Pakistani national cricket team in England in the 1971 season

The tour of the Pakistani national cricket team to England in the 1971 season took place from June 3 to July 13, 1971. The international cricket tour was part of the 1971 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. The last meeting of the two teams on a tour took place in the 1968/69 season in Pakistan .

Stages

Birmingham Leeds London (Lord's)

Tour venues

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

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
Edgbaston Cricket Ground	Birmingham	24,803	1st test
Headingley Stadium	Leeds	17,000	3rd test
Lord's Cricket Ground	London	30,000	2nd test

Squad lists

The two teams named the following squads.

test
England	Pakistan
Dennis Amiss Geoff Boycott Chris Cowdrey Basil D'Oliveira John Edrich Norman Gifford Robin Hobbs Richard Hutton Richard Illingworth Alan Knott John Lever Brian Luckhurst John Price Ken Shuttleworth Derek Underwood Alan Ward	Aftab Gul Asif Iqbal Asif Masood Imran Khan Intikhab Alam Majid Khan Mushtaq Ahmed Pervez Sajjad Sadiq Mohammad Saeed Anwar Saleem Altaf Wasim Bari Zaheer Abbas

Tour matches

Pakistan played 16 tour matches during the tour.

Testing

First test in Birmingham

June 3-8 scorecard	Birmingham	Pakistan 608-7d (195)	-	England 353 (120.5) & 229-5 (90.5) (f / o)
		draw

Second test in London

June 17-22 Scorecard	London (Lord's)	England 241-2d (83) & 117-0 (45)	-	Pakistan 148 (72.4)
		draw

Third test in Leeds

July 8-13 Scorecard	Leeds	England 316 (105.2) & 264 (107.3)	-	Pakistan 350 (209.4) & 205 (88.3)
		England wins with 25 runs

Web links

• The series on Cricinfo