English national cricket team in Pakistan in the 1972/73 season

The tour of the English national cricket team to Pakistan in the 1972/73 season took place from March 2 to 29, 1973. The international cricket tour was part of the 1972/73 international cricket season and included three tests . The series ended in a 0–0 draw.

prehistory

Pakistan previously played a tour in New Zealand , for England it was the first tour of the season. The last meeting of the two teams on a tour took place in the 1971 season in England .

Stages

Hyderabad Karachi Lahore

Tour venues

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

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
Niaz Stadium	Hyderabad	15,000	2nd test
National Stadium	Karachi	34,228	3rd test
Lahore Stadium	Lahore	60,000	1st test

Squad lists

The teams named the following cadres.

test
Pakistan	England
Asif Iqbal Asif Masood Intikhab Alam Majid Khan Mohammad Nazir Mushtaq Ahmed Pervez Sajjad Sadiq Mohammad Saleem Altaf Sarfraz Nawaz Talat Ali Wasim Bari Wasim Raja Zaheer Abbas	Dennis Amiss Geoff Arnold Jack Birkenshaw Mike Denness Keith Fletcher Norman Gifford Ian Greig Alan Knott Chris Lewis Chris Old Pat Pocock Graham Roope Derek Underwood Barry Wood

Testing

First test in Lahore

March 2-7 Scorecard	Lahore	England 355 (143.3) & 306-7d (199)	-	Pakistan 422 (158.2) & 124-3 (38)
		draw

Second test in Hyderabad

March 16-21 Scorecard	Hyderabad (NS)	England 487 (200.2) & 218-6 (85)	-	Pakistan 569-9d (192)
		draw

Third test in Karachi

March 24-29 Scorecard	Karachi	Pakistan 445-6d (154) & 199 (72.3)	-	England 386 (156.3) & 30-1 (10)
		draw

Web links

• The series on Cricinfo