England national cricket team against Pakistan in the 2015/16 season

The game series of the English cricket team against Pakistan in the season 2015/16 took place from 13 October to 30 November 2015 in the UAE instead. The international cricket tour was part of the 2015/16 international cricket season and included three test matches , four ODIs and three Twenty20s . Pakistan won the Test Series 2-0, while England won the ODI Series 3-1 and the Twenty20 Series 3-0.

prehistory

England last tour in the United Arab Emirates

The last time the two teams met in the United Arab Emirates in 2012 , Pakistan won the Test series 3–0, but lost the ODI and Twenty20 series.

Stages

Abu Dhabi Dubai Sharjah

Tour venues

The following stages were designated as the venue for the tour and announced on July 23, 2015.

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium	Abu Dhabi	20,000	1st test; 1st & 2nd ODI
Dubai International Cricket Stadium	Dubai	25,000	2. test; 4. ODI; 1st & 2nd T20
Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium	Sharjah	27,000	3rd test; 3. ODI; 3. T20

Squad lists

England named their squad on September 15, 2015. Pakistan named their squad on September 16, 2015.

test		ODI		Twenty20
Pakistan	England	Pakistan	England	Pakistan	England
Misbah-ul-Haq ( K ) Sarfraz Ahmed ( wk ) Fawad Alam Azhar Ali Rahat Ali Bilal Asif Zulfiqar Babar Mohammad Hafeez Imran Khan Junaid Khan Younis Khan Shoaib Malik Shan Masood Wahab Riaz Asad Shafiq Yasir Shah Ahmed Shehzad	Alastair Cook ( K ) Moeen Ali James Anderson Zafar Ansari Jonny Bairstow ( wk ) Ian Bell Stuart Broad Jos Buttler ( wk ) Steven Finn Alex Hales Liam Plunkett Adil Rashid Joe Root Ben Stokes James Taylor Mark Wood Samit Patel Chris Jordan	Azhar Ali ( K ) Sarfraz Ahmed ( wk ) Anwar Ali Rahat Ali Bilal Asif Babar Azam Zafar Gohar Mohammad Hafeez Mohammad Irfan Younis Khan Shoaib Malik Wahab Riaz Mohammad Rizwan Yasir Shah Ahmed Shehzad Imad Wasim Aamer Yamin	Eoin Morgan ( K ) Moeen Ali Jonny Bairstow ( wk ) Sam Billings ( wk ) Jos Buttler ( wk ) Steven Finn Alex Hales Adil Rashid Joe Root Jason Roy James Taylor Reece Topley David Willey Chris Woakes Liam Plunkett Chris Jordan	Shahid Afridi ( K ) Mukhtar Ahmed Umar Akmal Bilal Asif Mohammad Hafeez Mohammad Irfan Imran Khan Shoaib Malik Sohaib Maqsood Wahab Riaz Mohammad Rizwan ( wk ) Ahmed Shehzad Sohail Tanvir Imad Wasim Aamer Yamin	Eoin Morgan ( K ) Moeen Ali Sam Billings ( wk ) Jos Buttler ( wk ) Alex Hales Chris Jordan Stephen Parry Adil Rashid Joe Root Jason Roy Reece Topley James Vince David Willey Chris Woakes Liam Plunkett

Tour matches

October 5-6 scorecard	Sharjah	England XI 286-5d (90)	-	Pakistan A 216-5 (90)
		draw

October 8th - 9th	Sharjah	England XI 192-9d (87.5)	-	Pakistan A 198 (78)
		draw

November 8th scorecard	Abu Dhabi	England XI 342-8 (50)	-	Hong Kong 173 (40.2)
		England wins with 163 runs

November 8th scorecard	Abu Dhabi	Pakistanis 326-6 (50)	-	Nepal 205-5 (50)
		Pakistan wins with 121 runs

November 23 scorecard	Abu Dhabi	England XI 174-6 (20)	-	Ver. Arab. Emirates 95-9 (20)
		England wins with 79 runs

Testing

First test in Abu Dhabi

October 13th - 17th Scorecard	Abu Dhabi	Pakistan 523-8d (151.1) & 173 (57.5)	-	England 598-9d (206) & 74-4 (11)
		draw

Second test in Dubai

October 22-26 Scorecard	Dubai	Pakistan 378 (118.5) & 354-6d (95)	-	England 242 (75.2) & 312 (137.3)
		Pakistan wins with 178 runs

Third test in Sharjah

November 1st - 5th scorecard	Sharjah	Pakistan 234 (85.1) & 355 (118.2)	-	England 306 (126.5) & 156 (60.3)
		Pakistan wins with 127 runs

One-day internationals

First ODI in Abu Dhabi

November 11th scorecard	Abu Dhabi	England 216 (49.4)	-	Pakistan 217-4 (43.4)
		Pakistan wins with 6 wickets

Second ODI in Abu Dhabi

November 13th scorecard	Abu Dhabi	England 283-5 (50)	-	Pakistan 188 (45.5)
		England wins with 95 runs

Third ODI in Sharjah

November 17th scorecard	Sharjah	Pakistan 208 (49.5)	-	England 210-4 (41)
		England wins with 6 wickets

Fourth ODI in Dubai

November 20 scorecard	Dubai	England 355-5 (50)	-	Pakistan 271 (40.4)
		England wins with 84 runs

Twenty20 Internationals

First Twenty20 in Dubai

November 26th scorecard	Dubai	England 160-5 (20)	-	Pakistan 146 (20)
		England wins with 14 runs

Second Twenty20 in Dubai

November 27th scorecard	Dubai	England 172-8 (20)	-	Pakistan 169-8 (20)
		England wins with 3 runs

Third Twenty20 in Sharjah

November 30th scorecard	Sharjah	England 154-8 (20) / 4/0 (0.5)	-	Pakistan 154-7 (20) / 3/1 (1)
		England wins in the Super Over

statistics

The following cricket statistics were obtained on this tour.

Testing
Batting
player	team	Games	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
Alastair Cook	England	3	5	450	90.00	263	1	2
Mohammad Hafeez	Pakistan	3	6th	380	63.33	151	1	2
Misbah-ul-Haq	Pakistan	3	6th	352	58.66	102	1	3
Asad Shafiq	Pakistan	3	6th	326	54.33	107	1	2
Younis Khan	Pakistan	3	6th	302	50.33	118	1	1
bowling
player	team	Games	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	5W	10W
Yasir Shah	Pakistan	2	124	15th	21.53	4/44	0	0
James Anderson	England	3	108.1	13	15.61	4/17	0	0
Shoaib Malik	Pakistan	3	77.5	11	20.72	4/33	0	0
Zulfiqar Babar	Pakistan	3	189	9	45.44	3/53	0	0
Moeen Ali	England	3	107.2	9	48.66	3/108	0	0

ODIs
Batting
player	team	Games	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
Mohammad Hafeez	Pakistan	4th	4th	184	61.33	102 *	1	0
Jos Buttler	England	4th	4th	177	88.50	116 *	1	0
Alex Hales	England	4th	4th	171	42.75	109	1	0
Jason Roy	England	4th	4th	163	40.75	102	1	1
Eoin Morgan	England	4th	4th	154	38.50	76	0	1
bowling
player	team	Games	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	5W	10W
Chris Woakes	England	4th	34.3	8th	19.87	4/33	0	0
Mohammad Irfan	Pakistan	4th	37	7th	24.85	3/35	0	0
David Willey	England	4th	31	6th	24.50	3/25	0	0
Reece Topley	England	4th	35.5	6th	26.33	3/26	0	0
Moeen Ali	England	4th	36.4	6th	27.50	3/53	0	0

Twenty20
Batting
player	team	Games	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
James Vince	England	3	3	125	41.66	46	0	0
Shoaib Malik	Pakistan	2	2	101	50.50	75	0	1
Sam Billings	England	3	3	71	23.66	53	0	1
Eoin Morgan	England	2	2	60	60.00	45 *	0	0
Shahid Afridi	Pakistan	3	3	53	17.66	29	0	0
bowling
player	team	Games	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	5W	10W
Liam Plunkett	England	2	8th	6th	9.00	3/21	0	0
Shahid Afridi	Pakistan	3	12	5	13.40	3/15	0	0
Sohail Tanvir	Pakistan	3	12	5	22.00	2/31	0	0
Anwar Ali	Pakistan	3	12	4th	20.25	2/27	0	0
Reece Topley	England	1	4th	3	8.00	3/24	0	0
Adil Rashid	England	3	8th	3	15.66	2/18	0	0
Stephen Parry	England	2	8th	3	22.00	2/33	0	0
Chris Woakes	England	2	8th	3	22.00	2/40	0	0
David Willey	England	2	8th	3	26.33	3/36	0	0

Player of the Series

The following players were honored as Player of the Series .

series	Player of the Series
test	Yasir Shah
ODI	Jos Buttler
T20	James Vince

Player of the Match

The following players were recognized as Player of the Match .

game	Player of the Match
1st test	Alastair Cook
2nd test	Wahab Riaz
3rd test	Mohammad Hafeez
1. ODI	Mohammad Hafeez
2. ODI	Alex Hales
3. ODI	James Taylor
4. ODI	Jos Buttler
1. T20	Sam Billings
2. T20	Liam Plunkett
3. T20	Shoaib Malik

Web links

The series on Cricinfo

Individual evidence

1. ^ Andrew McGlashan: England set for first Sharjah test . Cricinfo. July 23, 2010. Retrieved November 8, 2015.
2. ↑ Andrew McGlashan: Hales, Ansari, Taylor earn test call-ups . Cricinfo. September 15, 2015. Retrieved November 8, 2015.
3. ↑ Umar Farooq: Fawad Alam back in Pakistan test squad . Cricinfo. September 16, 2015. Accessed November 8, 2015.
4. ↑ Records / Pakistan v England Test Series, 2015/16 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved February 21, 2016.
5. ↑ Records / Pakistan v England Test Series, 2015/16 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved February 21, 2016.
6. ↑ Records / Pakistan v England ODI Series, 2015/16 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved February 21, 2016.
7. ↑ Records / Pakistan v England ODI Series, 2015/16 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved February 21, 2016.
8. ↑ Records / Pakistan v England T20I Series, 2015/16 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved February 21, 2016.
9. ↑ Records / Pakistan v England T20I Series, 2015/16 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved February 21, 2016.