Pakistani cricket team in England in 1971

The Pakistan cricket team toured England in the 1971 season to play a three-match Test series against England. England won the series 1-0 with 2 matches drawn.

Test series summary

First Test

3–8 June 1971 (5-day match) Scorecard

Pakistan	v	England
608/7d (195 overs) Zaheer Abbas 274 (467) R Illingworth 3/72 (26 overs)		353 (120.5 overs) APE Knott 116 (175) Asif Masood 5/111 (34 overs)
		229/5 (f/o) (90.5 overs) BW Luckhurst 108* (279) Asif Masood 4/49 (23.5 overs)

Match drawn Edgbaston, Birmingham Umpires: CS Elliott and TW Spencer

• Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
• 6 June was taken as a rest day.
• Imran Khan (PAK) made his Test debut.

Second Test

17–22 June 1971 (5-day match) Scorecard

England	v	Pakistan
241/2d (83 overs) G Boycott 121* (261) Pervez Sajjad 1/17 (6 overs)		148 (72.4 overs) Zaheer Abbas 40 (88) JSE Price 3/29 (11.4 overs)
117/0 (45 overs) RA Hutton 58* (149)

Match drawn Lord's, London Umpires: AE Fagg and AEG Rhodes

• England won the toss and elected to bat.
• 20 June was taken as a rest day.
• There was no play on the third day.
• 17 hours and 17 minutes of play lost due to the weather.
• RA Hutton (ENG) made his Test debut.

Third Test

8–13 July 1971 (5-day match) Scorecard

England	v	Pakistan
316 (105.2 overs) G Boycott 112 (214) Asif Iqbal 3/37 (13 overs)		350 (209.4 overs) Zaheer Abbas 72 (244) BL D'Oliveira 3/46 (36 overs)
264 (107.3 overs) BL D'Oliveira 72 (158) Saleem Altaf 4/11 (14.3 overs)		205 (88.3 overs) Sadiq Mohammad 91 (220) P Lever 3/10 (3.3 overs)

England won by 25 runs Headingley, Leeds Umpires: DJ Constant and AE Fagg

• England won the toss and elected to bat.
• 11 July was taken as a rest day.

External sources

• CricketArchive – tour itineraries

Annual reviews

• Playfair Cricket Annual 1972
• Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1972