Pakistan national cricket team in England for the 2020 season

The 2020 season tour of the Pakistani national cricket team to England is scheduled for August 5th to 25th, 2020. The International Cricket Tour is part of the 2020 International Cricket Season and includes three Tests and three Twenty20s . The tests are part of the ICC World Test Championship 2019-2021 .

prehistory

England previously played a tour against Ireland , for Pakistan it is the first tour of the season. The last meeting of the two teams on a tour took place in England in the 2019 season .

Pakistan originally planned to tour the Netherlands and Ireland, but was postponed indefinitely on April 22, 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic . On June 2, plans were unveiled for tours of England to take place despite the pandemic conditions in the UK . Among other things, stadiums that included a hotel and can guarantee biosecurity to ensure a quarantine situation during the tour were presented as the venue. The games are played without spectators. The tour was confirmed on July 6, 2020.

Stages

Manchester Southampton

Tour venues

The following stages were designated as the venue for the tour and announced on June 2, 2020.

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
Old Trafford Cricket Ground	Manchester	19,000	1st test; 1st - 3rd T20
Ageas Bowl	Southampton	6,500	2nd & 3rd test

Squad lists

On May 29, 2020, England named a 55-person training group to prepare for this and the summer's tours. On June 17th this group was reduced to 30 players. Pakistan initially named a 29-person cadre who had to show three negative tests before leaving on June 28. During this preparation ten players tested positive, who then made a later journey. On June 17, this group was reduced to 30 players, but focused primarily on the test series against the West Indies. From this, the test squad against Pakistan was appointed on July 29th.

Pakistan named a 29-person squad for the tour on June 12, 2020. As a result, ten players were tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 and only sent to England after negative tests were available. The test squad was nominated on July 27th.

test		Twenty20
England	Pakistan	England	Pakistan
Joe Root ( K ) Ben Stokes ( UK ) James Anderson Jofra Archer Dom Bess Stuart Broad Rory Burns Jos Buttler ( wk ) Zak Crawley Sam Curran Ollie Pope Ollie Robinson Dom Sibley Chris Woakes Mark Wood	Azhar Ali ( K ) Babar Azam ( UK ) Abid Ali Asad Shafiq Fawad Alam Imam-ul-Haq Kashif Bhatti Mohammad Abbas Mohammad Rizwan ( wk ) Naseem Shah Sarfaraz Ahmed ( wk ) Shadab Khan Shaheen Afridi Shan Masood Sohail Khan Yasir Shah	Eoin Morgan ( K ) Moeen Ali Jonny Bairstow Tom Banton Sam Billings Tom Curran Joe Denly Lewis Gregory Chris Jordan Saqib Mahmood Dawid Malan Adil Rashid Jason Roy David Willey	Babar Azam ( K ) Fakhar Zaman Haider Ali Haris up Iftikhar Ahmed Imad Wasim Khushdil Shah Mohammad Amir Mohammad Hafeez Mohammad Hasnain Mohammad Rizwan ( wk ) Naseem Shah Sarfaraz Ahmed ( wk ) Shadab Khan Shaheen Afridi Shoaib Malik Wahab Riaz

Tour matches

To prepare for the series, Pakistan first played in-team tour matches.

July 11-12	Worcester	PCB Green 318-8d	-	PCB White 338-5d
		draw

July 17-20 scorecard	Derby	Team White 249 (93.5) & 284-5 (83.4)	-	Team Green 181 (65.1) & 354-4 (88.1)
		Team Green wins with 6 wickets

July 24-27 Scorecard	Worcester	Team Green 113 (47.1) & 133-3 (48)	-	Team White 198 (78.3)

Testing

First test in Manchester

August 5-8 Scorecard	Manchester	Pakistan 326 (109.3) & 169 (46.4)	-	England 219 (70.3) & 277-7 (82.1)
		England wins with 3 wickets

Pakistan won the coin toss and chose to start as a batting team. Pakistan lost its first two batsmen in 16th and 19th overs with Abid Ali and Azhar Ali before Babar Azam and inaugural batsman Shan Masood brought Pakistan to a score of 139/2. Due to rainfalls, only 49 overs could be played on the first day. The second day was dominated by Shan Masood. While Babar Azam was eliminated with 69 runs and apart from Shadab Khan with 45 runs no Pakistani batsman could achieve a double-digit run number, Shan stayed in the game until the 107 over and scored a century of 156 runs. After 109.3 overs, the last wicket fell for Pakistan after 326 runs . The best English bowlers were Stuart Broad with 3 wickets for 54 runs and Jofra Archer with 3 wickets and 59 runs. England had problems with the answer when they lost 3 wickets in the first 6 overs. When captain Joe Root (14 runs) was caught in the 20th over, it was Ollie Pope and Jos Butler who ended the day at 92/4. On the third day Pope reached 62 and Butler 38 runs, making them the most successful run-scorers for England. When the final wicket fell after 70.3 overs and England hit 219 runs, they were 107 runs behind Pakistan. The most successful Pakistani bowler was Yasir Shah with 4 wickets for 66 runs. Pakistan had only moderate success in its second innings as no batsman managed to establish itself. At first it was Asad Shafiq who scored the most runs with 29 runs, but by the end of the day Pakistan had lost 8 wickets out of 137 runs. On the morning of the fourth day it was Yasir Shah who, with 33 runs in 24 balls, gave Pakistan another significant increase in the result. After 46.4 overs, the innings ended after 169 runs. The best English bowler was again Stuart Broad with 3 wickets for 37 runs. England had to score 277 runs in their innings to claim victory. The first significant contribution was made by Joe Root and Dom Sibley with a partnership of 64 runs. When the ball was caught by Root after 42 runs and Ben Stokes and Ollie Pope failed to make a significant contribution, England stood at 117 runs after losing 5 wickets. It was the partnership of Chris Woakes (84 runs) and Jos Butler (75 runs) with 139 runs that brought England close to victory. After Butler retired, Pakistan had hopes to turn the game around, but was unable to implement it. The best Pakistani bowler was once again Yasir Shah with 4 wickets for 99 runs. As Player of the Match Chris Woakes was excellent.

Second test in Southampton

August 13th - 17th Scorecard	Southampton	Pakistan 236 (91.2)	-	England 110-4 (43.1)
		draw

Pakistan won the coin toss and chose to start as a batting team. Pakistan lost its inaugural batsman Shan Masood early on, but his partner Abid Ali managed to establish himself and scored 60 runs, most of them in a partnership with captain Azhar Ali, who reached 20 runs. The day, which was repeatedly interrupted by rain, ended after 45.4 overs, when Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan were on strike at 126/5. On the second day, Azam achieved 47 runs, which was also dominated by rain. Apart from Rizwan no other player could establish himself and when the day ended after 40.2 played overs due to poor lighting conditions, Rizwan stood at 60 runs and Pakistan at 223/9. No game was possible on the third day as drizzle prevented the start and soaked the outfield so that it could no longer dry off. At the last inspection, the game was declared over for the day due to poor lighting conditions. On the fourth day the game could begin, and Rizwan was eliminated after a total of 91.2 overs by the Pakistani team with 72 runs, when Pakistan had reached 236 runs. The best English bowlers of the first inning were Stuart Broad with 4 wickets for 56 runs and James Anderson with 3 wickets for 60 runs. England's answer was interrupted after the loss of Rory Burns in the first over already after 5 overs due to rain. The outfield could not dry off after the rain stopped to allow continued play. On the fifth and last day it should take until the afternoon to play after rainfalls. In the remaining time Zak Crawley reached 53 runs and Dom Sibley 32 runs. The game ended with a draw after 43.1 overs in the English innings when the score was 110/4. The best Pakistani bowler was Mohammad Abbas with 2 wickets for 28 runs. The game sparked discussions about the rules for poor lighting conditions.

Third test in Southampton

August 21-25 scorecard	Southampton	England 583-8d (154.4)	-	Pakistan 273 (93) & 187-4 (83.1) (f / o)
		draw

England won the coin toss and decided to start as a field team. England had a tough time in their innings. The opening batsman fell quickly and after Oli Pope and Joe Root lost their wickets early, 39 overs were 127/4. It was Zac Crowley, who came into the game as number three, who now dominated the day with Jos Buttler. Crawley had his first test century ever and at the end of the day he was at 171 * and Butler at 87 * runs for a total of 332/4. The second day began with rain interruptions and the batsman initially had difficulty getting into the game. In the afternoon session, Crawley lost his wicket after 267 runs after a ball from Asad Shafiq, who had barely bowled in this innings. This ended the setting for the sixth highest partnership in England (359 runs), the highest for the fifth wicket and Crawley had managed the tenth highest run number in an innings by an Englishman. Later, Butler's ball was caught after 152 runs and Chris Woakes scored 40 more runs. When England declared in the last session of the day, after Stuart Broad also lost his wicket, it was 583/8 after 154.4 overs. The best Pakistani bowlers with two wickets each were Fawad Alam (for 46 runs) m Shaheen Shah Afridi (for 121 runs) and Yasir Shah (for 173 runs). In the remaining 11 overs, James Anderson scored three wickets and Pakistan finished the day at 24/3. On the third day, after an early wicket, there was again rain in the morning session. After lunch, England managed to score another wicket before the established captain Azhar Ali and Mohammad Rizwan were able to achieve a partnership of 138 runs. Rizwan scored 53 runs in this and Ali was able to hold up until the end of the inning even after his elimination. He scored a total of 141 runs while the English field game was marked by many mistakes. The innings ended after 273 runs after 93 overs. The best bowler of the English team was James Anderson with 5 wicket for 56 runs. England demanded the follow-on, but the Pakistani innings could not start due to poor lighting conditions. The fourth day was again marked by bad weather conditions. In the morning 18 overs were possible before the lighting conditions were poor and then there was heavy rain. After lunch the field was so wet that there were further delays. It only continued in the afternoon but England only managed to get two wickets, while Abid Ali scored 42 runs and thus contributed significantly to the 100/2 score at the end of the day. On the last day, the focus was on James Anderson, who still needed a wicket to be the first seam bowler and the fourth bowler to achieve 600 wickets. The day began again with rainfalls and a wet field, so that we could only play after tea. After a total of 61.2 overs, James Anderson won his wicket when he took Azhar Ali out of the game. Barbar Azam was able to achieve 63 runs and the game ended in a draw after 83 overs for Pakistan with a score of 187/4. The best English bowler was James Anderson with 2 wicket for 45 runs. Player of the game was Zak Crawley.

Twenty20 Internationals

First Twenty20 in Manchester

August 28th scorecard	Manchester	England 131-6 (16.1)	-	Pakistan
		No result

Pakistan won the coin toss and decided to start as a field team. In the English innings it was Tom Benton who scored the runs first with Dawid Malan (23 runs) and then with captain Eoin Morgan (14 runs). When Benton, who scored his first half-century with 71 runs, lost his wicket when the score was 109/3, the remaining English players could no longer make a major contribution. At the score of 131/6 and 16.1 overs began to rain and when no improvement in the conditions could be expected the game was canceled with a no result . The best Pakistani bowlers were Imad Wasim with 2 wickets for 31 runs and Shadab Khan with 2 wickets for 33 runs.

Second Twenty20 in Manchester

August 30th scorecard	Manchester	Pakistan 195-4 (20)	-	England 199-5 (19.1)
		England wins with 5 wickets

England won the coin toss and decided to start as a field team. Pakistan started with a partnership of 72 runs between Barbar Azam and Fakhar Zaman . When Zaman fell after 36 runs, a 40 run partnership between Azam and Mohammad Hafeez followed . Azam scored a total of 56 runs and Hafeez had a total of 69 runs by the end of the inning. In the 20 overs, Pakistan scored 195/4. The best English bowler was Adil Rashid with 2 wickets for 32 runs. England's answer started with a 66 run partnership between Jonny Bairstow (44 runs) and Tom Banton (22 runs). When both were removed by Shadab Khan in two balls in the seventh over, it was Eoin Morgan and Dawid Malan who decided the game with a 112 run partnership. Morgan was eliminated in 17th over with 66 runs, Malan reached a fifty with 54 runs. In the last over, England was able to meet Pakistan's target with 199/5. The best Pakistani bowler was Shadab Khan with 3 wickets and 34 runs. Eoin Morgan was named Man of the Match. It was the first game since 1999 to be shown on the BBC and the first live game since 2005 to be shown on free-to-air TV in the UK.

Third Twenty20 in Manchester

September 1st scorecard	Manchester	England	-	Pakistan

statistics

The following cricket statistics were obtained on this tour.

Testing
Batting
player	team	Games	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
Zac Crawley	England	2	2	320	160.00	267	1	1
Jos Butler	England	3	4th	265	88.33	152	1	1
Azhar Ali	Pakistan	3	5	210	52.50	141 *	1	0
Barbarian Azam	Pakistan	3	5	195	48.75	69	0	2
Shan Masood	Pakistan	3	4th	179	35.80	156	1	0
bowling
player	team	Games	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	5W	10W
Stuart Broad	England	3	94.0	13	16.46	4/56	0	0
James Anderson	England	3	97.0	11	23.45	5/56	1	0
Yasir Shah	Pakistan	3	98.0	11	33.45	4/66	0	0
Chris Woakes	England	3	67.0	6th	27.50	2/11	0	0
Mohammad Abbas	Pakistan	3	78.0	5	35.90	2/28	0	0
Shaheen Shah Afridi	Pakistan	3	76.5	5	51.60	2/121	0	0

Awards

Player of the Series

The following player was awarded as Player of the Series .

series	Player of the Series
test	Jos Butler & Mohammad Rizwan

Player of the Match

The following players were recognized as Player of the Match .

game	Player of the Match
1st test	Chris Woakes
2nd test	Mohammad Rizwan
3rd test	Zak Crawley

Web links

• The series on Cricinfo

Individual evidence

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