England national cricket team against Pakistan in the 2011/12 season

The English national cricket team's series of games against Pakistan in the 2011/12 season took place in the United Arab Emirates from January 7 to February 27, 2012 . The international cricket tour was part of the 2011/12 international cricket season and included three test matches , four ODIs and three Twenty20s . Pakistan won the Test Series 3–0 while England won the ODI Series 4–0 and the Twenty20 Series 2–1.

prehistory

It was the third tour of the season for Pakistan after dominating Sri Lanka and losing significantly in Bangladesh . Immediately after this tour, Pakistan played the Asia Cup 2012 . England previously did a tour in India that contained only ODIs, all of which were lost, and a winning Twenty20. The two teams' last tour in England in 2010 was overshadowed by a match-fixing scandal. England won some of the series played there significantly.

Stages

Abu Dhabi Dubai

Tour venues

The following stages were designated as the venue for the tour and announced on September 8, 2011.

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium	Abu Dhabi	20,000	2. test; 1st & 2nd ODI; 3. T20
Dubai International Cricket Stadium	Dubai	25,000	1st & 3rd test; 3rd & 4th ODI; 1st & 2nd T20

Squad lists

England announced their testing squad on December 9, 2011 and their limited overs squad on February 7, 2012. Pakistan announced their testing squad on December 26, 2011 and their limited overs squad on February 7, 2012.

test		ODI		Twenty20
Pakistan	England	Pakistan	England	Pakistan	England
Misbah-ul-Haq ( K ) Abdur Rehman Adnan Akmal ( wk ) Aizaz Cheema Asad Shafiq Umar Gul Azhar Ali Imran Farhat Junaid Khan Mohammad Hafeez Mohammad Talha Saeed Ajmal Taufeeq Umar Umar Akmal Wahab Riaz Younis Khan	Andrew Strauss ( K ) Alastair Cook (UK) James Anderson Ian Bell Ravi Bopara Tim Bresnan Stuart Broad Steven Davies ( wk ) Steven Finn Eoin Morgan Graham Onions Monty Panesar Kevin Pietersen Matt Prior ( wk ) Graeme Swann Chris Tremlett Jonathan Trott	Misbah-ul-Haq ( K ) Abdur Rehman Adnan Akmal ( wk ) Aizaz Cheema Asad Shafiq Azhar Ali Hammad Azam Imran Farhat Junaid Khan Mohammad Hafeez Saeed Ajmal Shahid Afridi Shoaib Malik Umar Akmal Umar Gul Wahab Riaz Younis Khan	Alastair Cook ( K ) James Anderson Jonny Bairstow ( wk ) Ravi Bopara Tim Bresnan Danny Briggs Stuart Broad Jos Buttler ( wk ) Jade Dernbach Steven Finn Craig Kieswetter ( wk ) Eoin Morgan Samit Patel Kevin Pietersen Graeme Swann Jonathan Trott	Misbah-ul-Haq ( K ) Abdur Rehman Adnan Akmal ( wk ) Aizaz Cheema Asad Shafiq Awais Zia Hammad Azam Imran Farhat Junaid Khan Mohammad Hafeez Saeed Ajmal Shahid Afridi Shoaib Malik Umar Akmal Umar Gul Wahab Riaz	Stuart Broad ( K ) James Anderson Jonny Bairstow ( wk ) Ravi Bopara Tim Bresnan Danny Briggs Jos Buttler ( wk ) Alastair Cook Jade Dernbach Steven Finn Alex Hales Craig Kieswetter ( wk ) Eoin Morgan Samit Patel Kevin Pietersen Graeme Swann

Tour matches

January 7th - 9th scorecard	Dubai	ICC Combined Associate and Affiliate XI 281 (83.3) & 164-9d (55.3)	-	England XI 185-8d (55) & 261-7 (60.1)
		England XI wins with 3 wickets

January 11-13 Scorecard	Dubai	England XI 269-9d (81.1) & 181-3d (49.3)	-	Pakistan Cricket Board XI 200-9d (79) & 150 (52.3)
		England XI wins with 100 runs

February 10 scorecard	Abu Dhabi	England Lions 96 (28.3)	-	England XI 231-3 (45.5)
		England XI wins with 9 wickets

England actually reached their goal after 20.1 overs with a lost wicket. In order to train the batting more, England decided to set a new "goal" of 230 runs.

ODI versus Afghanistan

February 10 scorecard	Sharjah	Afghanistan 195 (48.3)	-	Pakistan 198-3 (37.1)
		Pakistan wins with 7 wickets

Testing

First test in Dubai

January 17-21 Scorecard	Dubai	England 192 (72.3) & 160 (57.5)	-	Pakistan 338 (119.5) & 15-0 (3.4)
		Pakistan wins with 10 wickets

Second test in Abu Dhabi

January 25-29 Scorecard	Abu Dhabi	Pakistan 257 (96.4) & 214 (99.2)	-	England 327 (112) & 72 (36.1)
		Pakistan wins with 72 runs

Third test in Dubai

February 3rd - 7th scorecard	Dubai	Pakistan 99 (44.1) & 365 (152.4)	-	England 141 (55) & 252 (97.3)
		Pakistan wins with 71 runs

One-day internationals

First ODI in Abu Dhabi

February 13 scorecard	Abu Dhabi	England 260-7 (50)	-	Pakistan 130 (35)
		England wins with 130 runs

Second ODI in Abu Dhabi

February 15 scorecard	Abu Dhabi	England 250-4 (50)	-	Pakistan 230 (49)
		England wins with 20 runs

Third ODI in Dubai

February 18 scorecard	Dubai	Pakistan 222 (50)	-	England 226-1 (37.2)
		England wins with 9 wickets

Fourth ODI in Dubai

February 21 scorecard	Dubai	Pakistan 237 (50)	-	England 241-6 (49.2)
		England wins with 4 wickets

Twenty20 Internationals

First Twenty20 in Dubai

February 23 scorecard	Dubai	Pakistan 144-6 (20)	-	England 136-6 (20)
		Pakistan wins with 8 runs

Second Twenty20 in Dubai

February 25 scorecard	Dubai	England 150-7 (20)	-	Pakistan 112 (18.2)
		England wins with 38 runs

Third Twenty20 in Abu Dhabi

February 27 scorecard	Abu Dhabi	England 129-6 (20)	-	Pakistan 124-6 (20)
		England wins with 5 runs

statistics

The following cricket statistics were obtained on this tour.

Testing
Batting
player	team	Games	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
Azhar Ali	Pakistan	3	5	251	50.20	157	1	1
Younis Khan	Pakistan	3	5	193	38.60	127	1	0
Mohammad Hafeez	Pakistan	3	6th	190	38.00	88	0	1
Misbah-ul-Haq	Pakistan	3	5	180	36.00	84	0	2
Asad Shafiq	Pakistan	3	5	167	33.40	58	0	1
bowling
player	team	Games	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	5W	10W
Saeed Ajmal	Pakistan	3	147	24	14.70	7/55	1	1
Abdur Rehman	Pakistan	3	131.4	19th	16.73	6/25	2	0
Monty Panesar	England	2	141	14th	21.57	6/62	2	0
Stuart Broad	England	3	116.4	13	20.46	4/36	0	0
Graeme Swann	England	3	114.5	13	25.07	4/107	0	0

ODIs
Batting
player	team	Games	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
Alastair Cook	England	4th	4th	323	80.75	137	2	1
Kevin Pietersen	England	4th	4th	281	93.66	130	2	0
Ravi Bopara	England	3	2	108	54.00	58	0	2
Misbah-ul-Haq	Pakistan	4th	4th	108	27.00	47	0	0
Shahid Afridi	Pakistan	4th	4th	106	26.50	51	0	1
bowling
player	team	Games	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	5W	10W
Steven Finn	England	4th	40	13	10.30	4/34	0	0
Saeed Ajmal	Pakistan	4th	40	10	19.90	5/43	1	0
Stuart Broad	England	3	26th	5	23.40	3/42	0	0
Samit Patel	England	4th	33	5	33.80	3/26	0	0
Jade Dernbach	England	1	10	4th	11.25	4/45	0	0
James Anderson	England	3	25th	4th	28.00	2/36	0	0

Twenty20s
Batting
player	team	Games	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
Kevin Pietersen	England	3	3	112	56.00	62 *	0	1
Jonny Bairstow	England	3	3	85	85.00	60 *	0	1
Misbah-ul-Haq	Pakistan	3	3	67	33.50	28	0	0
Craig Kieswetter	England	3	3	62	20.66	31	0	0
Asad Shafiq	Pakistan	3	3	54	18.00	34	0	0
bowling
player	team	Games	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	5W	10W
Graeme Swann	England	3	12	6th	8.33	3/13	0	0
Saeed Ajmal	Pakistan	3	12	5	13.80	4/23	0	0
Umar Gul	Pakistan	3	12	5	17.60	3/18	0	0
Jade Dernbach	England	3	11	4th	17.00	2/24	0	0
Steven Finn	England	3	12	4th	25.00	3/30	0	0

Player of the Series

The following players were honored as Player of the Series .

series	Player of the Series
test	Saeed Ajmal
ODI	Alastair Cook
T20	Kevin Pietersen

Player of the Match

The following players were recognized as Player of the Match .

game	Player of the Match
1st test	Saeed Ajmal
2nd test	Abdur Rehman
3rd test	Azhar Ali
1. ODI	Alastair Cook
2. ODI	Alastair Cook
3. ODI	Kevin Pietersen
4. ODI	Kevin Pietersen
1. T20	Umar Gul
2. T20	Jonny Bairstow
3. T20	Kevin Pietersen

Web links

• The series on Cricinfo

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Umar Farooq: Beating England will cool anger over fixing - Ramiz ( English ) Cricinfo. January 6, 2012. Retrieved September 5, 2015.
2. ↑ Pakistan-England series dates confirmed . Cricinfo. September 8, 2011. Accessed December 4, 2015.
3. ↑ Andrew McGlashan: Panesar named for Pakistan Tests ( English ) Cricinfo. December 9, 2011. Retrieved September 5, 2015.
4. ↑ George Dobell: Bell dropped from limited-overs squads ( English ) Cricinfo. February 7, 2012. Retrieved September 5, 2015.
5. ↑ Umar Akmal returns, Malik dropped, for England Tests ( English ) Cricinfo. December 9, 2011. Retrieved September 5, 2015.
6. ↑ Umar Farooq: Awais Zia named in Pakistan T20 squad ( English ) Cricinfo. February 7, 2012. Retrieved September 5, 2015.
7. ↑ Andrew McGlashan: England XI ease to contrived victory ( English ) Cricinfo. February 10, 2012. Retrieved September 5, 2015.
8. ↑ Records / Pakistan v England Test Series, 2011/12 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved January 19, 2016.
9. ↑ Records / Pakistan v England Test Series, 2011/12 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved January 19, 2016.
10. ↑ Records / Pakistan v England ODI Series, 2011/12 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved January 19, 2016.
11. ↑ Records / Pakistan v England ODI Series, 2011/12 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved January 19, 2016.
12. ↑ Records / Pakistan v England T20I Series, 2011/12 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved January 19, 2016.
13. ↑ Records / Pakistan v England T20I Series, 2011/12 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved January 19, 2016.