player Of The Match
Match Info
| Series: | England in Pakistan 2022 |
| Date: | Dec 01 2022, Thu - 10:15 AM (IST) |
| Country: | Pakistan |
| City: | Rawalpindi |
| Venue: | Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium |
| Toss: | England won the toss and elected to bat. |
| Pakistan Playing XI: | Imam ul-Haq, Abdullah Shafique, Azhar Ali, Babar Azam (c), Saud Shakeel, Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Agha Salman, Haris Rauf, Naseem Shah, Mohammad Ali, Zahid Mehmood |
| England Playing XI: | Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope (wk), Joe Root, Harry Brook, Ben Stokes (c), Will Jacks, Liam Livingstone, Jack Leach, Ollie Robinson, James Anderson |
- This will be the first time that England will be playing a men’s Test match in Pakistan since their last such game in the country in November 2005; the Shaheens are however unbeaten in their last three Tests against the Three Lions in Pakistan (W2 D1), with England’s last such win coming in December 2000.
- England are unbeaten in their last four bilateral men’s Test matches against Pakistan (W2 D2), with the Shaheens last winning such encounter in May 2018.
- Pakistan have won three of their last four men’s bilateral Test series against England held in Pakistan (L1) with the three Lions winning the sole such series during this period in December 2000.
- Pakistan have won 21 men’s Test matches against England (also Sri Lanka and West Indies), only against New Zealand have the Shaheens won more in the format (25).
- England have struck a boundary once every 13 balls in men’s Tests since the beginning of 2022, only India of all teams have a better such rate in the format (12); Pakistan are meanwhile at the bottom of the list having averaged one boundary every 22 deliveries.
- England bowlers have dismissed opposition side’s openers 42 times in men’s Test cricket since the beginning of 2022, the most of all teams and more than double of what Pakistan could manage during the period (16).
- Since the beginning of 2022, 16 England batters have scored 100 or more runs in men’s Test cricket, the most of all teams and double of what Pakistan batters could muster during the same period (eight).
- England’s Jonny Bairstow has struck 147 boundaries (18 sixes and 129 fours) since the beginning of 2022 in men’s Test cricket, the most by any batter in the format during the time period.
- Babar Azam has a win percentage of 62% as a skipper of the Pakistan men’s Test cricket team (P13 W8 D3 L2), only Rashid Latif had a better such rate for the Shaheens (67%).
- England’s Stuart Broad has bagged 40 wickets in men’s Test cricket in 2022, the most by any bowler this year; he has a bowling average of 22.5 against Pakistan, his best against any side in the format (min. 10 wickets).