England v Pakistan 3rd Test

England tour of United Arab Emirates - 2012 (2011/12) · Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai · 3 February 2012

Pakistan won by 71 runs

Pakistan won by 71 runs. Azhar Ali top-scored with 157 for Pakistan. Abdur Rehman took 5/40.

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MATCH FACTS

Series: England tour of United Arab Emirates - 2012 (2011/12)
Ground: Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai
Dates: 3 February 2012 to 6 February 2012
Toss: Pakistan, chose to bat
Result: Pakistan won by 71 runs
Player of the match: Azhar Ali
Captains: Misbah-ul-Haq (Pakistan), Andrew Strauss (England)
Umpires: SJA Taufel and SJ Davis
Match referee: JJ Crowe

HOW THE MATCH UNFOLDED

Pakistan won the toss and chose to bat.

Pakistan batted first and made 99 all out. Asad Shafiq top-scored with 45 off 78 balls. Stuart Broad took 4 for 36 for England. From 0 for 0 they lost 5 wickets for 21 runs, to 21 for 5. That was well below the 2010s average first-innings total at Dubai International Cricket Stadium, 336 across 13 Tests.

England replied with 141 all out. Andrew Strauss top-scored with 56 off 150 balls. Abdur Rehman took 5 for 40 for Pakistan. England led by 42 on first innings.

Pakistan made 365 all out in their second innings. Azhar Ali top-scored with 157 off 442 balls, and Younis Khan made 127. Monty Panesar took 5 for 124 for England. The innings was built on a 216-run stand for the third wicket between Younis Khan and Azhar Ali, 59% of the total. From 339 for 5 they lost 5 wickets for 26 runs, to 365 for 10.

Set 324 to win, England made 252 all out. Matt Prior top-scored with 49 not out off 58 balls, and Alastair Cook made 49. Umar Gul took 4 for 61 for Pakistan.

Pakistan won by 71 runs.

PAKISTAN, FIRST INNINGS: 99 ALL OUT

Batter	How out	R	B
Mohammad Hafeez	lbw b Stuart Broad	13	30
Taufeeq Umar	lbw b James Anderson	0	5
Azhar Ali	c Matt Prior b Stuart Broad	1	14
Younis Khan	c Matt Prior b Stuart Broad	4	8
Misbah-ul-Haq	lbw b James Anderson	1	8
Asad Shafiq	lbw b Monty Panesar	45	78
Adnan Akmal	lbw b Stuart Broad	6	30
Abdur Rehman	c Kevin Pietersen b Graeme Swann	1	5
Saeed Ajmal	lbw b Monty Panesar	12	53
Umar Gul	b James Anderson	13	27
Aizaz Cheema	not out	0	7

Extras 3 · Total 99 all out

Bowler (England)	O	M	R	W
James Anderson	14.1	3	35	3
Stuart Broad	16	5	36	4
Monty Panesar	13	4	25	2
Graeme Swann	1	1	0	1

FALL OF WICKETS

1-1 (Taufeeq Umar, 0.6 ov), 2-8 (Azhar Ali, 5.3 ov), 3-18 (Younis Khan, 7.5 ov), 4-21 (Mohammad Hafeez, 9.6 ov), 5-21 (Misbah-ul-Haq, 10.5 ov), 6-39 (Adnan Akmal, 18.6 ov), 7-44 (Abdur Rehman, 21.2 ov), 8-78 (Saeed Ajmal, 35.3 ov), 9-85 (Asad Shafiq, 39.6 ov), 10-99 (Umar Gul, 44.1 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Taufeeq Umar (0) and Mohammad Hafeez (1)	1	6
second	Azhar Ali (1) and Mohammad Hafeez (6)	7	27
third	Younis Khan (4) and Mohammad Hafeez (4)	10	14
fourth	Misbah-ul-Haq (1) and Mohammad Hafeez (2)	3	13
fifth	Misbah-ul-Haq (0) and Asad Shafiq (0)	0	5
sixth	Adnan Akmal (6) and Asad Shafiq (12)	18	49
seventh	Abdur Rehman (1) and Asad Shafiq (4)	5	14
eighth	Saeed Ajmal (12) and Asad Shafiq (22)	34	85
ninth	Umar Gul (0) and Asad Shafiq (7)	7	27
tenth	Umar Gul (13) and Aizaz Cheema (0)	14	25

ENGLAND, FIRST INNINGS: 141 ALL OUT

Batter	How out	R	B
Andrew Strauss	st Adnan Akmal b Abdur Rehman	56	150
Alastair Cook	c Adnan Akmal b Umar Gul	1	5
Jonathan Trott	lbw b Umar Gul	2	10
Kevin Pietersen	lbw b Abdur Rehman	32	44
Ian Bell	st Adnan Akmal b Saeed Ajmal	5	28
Eoin Morgan	lbw b Abdur Rehman	10	14
Matt Prior	b Abdur Rehman	6	19
James Anderson	b Abdur Rehman	4	22
Stuart Broad	lbw b Saeed Ajmal	4	19
Graeme Swann	c Abdur Rehman b Saeed Ajmal	16	18
Monty Panesar	not out	0	1

Extras 5 · Total 141 all out

Bowler (Pakistan)	O	M	R	W
Umar Gul	7	1	28	2
Aizaz Cheema	4	0	9	0
Saeed Ajmal	23	6	59	3
Abdur Rehman	21	4	40	5

FALL OF WICKETS

1-5 (Alastair Cook, 2.2 ov), 2-7 (Jonathan Trott, 4.2 ov), 3-64 (Kevin Pietersen, 19.2 ov), 4-75 (Ian Bell, 28.5 ov), 5-88 (Eoin Morgan, 33.1 ov), 6-98 (Matt Prior, 37.6 ov), 7-106 (James Anderson, 43.6 ov), 8-121 (Stuart Broad, 50.5 ov), 9-133 (Andrew Strauss, 53.5 ov), 10-141 (Graeme Swann, 54.6 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Andrew Strauss (4) and Alastair Cook (1)	5	14
second	Andrew Strauss (0) and Jonathan Trott (2)	2	12
third	Andrew Strauss (24) and Kevin Pietersen (32)	57	90
fourth	Andrew Strauss (6) and Ian Bell (5)	11	57
fifth	Andrew Strauss (1) and Eoin Morgan (10)	13	26
sixth	Andrew Strauss (4) and Matt Prior (6)	10	29
seventh	Andrew Strauss (3) and James Anderson (4)	8	36
eighth	Andrew Strauss (11) and Stuart Broad (4)	15	41
ninth	Graeme Swann (8) and Andrew Strauss (3)	12	18
tenth	Graeme Swann (8) and Monty Panesar (0)	8	7

PAKISTAN, SECOND INNINGS: 365 ALL OUT

Batter	How out	R	B
Mohammad Hafeez	lbw b Monty Panesar	21	36
Taufeeq Umar	c Andrew Strauss b James Anderson	6	16
Azhar Ali	c Alastair Cook b Graeme Swann	157	442
Younis Khan	lbw b Stuart Broad	127	221
Misbah-ul-Haq	lbw b Monty Panesar	31	115
Asad Shafiq	lbw b Monty Panesar	5	17
Adnan Akmal	b Monty Panesar	0	7
Abdur Rehman	c James Anderson b Graeme Swann	1	5
Saeed Ajmal	c James Anderson b Graeme Swann	1	12
Umar Gul	lbw b Monty Panesar	4	38
Aizaz Cheema	not out	0	8

Extras 12 · Total 365 all out

Bowler (England)	O	M	R	W
James Anderson	28	7	51	1
Stuart Broad	24	7	55	1
Monty Panesar	56.4	13	124	5
Graeme Swann	39	6	101	3
Jonathan Trott	2	0	14	0
Kevin Pietersen	3	0	9	0

FALL OF WICKETS

1-16 (Taufeeq Umar, 6.6 ov), 2-28 (Mohammad Hafeez, 9.6 ov), 3-244 (Younis Khan, 91.6 ov), 4-331 (Misbah-ul-Haq, 130.2 ov), 5-339 (Asad Shafiq, 136.2 ov), 6-345 (Adnan Akmal, 138.2 ov), 7-346 (Abdur Rehman, 139.1 ov), 8-350 (Saeed Ajmal, 141.6 ov), 9-363 (Azhar Ali, 149.3 ov), 10-365 (Umar Gul, 152.4 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Taufeeq Umar (6) and Mohammad Hafeez (9)	16	43
second	Azhar Ali (0) and Mohammad Hafeez (12)	12	18
third	Younis Khan (127) and Azhar Ali (85)	216	492
fourth	Azhar Ali (51) and Misbah-ul-Haq (31)	87	230
fifth	Azhar Ali (3) and Asad Shafiq (5)	8	36
sixth	Azhar Ali (6) and Adnan Akmal (0)	6	12
seventh	Abdur Rehman (1) and Azhar Ali (0)	1	5
eighth	Azhar Ali (2) and Saeed Ajmal (1)	4	17
ninth	Azhar Ali (10) and Umar Gul (2)	13	45
tenth	Umar Gul (2) and Aizaz Cheema (0)	2	19

ENGLAND, SECOND INNINGS: 252 ALL OUT

Batter	How out	R	B
Andrew Strauss	lbw b Abdur Rehman	26	76
Alastair Cook	c Younis Khan b Saeed Ajmal	49	187
Jonathan Trott	c Abdur Rehman b Saeed Ajmal	18	64
Kevin Pietersen	b Saeed Ajmal	18	45
Ian Bell	c Asad Shafiq b Umar Gul	10	38
Eoin Morgan	c Adnan Akmal b Umar Gul	31	48
Matt Prior	not out	49	58
Stuart Broad	c Taufeeq Umar b Umar Gul	18	24
Graeme Swann	c Asad Shafiq b Umar Gul	1	6
James Anderson	c Younis Khan b Saeed Ajmal	9	26
Monty Panesar	lbw b Abdur Rehman	8	15

Extras 15 · Total 252 all out

Bowler (Pakistan)	O	M	R	W
Umar Gul	20	5	61	4
Aizaz Cheema	4	0	9	0
Mohammad Hafeez	5	2	6	0
Abdur Rehman	41.3	10	97	2
Saeed Ajmal	27	9	67	4

FALL OF WICKETS

1-48 (Andrew Strauss, 25.2 ov), 2-85 (Jonathan Trott, 44.3 ov), 3-116 (Kevin Pietersen, 60.6 ov), 4-119 (Alastair Cook, 62.5 ov), 5-156 (Ian Bell, 74.6 ov), 6-159 (Eoin Morgan, 76.3 ov), 7-196 (Stuart Broad, 82.2 ov), 8-203 (Graeme Swann, 84.4 ov), 9-237 (James Anderson, 92.6 ov), 10-252 (Monty Panesar, 97.3 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Andrew Strauss (26) and Alastair Cook (19)	48	153
second	Jonathan Trott (18) and Alastair Cook (19)	37	115
third	Kevin Pietersen (18) and Alastair Cook (10)	31	99
fourth	Ian Bell (1) and Alastair Cook (1)	3	11
fifth	Ian Bell (9) and Eoin Morgan (28)	37	73
sixth	Matt Prior (0) and Eoin Morgan (3)	3	9
seventh	Matt Prior (18) and Stuart Broad (18)	37	36
eighth	Graeme Swann (1) and Matt Prior (5)	7	14
ninth	James Anderson (9) and Matt Prior (20)	34	50
tenth	Monty Panesar (8) and Matt Prior (6)	15	27

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