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

• Intikhab Alam (captain)
• Asif Iqbal (vice-captain)
• Aftab Baloch
• Aftab Gul
• Asif Masood
• Imran Khan
• Maazullah Khan
• Majid Khan
• Mohammad Nazir
• Mushtaq Mohammad
• Naseer Malik
• Sadiq Mohammad
• Sarfraz Nawaz
• Shafiq Ahmed
• Wasim Bari
• Wasim Raja
• Zaheer Abbas

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

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. Wisden 1975, pp. 327–29.

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