Pakistani cricket team in England in 2001

Pakistan in England in 2001
	England	Pakistan
Dates	8 May – 4 June 2001
Captains	Nasser Hussain	Waqar Younis
Test series
Result	2-match series drawn 1–1
Most runs	Graham Thorpe (228)	Inzamam-ul-Haq (232)
Most wickets	Darren Gough (14)	Waqar Younis (7)
Player of the series	Graham Thorpe (Eng) Inzamam-ul-Haq (Pak)

The Pakistan cricket team toured England in the 2001 season to play a two-match Test series against England in late May. The tour included three First-class matches, one University match and one List A match.

The Test series was drawn 1-1. The test series was followed by the Tri-nation NatWest series including Australia as well.

Tour matches

University match: British Universities vs Pakistanis

8–10 May 2001 Scorecard

British Universities	v	Pakistanis
74 (32.2 overs) James Pyemont 18 (63) Wasim Akram 4/18 (11 overs)		316 (85.5 overs) Saeed Anwar 89 (115) Tim Murtagh 6/86 (22.5 overs)
155 (58 overs) Will Jefferson 40 (43) Mushtaq Ahmed 8/49 (24 overs)

Pakistanis won by an innings and 87 runs Trent Bridge, Nottingham Umpires: Jeff Evans (Eng) and Vanburn Holder (Win)

• British Universities won the toss and elected to bat.

First-class: Derbyshire vs Pakistanis

8–10 May 2001 Scorecard

Derbyshire	v	Pakistanis
166 (59.1 overs) Mathew Dowman 36 (79) Saqlain Mushtaq 6/34 (21.1 overs)		262 (78.3 overs) Azhar Mahmood 80 (102) Nathan Dumelow 4/81 (22 overs)
247/5d (72.2 overs) Mathew Dowman 145* (203) Waqar Younis 2/22 (12 overs)		63/1 (20 overs) Abdul Razzaq 34* (53) Trevor Smith 1/14 (5 overs)

Match drawn County Ground, Derbyshire Umpires: Tony Clarkson (Eng) and Peter Willey (Eng)

• Derbyshire won the toss and elected to bat.

First-class: Kent vs Pakistanis

12–14 May 2001 Scorecard

Kent	v	Pakistanis
313/5d (85 overs) Robert Key 119 (194) Saqlain Mushtaq 2/68 (21 overs)		307/1d (70.2 overs) Saeed Anwar 201 (230) Amjad Khan 1/46 (8.2 overs)
84/3 (35.4 overs) David Fulton 40 (80) Saqlain Mushtaq 1/6 (3.4 overs)

Match drawn St Lawrence Ground, Cantebury Umpires: Roy Palmer (Eng) and David Shepherd (Eng)

• Pakistanis won the toss and elected to field.
• No play was possible on Day 3 due to heavy rain.

List A: Leicestershire vs Pakistanis

23 May 2001 Scorecard

Leicestershire 225/7 (50 overs)	v	Pakistanis  228/3 (42.4 overs)
Ben Smith 105 (116) Shoaib Akhtar 4/37 (10 overs)		Saleem Elahi 108* (114) Jonathan Dakin 1/27 (6 overs)

Pakistanis won by 7 wickets Grace Road, Leicester Umpires: Mervyn Kitchen (Eng) and Alan Whitehead

• Leicestershire won the toss and elected to bat.

First-class: Leicestershire vs Pakistanis

24–25 May 2001 Scorecard

Leicestershire	v	Pakistanis
96 (32.3 overs) Iain Sutcliffe 55 (97) Waqar Younis 5/23 (9 overs)		294 (99.3 overs) Faisal Iqbal 83 (186) Scott Boswell 3/87 (26.3 overs)
172 (55.3 overs) Iain Sutcliffe 38 (102) Saqlain Mushtaq 4/37 (18.3 overs)

Pakistanis won by an innings and 26 runs Grace Road, Leicester Umpires: Pasty Harris (Eng) and Nigel Llong (Eng)

• Leicestershire won the toss and elected to bat.
• Waqar Younis (Pak) took a hat-trick.

Test series

1st Test

17–20 May 2001 Scorecard

Pakistan	v	England
203 (57 overs) Younis Khan 58 (99) Darren Gough 5/61 (16 overs)		391 (130 overs) Graham Thorpe 80 (145) Azhar Mahmood 4/50 (26 overs)
179 (59.3 overs) Abdul Razzaq 53 (123) Andy Caddick 4/54 (18 overs)

England won by an innings and 9 runs Lord's, London Umpires: Darrell Hair (Aus) and Peter Willey (Eng) Player of the match: Andy Caddick (Eng)

• Pakistan won the toss and elected to field.
• No play was possible on Day 1 due to rain.
• Ryan Sidebottom and Ian Ward (both Eng) made their Test debut.

2nd Test

31 May–4 June 2001 Scorecard

Pakistan	v	England
403 (96.4 overs) Inzamam-ul-Haq 114 (153) Matthew Hoggard 3/79 (19 overs)		357 (111.2 overs) Graham Thorpe 138 (269) Abdul Razzaq 3/61 (19 overs)
323 (98.6 overs) Inzamam-ul-Haq 85 (186) Darren Gough 3/85 (22.5 overs)		261 (105.1 overs) Marcus Trescothick 117 (272) Saqlain Mushtaq 4/74 (47 overs)

Pakistan won by 108 runs Old Trafford, Manchester Umpires: Eddie Nicholls (Win) and David Shepherd (Eng) Player of the match: Inzamam-ul-Haq (Pak)

• Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
• Start of play in Day 1 was delayed 32 minutes due to wet field.
• No play was possible on Day 2 after tea due to heavy rain.
• Bad light stopped play in last hour on Day 3.
• Mike Atherton (Eng) passed 7,500 test runs.

External sources

• CricketArchive

References

• Playfair Cricket Annual 2002
• Wisden Cricketers Almanack 2002

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