English cricket team in Ceylon and Pakistan in 1968–69
International cricket tour
The England national cricket team, under the auspices of Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), toured Ceylon and Pakistan from January to March 1969 and played a three-match Test series against the Pakistani national cricket team. The Test series was drawn 0–0. England were captained by Colin Cowdrey and Pakistan by Saeed Ahmed. As Ceylon had not then achieved Test status, the international played at the Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu Stadium, Colombo, is classified as a first-class match. It ended in a draw.[1]
Test series summary
First Test
21–24 February 1969 (4-day match) Scorecard |
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306 (119.1 overs) MC Cowdrey 100 Saeed Ahmed 4/64 (20 overs) | 209 (70.2 overs) Asif Iqbal 70 RMH Cottam 4/50 (22.2 overs) | |
225/9d (84.5 overs) KWR Fletcher 83 Asif Masood 3/68 (25 overs) | 203/5 (79 overs) Majid Khan 68 RMH Cottam 2/35 (13 overs) |
- England won the toss and elected to bat.
- RMH Cottam (ENG), and Aftab Gul and Asif Masood (both PAK) made their Test debuts.
Second Test
28 February–3 March 1969 (4-day match) Scorecard |
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33/0 (20 overs) RM Prideaux 18* |
Match drawn Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka, Bangladesh Umpires: Mohammad Gulzar Mir and Shujauddin |
- Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
Third Test
6–8 March 1969 (5-day match) Scorecard |
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- England won the toss and elected to bat.
- The match was abandoned due to riots shortly before lunch on the third day.
- Sarfraz Nawaz (PAK) made his Test debut.
References
- ^ "Marylebone Cricket Club in Ceylon and Pakistan 1968–69". CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 July 2014.
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