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Top Run Scorers

Harry Brook , ENG, Right-hand bat

Average 93.60

Ben Duckett , ENG, Left-hand bat

Average 71.40

Babar Azam , PAK, Right-hand bat

Average 58.00

Top Wicket Takers

Abrar Ahmed , PAK, Legbreak googly

Average 27.17

Jack Leach , ENG, Slow left-arm orthodox

Average 44.6

Zahid Mahmood , PAK, Legbreak

Average 36.16

DC won by 6 wickets (with 67 balls remaining)

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England Tour Of Pakistan 2022 Schedule, Squad – UPDATED

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England Tour Of Pakistan 2022: The England cricket team is scheduled to tour Pakistan to play 7 T20Is and 3 Tests between September 20 – December 21. The T20Is were scheduled to be played first, with the Test matches taking place following the 2022 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup in Australia.

England Tour Of Pakistan 2022

The Test matches form part of the  2021–2023 ICC World Test Championship . A total of 189,595 spectators watched the T20I leg of the series, at a 97.35% crowd attendance, making it the highest-attended series in Pakistan cricket history.

• Mark Wood Ruled Out of First Test Amid Hip Injury
• Meziane Hired as England Team Chef for Pakistan Tour Amid Concerns Over Catering.
• Rehan Ahmed was added to England’s Test squad on 23 November.
• On 30 September, Pakistan’s Naseem Shah was ruled out of the remainder of the T20I series due to COVID-19 positive result, with playing the first match only.
• Alex Hales was later added to the T20I squad.
• The ECB confirms that Jos Buttler would miss the opening matches of the T20I series due to a calf injury, with Moeen Ali standing in as captain.

Pakistan vs England 2022 Schedule

England Tour Of Pakistan 2022: The first match of Pakistan vs England 2022 will kick start on September 20 at National Stadium, Karachi. Following are the details of the England Tour Of Pakistan 2022 schedule:

Pakistan vs England 2022 Squad

Pakistan t20i squad.

Babar Azam (c), Shadab Khan (vc), Abrar Ahmed, Iftikhar Ahmed, Asif Ali, Haider Ali, Shahnawaz Dahani, Mohammad Haris, Mohammad Hasnain, Aamer Jamal, Shan Masood, Mohammad Nawaz, Usman Qadir, Haris Rauf, Mohammad Rizwan, Khushdil Shah, Naseem Shah, Mohammad Wasim

Pakistan Test Squad

Babar Azam (c), Mohammad Rizwan (vc), Abdullah Shafique, Abrar Ahmed, Azhar Ali, Faheem Ashraf, Haris Rauf, Imam-ul-Haq, Mohammad Ali, Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Wasim Jnr, Naseem Shah, Nauman Ali, Salman Ali Agha, Sarfaraz Ahmed, Saud Shakeel, Shan Masood, Zahid Mehmood

England T20I Squad

Jos Buttler (c), Moeen Ali (vc), Harry Brook, Jordan Cox, Sam Curran, Liam Dawson, Ben Duckett, Richard Gleeson, Alex Hales, Tom Helm, Will Jacks, Dawid Malan, Adil Rashid, Phil Salt, Olly Stone, Reece Topley, David Willey, Chris Woakes, Luke Wood, Mark Wood

England Test Squad

Ben Stokes (c), Rehan Ahmed, James Anderson, Harry Brook, Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ben Foakes, Will Jacks, Keaton Jennings, Jack Leach, Liam Livingstone, Jamie Overton, Ollie Pope, Ollie Robinson, Joe Root

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The England men’s side will return to Pakistan, the first time in a generation, in November/December 2022 following the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Australia 2022 to play three Tests, which will form part of the ICC World Test Championship.

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England Test schedule in Pakistan

First Test  – 1-5 December, Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi

Second Test  – 9-13 December, Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan

Third Test  – 17-21 December, National Stadium, Karachi

Licensed bars are available at most hotels but Karachi also has licensed shops available for foreign national.

Islamabad has some of the best hotels in the country. This city has a lot of nature walks to explore and top quality restaurants. Also, with a foreign passport you can access the restaurants inside the diplomatic enclave. Islamabad is the capital city of Pakistan. Although it lacks many cultural sites it is only about 40 minutes drive away from the Buddhist temples in and around Taxila.

Multan is a city and capital of Multan Division located in Punjab, Pakistan. Situated on the bank of the Chenab River, Multan is Pakistan’s 7th largest city and is the major cultural and economic centre of Southern Punjab. Multan’s history stretches deep into antiquity and  is one of the oldest cities in Asia. It’s famous for its mosques and shrines as well as its cotton crops and fruit – especially mangoes.

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Fifty years since Imran Khan’s golden county summer – and now he is languishing in jail

H alf a century ago nobody was arguing that Oxford University should lose their first-class cricket status. They had a rather patrician captain in 1974, called Imran Khan, who was shaping up to be the best all-rounder Pakistan have had, and much more besides.

In the Parks in early May, Imran scored a century in each innings against Nottinghamshire, who just clung on for a draw. When Oxford and Cambridge combined to play the touring India, blessed with spinners, Imran – captain of course – chose to bat himself at No 3, scoring 160 and 49.

Fifty years on, Imran is in jail.

Poor Northamptonshire. In June 1974, when Imran had a full Oxford side to pick from after exams, roles were reversed and the county brushed aside like helpless undergraduates. Imran scored 170 in his only innings, declared twice, took the new ball and scared helmetless county pros with bouncers that swung into the right-hander. 

I saw a little of the game but missed what must have been a lordly wave when Imran called his batsmen in. The Northants captain Roy Virgin scored more first-class hundreds than anybody else that season, he had three future England batsmen in Geoff Cook, Wayne Larkins and Peter Willey – and they never got close to their target, losing by 97 runs. After exams Imran, as one does, played Test cricket, for Pakistan on their tour of England.

Fifty years on, Imran is in Adiala prison in Rawalpindi.

Imran was reading philosophy, politics and economics at Oxford, at Keble College. A contemporary of his who played a few games for Gloucestershire, John Dixon, remembers Imran knocking on his door and requesting his pillow (it was one per student). “Dicko,” Imran announced, “I shall be coming in off my long run tonight.”

Imran had played for Worcestershire but that cramped his social style so he moved to Sussex in 1977. More swinging, and swooning, at Brighton. His Sussex captain John Barclay observed: “Imran could rarely be relied on for consistency of mood. Up one moment, down the next… He could be impulsive and yet measured too – both reliable and less so within the same hour. He is an idealist, totally inspired at times and admirably persevering.”

To persuade him to bowl another over, down the slope at Hove, and scare the daylights one more time, Barclay would say: “Oh please, Immy, could you bear the thought of bowling two more overs? I think it could win us the match and then you can go to London for a break.”

Soon Imran was as fine as any all-rounder there has been barring Sir Garfield Sobers. Only when Lord Botham was young and fast was he Imran’s equal. Imran pioneered reverse swing, in addition to his batting and his captaincy, which led Pakistan to the 1992 World Cup when he was 39, but still talking the talk of a tiger.

And since August last year, having ceased to be Pakistan’s prime minister in April 2022, Imran has been in jail.

Imran has surely been the most charismatic post-war cricketer apart from Sir Vivian Richards. He never played for Pakistan at home against England, for several reasons, but I went to interview him in Faisalabad in 1982 for his profile as one of the Five Wisden Cricketers of the Year. “I should have been selected last year,” he proclaimed at the start of the interview. I could only bow my head in deference, if not agreement, because I was not editor at the time. Imran has always articulated forcefully the theory which is in his head, though a week later he may say the opposite.

He had made his Test debut aged 18, in 1971, when he ran in like a young giraffe on wobbly legs and bowled inswingers. Ten years later he was probably reverse-swinging the ball more than anybody has ever done. This was before umpires had any idea of what was being done to the ball and regulations were introduced to stop it being roughed up on one side. During that Faisalabad Test, Imran started a ball way outside off stump, dropping his right arm slightly so that it angled even further away from the right-hander in the first two-thirds of its flight, then it must have swung back a yard to detonate the stumps.

His captaincy was a clue to his prime ministership. Pakistan’s cricket team had been divided between those from Karachi who spoke Urdu and those from Lahore who spoke Punjabi. Although from Lahore, Imran, Oxford-educated and above the battle, issued his commands in English.

Imran was sent to jail in August last year on a three-year sentence, then another sentence of ten years’ “rigorous imprisonment” followed after a speedy trial in a closed court. Other Test cricketers have been imprisoned, and a West Indian fast bowler was on death row, never to escape. But none has also been prime minister, as Imran was for four years. Inside Adiala he does not look to have been mistreated, but when he is brought to court the media are forbidden to take pictures or make videos.

His charisma still inspires loyalty. The political party he founded in 1996, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, was not allowed to contest the last general election, and its emblem of a bat was banned. Yet, standing as independents, Imran’s candidates still won the most seats. The next two parties had to combine their MPs to stop the PTI forming the government.

Every Pakistan prime minister, military or civilian, has had his hands tied by the army and ISI (Inter-Services Intelligence), so that he or she cannot touch the purse strings. Imran might have liked to spend more than the minimal amounts on health and secular education. Instead, his politics were shaped by his character as much as his cricket had been: he targeted opponents with his bouncers, scoring points rather than runs.

Imran is said to be pragmatic enough – he had to deal with the ISI for four years after all – to agree to a deal eventually in return for being released from prison. Meanwhile, he is a “shaheed”, a powerful word in Urdu, meaning “martyr”, and becoming ever more so. It is a long, long way from running in, as fast as he liked, in the Parks.

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Pakistan targets right T20 combination against understrength New Zealand

Pakistan’s skipper Babar Azam arrives to attend a practice session in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Tuesday, April 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)

New Zealand’s Mark Chapman, center, and teammates attend a practice session in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Tuesday, April 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)

Pakistan’s cricket players attend team meeting ahead of a practice session in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Tuesday, April 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)

New Zealand’s cricket players attend team meeting ahead of a practice session in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Tuesday, April 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)

New Zealand’s cricket players, left, and Pakistan’s players attend a practice session in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Tuesday, April 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)

New Zealand’s Ish Sodhi attends a practice session in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Tuesday, April 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)

Pakistan’s cricket players warm up for a practice session in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Tuesday, April 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)

New Zealand’s cricket players attend a practice session in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Tuesday, April 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)

Pakistan’s skipper Babar Azam, left, and teammate Mohammad Rizwan attend a practice session in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Tuesday, April 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)

New Zealand’s skipper Michael Bracewell, second left, and teammates attend a practice session in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Tuesday, April 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)

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RAWALPINDI, Pakistan (AP) — The 2009 champion Pakistan is aiming to tick all the right boxes in its preparation phase ahead of the Twenty20 Cricket World Cup as it gears up for the five-match series under comeback captain Babar Azam against an understrength New Zealand.

Rawalpindi will host the first three games from Thursday. The remaining two games will be staged at Lahore on April 25 and 27 as both squads build up to the world tournament being staged in the United States and Caribbean in June.

Babar returns as white-ball captain and will lead the squad for the third successive T20 World Cup. He replaces Shaheen Shah Afridi, who lost to the Black Caps 4-1 earlier this year in his maiden series as Pakistan’s T20 skipper.

Babar led Pakistan to the semifinals of the T20 World Cup in 2021 in the United Arab Emirates, where it lost to eventual champion Australia, and also skippered the side beaten by England at Melbourne in the 2022 edition.

Fast bowler Mohammad Amir and allrounder Imad Wasim have come out of retirements to give Pakistan plenty of selection options after express fast bowler Haris Rauf was ruled out of the series due to shoulder injury and Mohammad Nawaz was dropped.

Selectors rewarded several performers from the Pakistan Super League, including uncapped Usman Khan and Irfan Khan. Usman was banned by the UAE for five years after switching allegiance to his country of birth. He came into contention for Pakistan’s T20 World Cup squad after smashing back-to-back centuries for Multan Sultans in the PSL.

“We have a very balanced side and we have covered all the aspects of the game in this squad,” said Azhar Mahmood, head coach for the series against New Zealand. “Definitely, with the comeback of Amir and Imad we have an edge and we can use them any time.”

Mahmood was appointed on ad-hoc basis as Pakistan is still searching for a long-term head coach ahead of the T20 World Cup. Pakistan is also scheduled to play a three-match T20 series in Ireland next month and another four matches against England are lined up before the team flies out to America.

Mahmood said he wants to give clarity of roles to the players during the series against New Zealand and could also rest key players, including Babar, to test the depth of the squad.

“Definitely, it is quite possible we might give rest to Babar,” Mahmood said. “It’s the best available talent we have picked. We will see how the series goes and what the conditions are.”

The core of New Zealand’s World Cup-bound squad, including captain Kane Williamson, Daryl Mitchell and Lockie Ferguson, is playing in the Indian Premier League. Also missing from the Pakistan tour will be veteran Tim Southee, who was rested, and Tom Latham was given paternity leave.

New Zealand’s squad was further depleted when power-hitter Finn Allen and fast bowler Adam Milne were ruled out because of injuries sustained during a training camp last week.

The Black Caps will be led by Michael Bracewell, who hasn’t played an international game since March 2023 after rupturing his right Achilles during the T20 Blast and then breaking a finger.

Mark Chapman, who scored 290 runs in a drawn T20 series in Pakistan last year, hoped players such as fast bowler Will O’Rourke and power-hitter Tim Robertson will do well.

“Any team that plays for New Zealand is a team that’s extremely proud to be representing our country,” Chapman said. “It’s an amazing opportunity to show the depth that we’re building. Obviously the team generally has been pretty settled, but behind the scenes, there’s a lot of talent.

“The young guys like Ben Sears, Will O’Rourke have played this year in test cricket and really impressed. Also, Tim Robertson was outstanding this year in the Super Smash and the guys are really excited because they know that (they’re playing) a full-strength Pakistan team.”

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