Pakistani national cricket team in England in the 2018 season

The Pakistani national cricket team tour to England in the 2018 season took place from April 28 to June 3, 2018. The international cricket tour was part of the 2018 international cricket season and included two tests . The series ended in a draw 1-1.

prehistory

It was the first tour of the season for England. Pakistan previously played a short tour against Ireland , for which the team had prepared themselves by playing two games in England against English counties. The last meeting of the two teams on a tour took place in the 2015/16 season in the United Arab Emirates .

Stages

London Leeds

Tour venues

The following stadiums were selected as the venues and announced between September 5 and 11, 2017.

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
Headingley Stadium	Leeds	17,000	2nd test
Lord's Cricket Ground	London	30,000	1st test

Squad lists

Pakistan named their test squad on April 15, 2018. England named their test squad on May 15, 2018, with changes for the second test on May 28, 2018.

test
England	Pakistan
Joe Root ( K ) James Anderson Jonny Bairstow ( wk ) Dominic Bess Stuart Broad Jos Buttler Alastair Cook Keaton Jennings Dawid Malan Ben Stokes Mark Stoneman Chris Woakes Mark Wood	Sarfraz Ahmed ( K , wk ) Asad Shafiq Azhar Ali Babar Azam Faheem Ashraf Fakhar Zaman Haris Sohail Hasan Ali Imam-ul-Haq Mohammad Abbas Mohammad Amir Rahat Ali Saad Ali Sami Aslam Shadab Khan Usman Salahuddin

Tour matches

April 28th - May 1st scorecard	Canterbury	Pakistanis 168 (55.2)	-	Kent 209-4 (64)
		draw

May 4-7 scorecard	Northampton	Northamptonshire 259 (73.4) & 301 (95.5)	-	Pakistanis 428 (116.3) & 134-1 (27)
		Pakistanis wins with 9 wickets

May 19-20 Scorecard	Leicester	Pakistanis 321-9d (89.5)	-	Leicestershire 226-6 (75)
		draw

Games against Scotland

During the tour, both teams play games against the Scottish national team . England will contest a One-Day International and Pakistan two Twenty20s .

Squad lists

Scotland named their squad on May 8, 2018.

Twenty20
Scotland	Pakistan
Kyle Coetzer ( K ) Richie Berrington ( UK ) Dylan Budge Matthew Cross Alasdair Evans Michael Leask Calum MacLeod George Munsey Safyaan Sharif Chris Sole Hamza Tahir Craig Wallace ( wk ) Mark Watt Brad Wheal Stuart Whittingham	Sarfraz Ahmed ( K & wk ) Shaheen Afridi Asif Ali Hasan Ali Rahat Ali Mohammad Amir Faheem Ashraf Shadab Khan Usman Khan Shoaib Malik Mohammad Nawaz Ahmed Shehzad Haris Sohail Hussain Talat Fakhar Zaman

Twenty20s versus Scotland

June 12th scorecard	Edinburgh	Pakistan 204-4 (20)	-	Scotland 156-6 (20)
		Pakistan wins with 48 runs

June 13 scorecard	Edinburgh	Pakistan 166-6 (20)	-	Scotland 82 (14.4)
		Pakistan wins with 84 runs

Testing

First test in London

May 24-28 Scorecard	London (Lord's)	England 184 (58.2) & 242 (82.1)	-	Pakistan 363 (114.3) & 66-1 (12.4)
		Pakistan wins with 9 wickets

Second test in Leeds

June 1-3 scorecard	Leeds	Pakistan 174 (48.1) & 134 (46)	-	England 363 (106.2)
		England won with one innings and 55 runs

Web links

• The series on espncricinfo.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ England schedule for 2018 confirmed ( English ) England and Wales Cricket Board. September 5, 2017. Retrieved May 28, 2018.
2. ↑ Scotland to host England in 2018 ( English ) Cricket Scotland. September 7, 2017. Retrieved May 28, 2018.
3. ↑ Pakistan to visit Scotland for T20I series ( English ) Cricinfo. September 11, 2017. Retrieved May 28, 2018.
4. ↑ Fakhar, Imam receive maiden call-ups for Ireland, England Tests . Cricinfo. April 15, 2018.
5. ↑ England name squad for first Test against Pakistan ( English ) England and Wales Cricket Board. May 28, 2018. Retrieved May 15, 2018.
6. ↑ Keaton Jennings replaces Mark Stoneman in second Test squad ( English ) England and Wales Cricket Board. May 28, 2018. Retrieved May 28, 2018.
7. ↑ Selectors name 24-man squad for England and Pakistan matches ( English ) Cricinfo. May 8, 2018. Retrieved May 28, 2018.