English national cricket team in Pakistan in the 1961-62 season

The tour of the English national cricket team to Pakistan in the 1961/62 season took place from October 21 to February 7, 1961. The international cricket tour was part of the 1961/62 international cricket season and included three tests . England won the series 1–0.

prehistory

It was the first tour of the season for both teams. During the tour, the Tour of England games in India also took place. The last meeting of the two teams on a tour took place in England in the 1954 season .

Stages

Karachi Lahore

Tour venues

Dhaka (BNS)

Tour venues

The following stages have been designated as the venue for the tour.

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
Bangabandhu National Stadium	Dhaka	36,000	2nd test
National Stadium	Karachi	34,228	3rd test
Lahore Stadium	Lahore	60,000	1st test

Squad lists

The teams named the following squads.

test
Pakistan	England
Antao D'Souza Afaq Hussain Alimuddin Fazal Mahmood Hanif Mohammad Haseeb Ahsan Imtiaz Ahmed Intikhab Alam Javed Burki Mahmood Hussain Mohammad Munaf Mushtaq Mohammad Nasim-ul-Ghani Saeed Anwar Shujauddin Mathias Wallis	David Allen Bob Barber Ken Barrington David Brown Ted Dexter Nick Knight Tony Lock Geoff Millman John Murray Peter Parfitt Geoff Pullar Peter Richardson Jack Russell Mike Smith Craig White

Testing

First test in Lahore

October 21-26 Scorecard	Lahore	Pakistan 387 (142.5) & 200 (75.5)	-	England 380 (174.1) & 209-5 (59)
		England wins with 5 wickets

Second test in Dhaka

January 19-24 Scorecard	Dhaka	Pakistan 393-7d (192.3) & 216 (134.1)	-	England 439 (181) & 38-0 (16)
		draw

Third test in Karachi

February 2-7 scorecard	Karachi	Pakistan 253 (95) & 404-8 (167)	-	England 507 (233.5)
		draw

Web links

• The series on Cricinfo