Pakistani cricket team in England in 2006
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| Pakistan in England 2006 | ||
| Teams |
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| Dates | 1 July – 10 September 2006 | |
| Captains | Inzamam-ul-Haq | Andrew Strauss |
| Number of Tests | 4 | |
| Tests won | 0 | 3 |
| Most runs (Tests) | Mohammad Yousuf (631) | Andrew Strauss (444) |
| Most wickets (Tests) | Umar Gul (18) | Steve Harmison (20) |
| Player of Series (Tests) | Mohammad Yousuf (Pakistan); Andrew Strauss (England) | |
| Number of ODIs | 5 | |
| ODIs won | 2 | 2 |
| Most runs (ODIs) | Younis Khan (215) | Ian Bell (227) |
| Most wickets (ODIs) | Shoaib Akhtar (9) | Jon Lewis (7) |
| Player of Series (ODIs) | Younis Khan | |
| Number of Twenty20s | 1 | |
| Twenty20 series | 1 | 0 |
| Most runs (Twenty20s) | Mohammad Hafeez (46) | Marcus Trescothick (53) |
| Most wickets (Twenty20s) | Abdul Razzaq (3) | Stuart Broad (2) |
| Player of Series (Twenty20s) | Shahid Afridi | |
The Pakistani cricket team toured England in the 2006 English cricket season, following England's winter tour of Pakistan where Pakistan had won a 3-Test series 2–0 and the ODI series 4–1. As a result of this series, Pakistan rose two spots to be ranked second in the world Test rankings before this series, and England dropped to third after the July 12 annual update of the ICC Test Championship. The series was marred by a ball-tampering controversy on the fourth day of the Fourth Test, which culminated in Pakistan refusing to take the field after the tea interval in protest to a contentious decision by the umpires to penalize the Pakistani team for what they believed were acts of ball-tampering. This led the umpires to award the game to England, who thus won the Test series 3–0.
[edit] Schedule
| Date | Match | Venue |
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| June | ||
| 27 | ODI v Scotland | The Grange |
| July | ||
| 1-3 | Tour Match | Grace Road |
| 6-9 | Tour Match | St Lawrence Ground |
| 13-17 | 1st Test | Lord's |
| 20-23 | Tour Match | County Ground, Northampton |
| 27-31 | 2nd Test | Old Trafford |
| August | ||
| 4-8 | 3rd Test | Headingley |
| 12-13 | Tour Match | Denis Compton Oval |
| 17-21 | 4th Test | Kennington Oval |
| 28 | Twenty20 | County Ground, Bristol |
| 30 | 1st ODI | Sophia Gardens |
| September | ||
| 2 | 2nd ODI | Lord's |
| 5 | 3rd ODI | The Rose Bowl, Southampton |
| 8 | 4th ODI | Trent Bridge |
| 10 | 5th ODI | Edgbaston |
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[edit] First Class Matches
[edit] Tour Match: Pakistan v Leicestershire (1-3 July)
Pakistan won by 8 wickets[10]
[edit] Tour Match: Pakistan v England A (6-9 July)
Match drawn[11]
[edit] First Test (13-17 July)
 England |
528/9d (158.3 overs) P. D. Collingwood 186 (327) |
& | 296/8d (84.5 overs)
A. J. Strauss 128 (214) |
Match drawn[12] Lord's Cricket Ground, London, England |
 Pakistan |
445 (119.3 overs) Mohammad Yousuf 202 (330) |
& | 214/4 (73.0 overs) Inzamam-ul-Haq 56 (111) |
A steady start of 60 for England before losing their first wicket turned sour as skipper Andrew Strauss fell for the second wicket, also at 60. It seemed that England were to fall cheaply as high-hitter Kevin Pietersen fell 28 runs later but Alastair Cook and Paul Collingwood, echoing their February performance on the sub-continent, made a partnership of 322 (105 and 187 respectively.) The two, who many see as stand-ins for the unfit members of the team, along with the third stand-in Ian Bell (100*) kept the fledgling team alive, nobody else making a half-century before they declared on the second day.
The wicket proved to be helpful to the touring side too after a similar opening (the first and second wicket - a duck - falling cheaply on 28) and another duck leaving them at 68/4 however a well-paced strike rate from Mohammad Yousuf, making a double century in the nick of time as he stood until the last wicket, and a half century from skipper Inzamam-ul-Haq, keeping his record against England alive, proved the team would stand as strong as the home team. Stephen Harmison's bowling, which had been under scrutiny over the Winter months, improved greatly at his least favourite pitch as he took 4-94 but the next best, Matthew Hoggard at 3-117 proved the tourists had victory in their sights. A special note must go to Pietersen who made a rare attempt at bowling for two overs, taking wicket keeper Kamran Akmal for 58 at figures of 1-11.
However, seeing as the second innings did not start for England until the fourth day a result seemed unlikely. Strauss made up for his first effort by making a 128 but little else from the team was worth mention as they declared a few overs into the last day, leaving the tourists with a deficit of 379 to chase in 73 overs. After Salman Butt fell from the first delivery to Hoggard, things seemed hopeful, even more so after Imran Farhat fell at 33 but Faisal Iqbal's slow, but firm scoring rate took them to before tea, leaving Inzy and Abdul Razzaq to bat out the last session for 73 before a draw was confirmed.
[edit] Tour Match: Pakistan v Northamptonshire (20-22 July)
Pakistan won by 7 wickets[13]
[edit] Second Test (27-29 July)
| Pakistan |
119 | & | 222 | England won by an innings and 120 runs[14] |
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Younis Khan 44 |
Younis Khan 62 |
Old Trafford, Manchester, England |
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| England |
461/9 declared | |||
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A. N. Cook 127 |
With Inzamam-ul-Haq's run of half-centuries against England finally stopped, as he was caught by Kevin Pietersen off Steve Harmison's bowling for a duck, England recorded an innings victory over Pakistan to take a 1–0 lead into the third Test. In the first innings, Pakistan lost the last eight wickets for 29 to post 119 with no batsmen making a half Century; England surpassed that score for the loss of two wickets, and with Alastair Cook and Ian Bell both making hundreds (127 and 106* respectively), England could eventually declare near the end of day two having made 461. It took England 63 overs to clean up, with Harmison and Monty Panesar sharing the ten wickets evenly (the only wicket takers in both innings) with the help of wicket keeper Geraint Jones, who caught five despite his fractured finger. Panesar took his second five-wicket-haul in three months, and was praised by opposition coach Bob Woolmer[15]
[edit] Third Test (4-8 August)
| England |
515 (123 overs) KP Pietersen 135 (169) |
& | 345 (88.3 overs)
AJ Strauss 116 (171) |
England won by 167 runs Headingley, Leeds, England |
| Pakistan |
538 (141.4 overs) Mohammad Yousuf 192 (261) |
& | 155 (47.5 overs) Younis Khan 41 (83) |
As a result of a rib injury obtained during the course of the Test (and determined to be an internal injury rather than an external one [2]) the Pakistan Captain, Inzamam-ul-Haq, was unable to bat for 4h20m in the Pakistan 2nd innings, or until the fall of the 5th wicket (whichever came first). As England took five wickets in the first session of the last day, he was able to come in at number 7 in the order.
[edit] Tour Match: Pakistan vs West Indies A (12-13 August)
Due to a waterlogged pitch, the match was rescheduled for the 13th but eventually abandoned without a ball being bowled.
[edit] Fourth Test (17-20 August)
| England |
173 (53.2 overs) | & | 298/4 (72 overs) | Match awarded to England.[16] |
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K P Pietersen 96 (114) |
The Oval, London, England |
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| Pakistan |
504 (129.5 overs) | & | ||
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M Yousuf 128 (236) |
On the fourth day controversy arose when the umpires, Darrell Hair and Billy Doctrove, ruled that the Pakistani team had been involved in ball tampering. They awarded five penalty runs to England and a replacement ball was selected by England batsman Paul Collingwood. Play continued until the tea break, but the Pakistani players refused to take the field thereafter. The umpires then left the field, gave a warning to the Pakistani players, and returned once more 15 minutes later. After waiting two more minutes the umpires removed the bails and declared England winners by forfeiture. A deal was brokered between the English and Pakistani cricket boards to allow the match to continue, and the Pakistani team did take to the field 25 minutes later. Umpires Hair and Doctrove, however, declined to continue the game maintaining their decision that Pakistan had forfeited the match by refusing to play.
The impasse continued late into the evening.[17] Pakistan captain Inzamam ul-Haq claimed that Darrell Hair did not inform him or the rest of his side of the reasons why the ball was replaced, and that Hair had implied that Pakistan were cheating.[18]The events led Cricinfo journalists to describe it as "a farcical afternoon and evening" up to the point at 19:50 UTC when it was finally announced in a press conference that the Test was called off. The ECB's statement said that England were awarded the match by the umpires as Pakistan refused to take the field after being warned that under law 21.3, failure to do so would result in them forfeiting the game. This is the first time a Test match has been decided this way.[19]
As a result of Pakistan's forfeiting of the game captain Inzaman was charged and found guilty of "bringing the game into disrepute", though he was cleared of the charges relating to "changing the condition of the ball".[20]
The England and Wales Cricket Board refunded fourth-day spectators 40% of their ticket price (after deduction of an administration fee), and gave an automatic 100% refund to those with tickets for the fifth day. It has since asked the Pakistan Cricket Board to pick up the GBP800,000 costs of doing this. The PCB has refused and as of 23 October 2006 the issue has been referred to the ICC for adjudication.[21]
[edit] Ovalgate
Ovalgate is the generic term used to describe the ball-tampering controversy at the 4th Test match between England and Pakistan at The Oval on Sunday 20th August 2006. The term was used by, amongst others, the BBC's cricket correspondent Jonathan Agnew and Five Live radio presenter Simon Mayo.[22]
[edit] Limited Over Matches
[edit] One-Day International v Scotland (27 June)
Scotland  203/8 (50 overs) |
vs | Pakistan 205/5 (43.5 overs) |
Pakistan won by five wickets[23] The Grange, Edinburgh (cricket and sports club), Edinburgh, Scotland Umpires: D. B. Hair (Aus) and S. R. Modi (Ken) Man of the Match: Mohammad Yousuf (Pak) |
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| R. R. Watson 80 (85) Shoaib Malik 3/35 [10] |
Mohammad Yousuf 83* (113) P. J. C. Hoffmann 3/22 [10] |
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Pakistan won the match by five wickets, after Scotland lost four wickets in the first eight overs and then four more in the remaining 42. Ryan Watson and Neil McCallum put on 116 for the fifth wicket, an ODI record partnership for Scotland, who played their first ODI for seven years.[24] Their innings also doubled the number of ODI fifties scored for Scotland.[25]
[edit] Twenty20 Match (28 August)
| England |
144/7 (20.0 overs) | Pakistan won by 5 wickets[26] |
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M E Trescothick 53 (36) |
The County Ground, Bristol, England |
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| Pakistan |
148/5 (17.5 overs) | |
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M Hafeez 46 (40) |
Pakistan won the match by five wickets. After bowling out four of England's upper order batsmen for fewer than 20 runs between them, Pakistan secured a comfortable win aided by Shahid Afridi who struck 28 off just 10 balls (22 of these in a single over).
This match marked the international debut for England's Stuart Broad and Michael Yardy. Yardy claimed his first wicket, and Broad his first two, at this level. Yardy also made an unbeaten 24 from 14 balls and later took the catch which dismissed Shahid Afridi.
[edit] First ODI (30 August)
| England |
202 (49.2 overs) | No result[27] |
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IR Bell 88 (117) |
Sophia Gardens, Cardiff, Wales |
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| Pakistan |
46/1 (7 overs) | |
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Mohammad Hafeez 18* (23) |
[edit] Second ODI (2 September)
| England 166 (39.1 overs) |
vs | Pakistan 169/3 (36.4 overs) |
Pakistan won by 7 wickets (D/L)[28] Lord's, London, England Umpires: M R Benson (ENG) and B R Doctrove (WI) Man of the Match: S Akhtar (PAK) |
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| R Clarke 39 (47) S Akhtar 8-0-28-4 |
Y Khan 55 (89) J Lewis 8-4-11-2 |
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[edit] Third ODI (5 September)
| England |
271/9 (50 overs) | Pakistan won by 2 wickets[29] |
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J W M Dalrymple 62 (78) |
The Rose Bowl, Southampton, England |
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| Pakistan |
274/8 (48.5 overs) | |
Shoaib Akhtar was in the spotlight after television cameras caught him working on the ball. The pictures appeared to show Akhtar flicking his thumb at the ball. However, the ICC referee, Mr Mike Procter, upon analysis of the TV footage, decided that there was no case to answer on behalf of the Pakistani cricket team.[30]
[edit] Fourth ODI (8 September)
| Pakistan 235/8 (50 overs) |
vs | England 237/2 (46.2 overs) |
England won by 8 wickets[31] Trent Bridge, Nottingham, England Umpires: M R Benson (ENG) and D J Harper (AUS) Man of the Match: IR Bell (ENG) |
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| Abdul Razzaq 75* (72) MH Yardy 10-1-24-3 |
IR Bell 86 (111) Mohammad Hafeez 4.2-0-21-1 |
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[edit] Fifth ODI (10 September)
| Pakistan 154/9 (50 overs) |
vs | England 155/7 (31 overs) |
England won by 3 wickets[32] Edgbaston, Birmingham, England Umpires: DJ Harper (AUS) and IJ Gould (ENG) Man of the Match: SI Mahmood (ENG) |
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| Y Khan 47 (80) JWM Dalrymple 6-0-13-2 |
AJ Strauss 35 (41) S Afridi 5-1-14-2 |
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The series was levelled 2-2. The first match was abandoned due to rain
[edit] Notes
- ^ Pakistan Test Squad, from Cricinfo, retrieved 31 July 2006
- ^ a b Hafeez to open as Shoaib is ruled out, by Andrew Miller, Cricinfo, retrieved 18 August 2006
- ^ Rao Iftikhar leaves squad after father's death, from Cricinfo, retrieved 31 July 2006
- ^ Pakistan One-Day Squad, from Cricinfo, retrieved 24 August 2006
- ^ England Squad - 1st Test, retrieved from Cricinfo 31 July 2006
- ^ England Squad - 2nd Test, retrieved from Cricinfo 31 July 2006
- ^ Read called up as England drop Jones, from Cricinfo, retrieved 31 July 2006
- ^ Gough and Broad in England squad, from Cricinfo, retrieved 24 August 2006
- ^ Injured Gough replaced by Onions, from BBC, retrieved 4 September 2006
- ^ Tour Match: Pakistan v Leicestershire, 1-3 July, scorecard retrieved from Cricinfo
- ^ Tour Match: Pakistan v England A, 6-9 July, scorecard retrieved from Cricinfo
- ^ First Test Scorecard, from Cricinfo, retrieved 18 July 2006
- ^ Tour match: Northamptonshire v Pakistanis at Northampton, 20-22 July 2006
- ^ Cricinfo - 2nd Test: England v Pakistan at Manchester, Jul 27-29, 2006, from Cricinfo, retrieved 30 July 2006
- ^ Panesar tipped for greatness, from BBC, retrieved 31 July 2006
- ^ BBC
- ^ England v Pakistan 4th Test, from BBC, retrieved 20 August 2006
- ^ [1]
- ^ BBC
- ^ Inzamam cleared of ball tampering, from Cricinfo, retrieved 28 September 2006
- ^ Cricinfo
- ^ BBC
- ^ Cricinfo - Only ODI: Pakistan v Scotland at Edinburgh, 27 Jun 2006, from Cricinfo, retrieved 31 July 2006
- ^ ODI Partnership Records for Scotland, from Cricinfo, retrieved 31 July 2006
- ^ ODI Career Highest Individual Scores, from Cricinfo, retrieved 31 July 2006
- ^ http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/engvpak/engine/match/225263.html
- ^ Cricinfo - 1st Match: England v Pakistan at Cardiff, Aug 30, 2006, from Cricinfo, retrieved 31 August 2006
- ^ BBC Scorecard 2nd ODI
- ^ BBC Scorecard3rd ODI
- ^ Match report accessed 6 September 2006
- ^ BBC scorecard 4th ODI
- ^ BBC Scorecard5th ODI
| International cricket in 2006 | |
| Preceding season | International cricket in 2005–06 |
| March 2006 | ICC Intercontinental Cup |
| April 2006 | West Indies v Zimbabwe |
| May 2006 | West Indies v India – Associates Tri-Series (Trinidad) – England v Sri Lanka |
| June 2006 | Ireland v England – Scotland v Pakistan |
| July 2006 | Netherlands v Sri Lanka – Top End Series – England v Pakistan – England U–19 v India U–19 – Sri Lanka v South Africa – Zimbabwe v Bangladesh |
| August 2006 | England Women v India Women – Kenya v Bangladesh |
| Following season | International cricket in 2006–07 |
[edit] External sources
[edit] References
- Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians - various publications
- Playfair Cricket Annual
- Wisden Cricketers Almanack 2007
