England v Pakistan 2nd Test

England tour of United Arab Emirates - 2012 (2011/12) · Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi · 25 January 2012

Pakistan won by 72 runs

Pakistan won by 72 runs. Alastair Cook top-scored with 94 for England. Abdur Rehman took 6/25.

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MATCH FACTS

Series: England tour of United Arab Emirates - 2012 (2011/12)
Ground: Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi
Dates: 25 January 2012 to 28 January 2012
Toss: Pakistan, chose to bat
Result: Pakistan won by 72 runs
Player of the match: Abdur Rehman
Captains: Misbah-ul-Haq (Pakistan), Andrew Strauss (England)
Umpires: BNJ Oxenford and SJ Davis
Match referee: J Srinath

HOW THE MATCH UNFOLDED

Pakistan won the toss and chose to bat.

Pakistan batted first and made 257 all out. Misbah-ul-Haq top-scored with 84 off 173 balls, and Asad Shafiq made 58. Stuart Broad took 4 for 47 for England. The innings was built on a 100-run stand for the fifth wicket between Misbah-ul-Haq and Asad Shafiq. That was well below the 2010s average first-innings total at Sheikh Zayed Stadium, 364 across 13 Tests.

England replied with 327 all out. Alastair Cook top-scored with 94 off 220 balls, and Jonathan Trott made 74. Saeed Ajmal took 4 for 108 for Pakistan. The innings was built on a 139-run stand for the second wicket between Jonathan Trott and Alastair Cook, 43% of the total. England led by 70 on first innings.

Pakistan made 214 all out in their second innings. Azhar Ali top-scored with 68 off 195 balls, and Asad Shafiq made 43. Monty Panesar took 6 for 62 for England.

Set 145 to win, England made 72 all out. Andrew Strauss top-scored with 32 off 100 balls. Abdur Rehman took 6 for 25 for Pakistan. From 56 for 5 they lost 5 wickets for 16 runs, to 72 for 10.

Pakistan won by 72 runs. England's 72 all out is the lowest completed total at Sheikh Zayed Stadium.

PAKISTAN, FIRST INNINGS: 257 ALL OUT

Batter	How out	R	B
Mohammad Hafeez	b Monty Panesar	31	77
Taufeeq Umar	b Graeme Swann	16	48
Azhar Ali	b Stuart Broad	24	68
Younis Khan	b Stuart Broad	24	38
Misbah-ul-Haq	lbw b Stuart Broad	84	173
Asad Shafiq	lbw b Graeme Swann	58	126
Adnan Akmal	lbw b Stuart Broad	9	26
Abdur Rehman	b Graeme Swann	0	7
Saeed Ajmal	lbw b James Anderson	0	14
Umar Gul	not out	0	2
Junaid Khan	c Graeme Swann b James Anderson	0	3

Extras 11 · Total 257 all out

Bowler (England)	O	M	R	W
James Anderson	19.4	5	46	2
Stuart Broad	24	4	47	4
Monty Panesar	33	9	91	1
Graeme Swann	18	2	52	3
Jonathan Trott	2	0	12	0

FALL OF WICKETS

1-51 (Taufeeq Umar, 18.3 ov), 2-61 (Mohammad Hafeez, 23.5 ov), 3-98 (Younis Khan, 36.2 ov), 4-103 (Azhar Ali, 40.2 ov), 5-203 (Asad Shafiq, 78.6 ov), 6-216 (Adnan Akmal, 85.6 ov), 7-243 (Abdur Rehman, 92.1 ov), 8-257 (Misbah-ul-Haq, 95.4 ov), 9-257 (Saeed Ajmal, 96.1 ov), 10-257 (Junaid Khan, 96.4 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Taufeeq Umar (16) and Mohammad Hafeez (28)	51	113
second	Azhar Ali (7) and Mohammad Hafeez (3)	10	32
third	Younis Khan (24) and Azhar Ali (13)	37	75
fourth	Azhar Ali (4) and Misbah-ul-Haq (1)	5	24
fifth	Misbah-ul-Haq (38) and Asad Shafiq (58)	100	232
sixth	Adnan Akmal (9) and Misbah-ul-Haq (4)	13	42
seventh	Abdur Rehman (0) and Misbah-ul-Haq (27)	27	37
eighth	Misbah-ul-Haq (14) and Saeed Ajmal (0)	14	21
ninth	Saeed Ajmal (0) and Umar Gul (0)	0	3
tenth	Umar Gul (0) and Junaid Khan (0)	0	3

ENGLAND, FIRST INNINGS: 327 ALL OUT

Batter	How out	R	B
Andrew Strauss	c Asad Shafiq b Mohammad Hafeez	11	42
Alastair Cook	lbw b Saeed Ajmal	94	220
Jonathan Trott	b Abdur Rehman	74	158
Kevin Pietersen	c Mohammad Hafeez b Saeed Ajmal	14	39
Ian Bell	lbw b Umar Gul	29	78
Eoin Morgan	c Mohammad Hafeez b Saeed Ajmal	3	22
Matt Prior	lbw b Saeed Ajmal	3	16
Stuart Broad	not out	58	62
Graeme Swann	lbw b Abdur Rehman	15	15
James Anderson	b Mohammad Hafeez	13	19
Monty Panesar	lbw b Mohammad Hafeez	0	2

Extras 13 · Total 327 all out

Bowler (Pakistan)	O	M	R	W
Umar Gul	13	1	53	1
Junaid Khan	8	0	33	0
Mohammad Hafeez	22	4	54	3
Saeed Ajmal	40	6	108	4
Abdur Rehman	29	9	67	2

FALL OF WICKETS

1-27 (Andrew Strauss, 13.2 ov), 2-166 (Jonathan Trott, 63.6 ov), 3-198 (Alastair Cook, 74.6 ov), 4-203 (Kevin Pietersen, 78.1 ov), 5-207 (Eoin Morgan, 84.5 ov), 6-227 (Matt Prior, 90.2 ov), 7-268 (Ian Bell, 100.4 ov), 8-291 (Graeme Swann, 105.5 ov), 9-327 (James Anderson, 111.4 ov), 10-327 (Monty Panesar, 111.6 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Andrew Strauss (11) and Alastair Cook (11)	27	80
second	Jonathan Trott (74) and Alastair Cook (64)	139	305
third	Kevin Pietersen (13) and Alastair Cook (19)	32	66
fourth	Ian Bell (4) and Kevin Pietersen (1)	5	19
fifth	Ian Bell (0) and Eoin Morgan (3)	4	40
sixth	Ian Bell (17) and Matt Prior (3)	20	33
seventh	Ian Bell (8) and Stuart Broad (33)	41	62
eighth	Graeme Swann (15) and Stuart Broad (6)	23	31
ninth	James Anderson (13) and Stuart Broad (19)	36	35
tenth	Monty Panesar (0) and Stuart Broad (0)	0	2

PAKISTAN, SECOND INNINGS: 214 ALL OUT

Batter	How out	R	B
Mohammad Hafeez	lbw b Monty Panesar	22	37
Taufeeq Umar	b Graeme Swann	7	38
Azhar Ali	c Matt Prior b James Anderson	68	195
Younis Khan	b Monty Panesar	1	14
Misbah-ul-Haq	lbw b Monty Panesar	12	32
Asad Shafiq	c James Anderson b Monty Panesar	43	138
Adnan Akmal	c Andrew Strauss b Stuart Broad	13	45
Abdur Rehman	lbw b Graeme Swann	10	38
Saeed Ajmal	c James Anderson b Monty Panesar	17	31
Umar Gul	not out	10	24
Junaid Khan	b Monty Panesar	0	4

Extras 11 · Total 214 all out

Bowler (England)	O	M	R	W
James Anderson	14	3	39	1
Stuart Broad	20	9	36	1
Monty Panesar	38.2	18	62	6
Graeme Swann	27	5	66	2

FALL OF WICKETS

1-29 (Mohammad Hafeez, 11.4 ov), 2-29 (Taufeeq Umar, 12.5 ov), 3-36 (Younis Khan, 17.4 ov), 4-54 (Misbah-ul-Haq, 27.5 ov), 5-142 (Asad Shafiq, 69.6 ov), 6-170 (Azhar Ali, 82.2 ov), 7-172 (Adnan Akmal, 83.5 ov), 8-198 (Abdur Rehman, 92.3 ov), 9-208 (Saeed Ajmal, 97.4 ov), 10-214 (Junaid Khan, 99.2 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Taufeeq Umar (7) and Mohammad Hafeez (22)	29	70
second	Taufeeq Umar (0) and Azhar Ali (0)	0	7
third	Younis Khan (1) and Azhar Ali (6)	7	29
fourth	Azhar Ali (6) and Misbah-ul-Haq (12)	18	61
fifth	Azhar Ali (43) and Asad Shafiq (43)	88	253
sixth	Azhar Ali (13) and Adnan Akmal (13)	28	74
seventh	Abdur Rehman (2) and Adnan Akmal (0)	2	9
eighth	Abdur Rehman (8) and Saeed Ajmal (11)	26	52
ninth	Saeed Ajmal (6) and Umar Gul (4)	10	31
tenth	Umar Gul (6) and Junaid Khan (0)	6	10

ENGLAND, SECOND INNINGS: 72 ALL OUT

Batter	How out	R	B
Andrew Strauss	lbw b Abdur Rehman	32	100
Alastair Cook	c & b Mohammad Hafeez	7	40
Ian Bell	b Saeed Ajmal	3	3
Kevin Pietersen	lbw b Abdur Rehman	1	8
Eoin Morgan	b Abdur Rehman	0	2
Matt Prior	c Asad Shafiq b Saeed Ajmal	18	45
Jonathan Trott	lbw b Abdur Rehman	1	11
Stuart Broad	b Abdur Rehman	0	2
Graeme Swann	lbw b Saeed Ajmal	0	4
James Anderson	c Umar Gul b Abdur Rehman	1	2
Monty Panesar	not out	0	–

Extras 9 · Total 72 all out

Bowler (Pakistan)	O	M	R	W
Mohammad Hafeez	8	3	11	1
Umar Gul	3	0	5	0
Saeed Ajmal	15	7	22	3
Abdur Rehman	10.1	4	25	6

FALL OF WICKETS

1-21 (Alastair Cook, 14.6 ov), 2-26 (Ian Bell, 17.1 ov), 3-33 (Kevin Pietersen, 20.4 ov), 4-37 (Eoin Morgan, 20.6 ov), 5-56 (Andrew Strauss, 28.6 ov), 6-68 (Jonathan Trott, 34.3 ov), 7-68 (Stuart Broad, 34.5 ov), 8-71 (Graeme Swann, 35.4 ov), 9-72 (Matt Prior, 35.6 ov), 10-72 (James Anderson, 36.1 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Andrew Strauss (14) and Alastair Cook (7)	21	90
second	Andrew Strauss (2) and Ian Bell (3)	5	13
third	Andrew Strauss (5) and Kevin Pietersen (1)	7	21
fourth	Andrew Strauss (0) and Eoin Morgan (0)	4	2
fifth	Andrew Strauss (11) and Matt Prior (8)	19	48
sixth	Jonathan Trott (1) and Matt Prior (7)	12	33
seventh	Matt Prior (0) and Stuart Broad (0)	0	2
eighth	Graeme Swann (0) and Matt Prior (3)	3	5
ninth	James Anderson (1) and Matt Prior (0)	1	2
tenth	Monty Panesar (0) and James Anderson (0)	0	1

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