Pakistani cricket team in England in 1974

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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[edit]

The manager was Omar Kureishi.[3]

Test series summary[edit]

First Test[edit]

25–30 July 1974
(5-day match)
Scorecard
v
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[edit]

8–13 August 1974
(5-day match)
Scorecard
v
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[edit]

22–27 August 1974
(5-day match)
Scorecard
v
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[edit]

1st ODI[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

  1. ^ "Test cricket turns 2000". ESPN Cricinfo. 25 July 2007. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
  2. ^ Booth, Lawrence (12 April 2018). The Shorter Wisden 2018: The Best Writing from Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 2018. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 9781472953582. Retrieved 29 April 2018 – via Google Books.
  3. ^ a b Wisden 1975, pp. 327–29.

External sources[edit]

Annual reviews[edit]

Further reading[edit]

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