International cricket tour
The English cricket team toured the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to play Pakistan in October and November 2015.[ 1] The Pakistan cricket team played their 'home' fixtures in the UAE due to ongoing security concerns in Pakistan since the 2009 attack on the Sri Lanka national cricket team .
The tour consisted of three Test matches , four One Day Internationals and three Twenty20 Internationals .[ 2] They also played two two-day tour matches against a Pakistan A side, a 50-over match against Hong Kong , and a Twenty20 match against the United Arab Emirates .[ 3] Pakistan played a 50-over match against Nepal and a 20-over match against Hong Kong.
Squads
England's Zafar Ansari was ruled out of the Test series following a hand injury. He was replaced by Samit Patel .[ 8] Shoaib Malik was added to Pakistan's Test squad on 6 October.[ 9] England's Steven Finn was ruled out of the tour with a foot injury and was replaced in the Test and ODI squads by Chris Jordan .[ 10] Pakistan's Bilal Asif was added to the Test squad on 19 October after undergoing an evaluation on his bowling action.[ 11] Pakistan's Imad Wasim was ruled out of the ODI and T20I matches due to hand injury. Umar Akmal was added to Pakistan's T20I squad, after being cleared by the Pakistan Cricket Board .[ 12]
Tour matches
Two-day: Pakistan A vs England XI
England XI won the toss and elected to bat.
15 players per side (11 batting, 11 fielding).
Two-day: Pakistan A vs England XI
England XI won the toss and elected to field.
15 players per side (12 batting, 11 fielding).
One-day: England XI vs Hong Kong
England XI won the toss and elected to bat.
13 players per side (11 batting, 11 fielding).
Tour match: Pakistanis vs Nepal
Nepal won the toss and elected to field.
Twenty20: Pakistanis vs Hong Kong
Pakistanis won the toss and elected to bat.
Twenty20: United Arab Emirates vs England XI
United Arab Emirates won the toss and elected to field.
England XI had 15 players (11 batting, 11 fielding) and United Arab Emirates had 17 players (11 batting, 11 fielding).
Test series
1st Test
Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
Bad light stopped play towards the end of days 4 and 5.
Adil Rashid (Eng) made his Test debut.
Younis Khan became Pakistan's leading run-scorer in Test cricket, overtaking Javed Miandad .[ 13] Miandad's record had stood for 22 years.[ 14]
Alastair Cook batted for 836 minutes, the longest innings by an England player in Test history.[ 15]
2nd Test
Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
Younis Khan became the first Pakistani cricketer to pass 9,000 Test runs when scored 47 in the second innings.[ 16]
Joe Root (Eng) became the youngest English cricketer to pass 3,000 Test runs when he scored 71 in the second innings.[ 17]
3rd Test
Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
This was the last Test match for Shoaib Malik (Pak).[ 18]
ODI series
1st ODI
England won the toss and elected to bat.
This match was Younis Khan 's (Pak) final ODI game.[ 19]
2nd ODI
3rd ODI
Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
Zafar Gohar (Pak) made his ODI debut.
4th ODI
England won the toss and elected to bat.
The 46-ball century by Jos Buttler is the fastest ODI century by an English batsman.[ 21] The eight sixes scored by Buttler in his innings is also the highest by an English player.[ 22]
This is the highest ODI total by England away from home.[ 22]
Jason Roy (Eng) scored his maiden ODI century.[ 22]
T20I series
1st T20I
2nd T20I
England won the toss and elected to bat.
3rd T20I
England won the toss and elected to bat.
Aamer Yamin (Pak) made his T20I debut.
References
External links
International cricket tours of Pakistan
Test and LOI tours
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Multiple teams Other tours
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