English cricket team against Pakistan in the UAE in 2015–16
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The English cricket team toured the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to play Pakistan in October and November 2015.[1] The Pakistan cricket team played their 'home' fixtures in the UAE due to ongoing security concerns in Pakistan since the 2009 attack on the Sri Lanka national cricket team.
| English cricket team against Pakistan in the UAE in 2015–16 | |||
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| Pakistan | England | ||
| Dates | 5 October 2015 – 30 November 2015 | ||
| Captains |
Misbah-ul-Haq (Tests) Azhar Ali (ODIs) Shahid Afridi (T20Is) |
Alastair Cook (Tests) Eoin Morgan (ODIs and T20Is) | |
| Test series | |||
| Result | Pakistan won the 3-match series 2–0 | ||
| Most runs | Mohammad Hafeez (380) | Alastair Cook (450) | |
| Most wickets | Yasir Shah (15) | James Anderson (13) | |
| Player of the series | Yasir Shah (Pak) | ||
| One Day International series | |||
| Results | England won the 4-match series 3–1 | ||
| Most runs | Mohammad Hafeez (184) | Jos Buttler (177) | |
| Most wickets | Mohammad Irfan (7) | Chris Woakes (8) | |
| Player of the series | Jos Buttler (Eng) | ||
| Twenty20 International series | |||
| Results | England won the 3-match series 3–0 | ||
| Most runs | Shoaib Malik (101) | James Vince (125) | |
| Most wickets |
Shahid Afridi (5) Sohail Tanvir (5) | Liam Plunkett (6) | |
| Player of the series | James Vince (Eng) | ||
The tour consisted of three Test matches, four One Day Internationals and three Twenty20 Internationals.[2] They also played two two-day tour matches against a Pakistan A side, a 50-over match against Hong Kong, and a Twenty20 match against the United Arab Emirates.[3] Pakistan played a 50-over match against Nepal and a 20-over match against Hong Kong.
Squads
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England's Zafar Ansari was ruled out of the Test series following a hand injury. He was replaced by Samit Patel.[8] Shoaib Malik was added to Pakistan's Test squad on 6 October.[9] England's Steven Finn was ruled out of the tour with a foot injury and was replaced in the Test and ODI squads by Chris Jordan.[10] Pakistan's Bilal Asif was added to the Test squad on 19 October after undergoing an evaluation on his bowling action.[11] Pakistan's Imad Wasim was ruled out of the ODI and T20I matches due to hand injury. Umar Akmal was added to Pakistan's T20I squad, after being cleared by the Pakistan Cricket Board.[12]
Tour matches
Two-day: Pakistan A vs England XI
5–6 October 2015 Scorecard |
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- England XI won the toss and elected to bat.
- 15 players per side (11 batting, 11 fielding).
Two-day: Pakistan A vs England XI
8–9 October 2015 Scorecard |
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- England XI won the toss and elected to field.
- 15 players per side (12 batting, 11 fielding).
One-day: England XI vs Hong Kong
8 November 2015 Scorecard |
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- England XI won the toss and elected to bat.
- 13 players per side (11 batting, 11 fielding).
Tour match: Pakistanis vs Nepal
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- Nepal won the toss and elected to field.
Twenty20: Pakistanis vs Hong Kong
Twenty20: United Arab Emirates vs England XI
23 November 2015 Scorecard |
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- United Arab Emirates won the toss and elected to field.
- England XI had 15 players (11 batting, 11 fielding) and United Arab Emirates had 17 players (11 batting, 11 fielding).
Test series
1st Test
13 – 17 October 2015 Scorecard |
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- Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
- Bad light stopped play towards the end of days 4 and 5.
- Adil Rashid (Eng) made his Test debut.
- Younis Khan became Pakistan's leading run-scorer in Test cricket, overtaking Javed Miandad.[13] Miandad's record had stood for 22 years.[14]
- Alastair Cook batted for 836 minutes, the longest innings by an England player in Test history.[15]
2nd Test
22 – 26 October 2015 Scorecard |
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- Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
- Younis Khan became the first Pakistani cricketer to pass 9,000 Test runs when scored 47 in the second innings.[16]
- Joe Root (Eng) became the youngest English cricketer to pass 3,000 Test runs when he scored 71 in the second innings.[17]
3rd Test
1–5 November 2015 Scorecard |
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- Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
- This was the last Test match for Shoaib Malik (Pak).[18]
ODI series
1st ODI
2nd ODI
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- England won the toss and elected to bat.
- Iftikhar Ahmed (Pak) made his ODI debut.
- Alex Hales (Eng) scored his maiden ODI century.[20]
3rd ODI
4th ODI
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- England won the toss and elected to bat.
- The 46-ball century by Jos Buttler is the fastest ODI century by an English batsman.[21] The eight sixes scored by Buttler in his innings is also the highest by an English player.[22]
- This is the highest ODI total by England away from home.[22]
- Jason Roy (Eng) scored his maiden ODI century.[22]
T20I series
1st T20I
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- England won the toss and elected to bat.
- James Vince (Eng) and Rafatullah Mohmand (Pak) made their T20I debuts.
2nd T20I
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- England won the toss and elected to bat.
3rd T20I
References
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