Pakistani cricket team in England in 1974

The Pakistan cricket team toured England in the 1974 season to play a three-match Test series against England. The first Test of the series was England's 500th Test match.^[1][2] The series was tied 0-0 with all three matches drawn. The team completed their 22-match itinerary undefeated, the first touring team to do so in England since 1948.^[3]

The team

The manager was Omar Kureishi.^[3]

Test series summary

First Test

25–30 July 1974 (5-day match) Scorecard

Pakistan	v	England
285 (101.5 overs) Majid Khan 75 (201) CM Old 3/65 (21 overs)		183 (72 overs) D Lloyd 48 (104) Asif Masood 3/50 (16 overs)
179 (68.1 overs) Mushtaq Mohammad 43 (142) GG Arnold 3/36 (23.1 overs)		238/6 (107 overs) JH Edrich 70 (247) Sarfraz Nawaz 4/56 (36 overs)

Match drawn Headingley, Leeds Umpires: AE Fagg and TW Spencer

• Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
• 28 July was taken as a rest day.
• There was no play on the final day.
• Shafiq Ahmed (PAK) made his Test debut.

Second Test

8–13 August 1974 (5-day match) Scorecard

Pakistan	v	England
130/9d (44.5 overs) Majid Khan 48 (91) DL Underwood 5/20 (14 overs)		270 (105 overs) APE Knott 83 (176) Asif Masood 3/47 (25 overs)
226 (97.5 overs) Mushtaq Mohammad 76 (206) DL Underwood 8/51 (34.5 overs)		27/0 (10 overs) DL Amiss 14* (34)

Match drawn Lord's, London Umpires: DJ Constant and CS Elliott

• Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
• 11 August was taken as a rest day.
• There was no play on the final day.

Third Test

22–27 August 1974 (5-day match) Scorecard

Pakistan	v	England
600/7d (165.3 overs) Zaheer Abbas 240 (410) AW Greig 2/92 (25 overs)		545 (225.4 overs) DL Amiss 183 (372) Intikhab Alam 5/116 (51.4 overs)
94/4 (30 overs) Wasim Raja 30* (60) GG Arnold 2/22 (6 overs)

Match drawn The Oval, London Umpires: WE Alley and HD Bird

• Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
• 25 August was taken as a rest day.

Prudential Trophy

1st ODI

31 August 1974 Scorecard

England  244/4 (50 overs)	v	Pakistan 246/3 (42.5 overs)
D Lloyd 116* (159) Majid Khan 1/15 (3 overs)		Majid Khan 109 (93) DL Underwood 1/32 (8 overs)

Pakistan won by 7 wickets Trent Bridge, Nottingham Umpires: WL Budd (ENG) and DJ Constant (ENG) Player of the match: Majid Khan (PAK)

• England won the toss and elected to bat.
• The match was reduced before play started from 55 to 50 overs per side.
• Imran Khan and Zaheer Abbas (both PAK) made their ODI debuts.

2nd ODI

2, 3 September 1974 Scorecard

England  81/9 (35 overs)	v	Pakistan 84/2 (18 overs)
RW Taylor 26* (67) Asif Masood 2/9 (7 overs)		Zaheer Abbas 57* (61) GG Arnold 1/7 (6 overs)

Pakistan won by 8 wickets Edgbaston, Birmingham Umpires: HD Bird (ENG) and CS Elliott (ENG) Player of the match: Asif Masood (PAK)

• Pakistan won the toss and elected to field.
• Reserve day used. No play first day.
• The match was reduced before play started from 55 to 35 overs per side.

References

External sources

• CricketArchive – tour itineraries

Annual reviews

• Playfair Cricket Annual 1975
• Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1975

Further reading

• Bill Frindall, The Wisden Book of Test Cricket 1877-1978, Wisden, 1979

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