Pakistani national cricket team in England in the 2006 season

The Pakistani national cricket team's tour to England in the 2006 season took place from July 13th to September 10th, 2006. The international cricket tour was part of the 2006 international cricket season and included four tests , five ODIs and one Twenty20 . England won the Test series 2–0, Pakistan won the Twenty20 series 1–0 and the ODI series ended 2–2 in a draw.

prehistory

England previously played a tour against Sri Lanka , for Pakistan it was the first tour of the season. The last meeting of the two teams on a tour took place in the 2005/06 season in Pakistan .

Stages

Birmingham Bristol Cardiff Leeds London (Lord's) London (oval) Manchester Nottingham Southampton

Tour venues

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

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
Edgbaston Cricket Ground	Birmingham	24,803	5. ODI
Bristol County Ground	Bristol	17,500	1. T20
Sophia Gardens	Cardiff	15,643	1. ODI
Headingley Stadium	Leeds	17,000	3rd test
The oval	London	23,500	4th test
Lord's Cricket Ground	London	30,000	1st test; 2. ODI
Old Trafford Cricket Ground	Manchester	19,000	2nd test
Trent Bridge	Nottingham	15,350	4. ODI
Rose Bowl	Southampton	6,500	3. ODI

Squad lists

England named their test squad on July 9, 2006. Pakistan named their ODI squad on August 20, 2006.

test		ODI		Twenty20
England	Pakistan	England	Pakistan	England	Pakistan
Ian Bell Paul Collingwood Alastair Cook Stephen Harmison Matthew Hoggard Geraint Jones Sajid Mahmood Monty Panesar Kevin Pietersen Liam Plunkett Chris Read Andrew Strauss Marcus Trescothick	Abdul Razzak Danish Kaneria Faisal Iqbal Imran Farhat Inzamam-ul-Haq Kamran Akmal Mohammad Asif Mohammad Hafeez Mohammad Sami Mohammad Yousuf Salman Butt Shahid Afridi Shahid Nazir Taufeeq Umar Umar Gul Younis Khan	Ian Bell Stuart Broad Rikki Clarke Paul Collingwood Jamie Dalrymple Darren Gough Ed Joyce Jon Lewis Sajid Mahmood Kevin Pietersen Chris Read Andrew Strauss Marcus Trescothick Michael Yardy	Abdul Razzak Danish Kaneria Iftikhar Anjum Imran Farhat Inzamam-ul-Haq Kamran Akmal Mohammad Asif Mohammad Hafeez Mohammad Yousuf Naved-ul-Hasan Salman Butt Shahid Afridi Shoaib Akhtar Shoaib Malik Umar Gul Younis Khan	Ian Bell Stuart Broad Paul Collingwood Jamie Dalrymple Darren Gough Sajid Mahmood Kevin Pietersen Chris Read Andrew Strauss Marcus Trescothick Michael Yardy	Abdul Razzak Inzamam-ul-Haq Kamran Akmal Mohammad Asif Mohammad Hafeez Mohammad Yousuf Naved-ul-Hasan Shahid Afridi Shoaib Akhtar Shoaib Malik Younis Khan

Tour matches

July 1-3 scorecard	Leicester	Leicestershire 315-9d (81) & 191 (43)	-	Pakistanis 304-5d (85) & 207-2 (40.2)
		Pakistanis wins with 8 wickets

July 6-9 scorecard	Canterbury	England A 595-9d (173) & 153-1 (44.1)	-	Pakistanis 242 (73.1) & 154-2 (50)
		draw

July 10th scorecard	London (The Oval)	International XI 123-1 (10)	-	Pakistanis 127-4 (10)
		Pakistanis wins with 6 wickets

July 20-22 Scorecard	Northampton	Northamptonshire 269-3d (62.3) & 140 (38.3)	-	Pakistanis 250-9d (64.5) & 160-3 (40.2)
		Pakistanis wins with 7 wickets

August 12th Scorecard	Shenley	West Indies A 214-4 (40)	-	Pakistanis 123-3 (22)
		No result

August 13th scorecard	Shenley	Pakistanis	-	West Indies A
		Game canceled

August 24th scorecard	Uxbridge	Middlesex	-	Pakistanis
		Game canceled

ODI in Scotland

June 27th scorecard	Edinburgh	Scotland 203-8 (50)	-	Pakistan 205-5 (43.5)
		Pakistan wins with 5 wickets

Testing

First test in London

June 22-26 scorecard	London (Lord's)	England 528-9d (158.3) & 296-8d (84.5)	-	Pakistan 445 (119.3) & 214-4 (73)
		draw

Second test in Manchester

July 27-29 Scorecard	Manchester	Pakistan 119 (38.4) & 222 (67.1)	-	England 461-9d (133)
		England wins with 120 runs

Third test in Leeds

August 4-8 Scorecard	Leeds	England 515 (123) & 345 (88.3)	-	Pakistan 538 (141.4) & 155 (47.5)
		England wins with 167 runs

Fourth test in London

June 22-26 scorecard	London (The Oval)	England 173 (53.2) & 298-4 (72)	-	Pakistan 504 (129.5)
		England was awarded the victory

On the fourth day of the test, the Australian umpire Darrell Hair stated that the ball had been manipulated by Pakistan and had the ball replaced. According to the rules, the English batsmen were allowed to choose the new ball, which the Pakistani bowlers were not happy about , as they had just managed to reverse swing with the old ball. Shortly afterwards, poor light ensured that the tea break was taken earlier and when the game was about to start again the Pakistani players decided to delay the game in protest. The two umpires first went to the middle of the field, followed by the English batsman, but since the Pakistani team did not follow, they took the bails from the stumps and left the field again. After some negotiations, the Pakistani players stepped onto the field half an hour later and agreed to play. However, since the umpires refused to re-enter the field, the Pakistanis left the field again and another half hour later the game day was declared over. Only in the late evening and further negotiations was it announced that the world association would evaluate the game in such a way that Pakistan had given up on it. Then the further course of the tour was in danger. The ICC scheduled a disciplinary hearing against the Pakistani captain Inzamam-ul-Haq , but it had to be postponed because the chief referee of the ICC could not be present. Since a possible ban would have made the boycott of Pakistan likely, the parties did not make a decision during the tour and so the tour continued. After further protests from Pakistan, Darrell Hair was banned from playing at international games at the end of the year. Hair sued the exclusion, but withdrew it and was rehabilitated from 2008.

Twenty20 International in Bristol

August 28th scorecard	Bristol	England 144-7 (20)	-	Pakistan 148-5 (17.5)
		Pakistan wins with 5 wickets

One-day internationals

First ODI in Cardiff

August 30th scorecard	Cardiff	England 202 (49.2)	-	Pakistan 46-1 (7/32)
		No result

Second ODI in London

September 2nd scorecard	London (Lord's)	England 166 (39.1 / 40)	-	Pakistan 169-3 (36.4 / 40)
		Pakistan wins with 7 wickets ( D / L method )

Third ODI in Southampton

September 5 scorecard	Southampton	England 271-9 (50)	-	Pakistan 274-8 (48.5)
		Pakistan wins with 2 wickets

Fourth ODI in Nottingham

September 8 scorecard	Nottingham	Pakistan 235-8 (50)	-	England 237-2 (46.2)
		England wins with 8 wickets

Fifth ODI in Birmingham

September 10th scorecard	Birmingham	Pakistan 154-9 (50)	-	England 155-7 (31)
		England wins with 3 wickets

Web links

• The series on Cricinfo

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Bell and Harmison named in 13-man England squad ( English ) Cricinfo. July 9, 2006. Retrieved October 26, 2016.
2. ↑ Shoaib Akhtar retained in one-day squad ( English ) Cricinfo. August 20, 2006. Retrieved October 26, 2016.
3. ↑ As the chaos unfolded ( English ) Cricinfo. August 20, 2006. Retrieved October 26, 2016.
4. ↑ Andrew McGlashan: Test forfeited after ball tampering chaos ( English ) Cricinfo. August 20, 2006. Retrieved October 26, 2016.
5. ↑ Inzamam hearing delay means tour goes on ( English ) Cricinfo. August 23, 2006. Retrieved October 26, 2016.
6. ↑ Siddhartha Vaidyanathan: Hair banned from officiating in internationals ( English ) Cricinfo. November 4, 2006. Retrieved October 26, 2016.
7. ↑ Hair restored as ICC elite umpire ( English ) BBC. March 18, 2008. Retrieved October 26, 2016.