2016 England Vs Pakistan Second Test @ Old Trafford Friday July 22 -26,2016

 

 

4-Match Investec Test Series Results

First Test @ Lord's July 14-17,2016 

First Test @ Lord's July 14-17,2016
Pakistan 339 and 215
England 272 and 205(Target 283 Runs)
Match Result - Pakistan won by 75 Runs 
MOM - Yasir Shah(Pakistan)for his 6/72(29 Overs and 4/69(31 Overs)
Series Result - Pakistan lead the 4-Match Test Series 1-0

Second Test @ Old Trafford July 22-25,2016

Scorecard
England 589/8 Declared in 152.2 Overs and 173/1 Declared in 30 Overs
Pakistan 198 and 234
Match Result -England won by 330 Runs
MOM - Joe Root for his 254(406 Balls 4x27)and 71*(48 Balls 4x10)
Series Result - 4-Match Test Series level 1-1

 

England face Pakistan in the second Test of a four-match series in Manchester. Misbah-ul-Haq's Pakistan won the first Test by 75 runs 

In 2014, England lost to India at Lord's but went on to win the series 3-1. In 2015, England lost to Australia at Lord's but England but won the Ashes 3-2. So, what will it be against Pakistan?

With the Old Trafford surface likely to offer more turn, England has roped in Saqlain Mushtaq, the former Pakistan offspinner, as a coaching consultant.

Stokes was looking forward to working with Saqlain, who took 4 for 74 when Pakistan beat England by 108 runs in the second Test at the ground in 2001

England have won seven matches at Old Trafford and are unbeaten in nine Tests since they lost to Pakistan here in 2001. 

Team news

Steven Finn and Jake Ball have paid the price for England's loss in the first Test, as they have axed from the squad.
James Anderson, Ben Stokes and Adil Rashid are set to play in the second Test.

Day One Friday July 22,2016

Squad

England (from): Alastair Cook (capt), Moeen Ali, James Anderson, Jonny Bairstow (wk), Gary Ballance, Jake Ball, Stuart Broad, Steven Finn, Alex Hales, Adil Rashid, Joe Root, Ben Stokes, James Vince, Chris Woakes.

Pakistan (likely): Mohammad Hafeez, Shan Masood, Azhar Ali, Younis Khan, Misbah-ul-Haq (capt), Asad Shafiq, Sarfraz Ahmed (wk), Wahab Riaz, Mohammad Amir, Yasir Shah, Rahat Ali

Joe Root and Alastair Cook put England in control of second Test against Pakistan 

Alastair Cook and Joe Root put on a 150 partnership before tea

Alastair Cook reached his century before tea from 157 balls, his 29th in Tests 

Joe Root (141*) also moved to three figures in the final session of the day

England finished 314-4 on day one of the second Test at Old Trafford 

England's Joe Root ended day one of the second Test against Pakistan on 141 at Old Trafford

 England captain Alastair Cook reached his century off only 157 balls against Pakistan on Friday

 

Alastair Cook was bowled on 105 runs by Mohammad Amir

England win second Test by 330 runs to level 4-match series 1-1

England dismissed Pakistan for 234 on Monday July 25,2016 to win the second Test by 330 runs with a day to spare. Chasing a mammoth 565 for victory, Pakistan found batting no easier second time round and were dismissed for 234 in the final session as England levelled the series at 1-1 with two matches to play at Edgbaston and The Oval.
Scorecard
England 589/8 Declared in 152.2 Overs and 173/1 Declared in 30 Overs
Pakistan 198 and 234
Match Result -England won by 330 Runs
MOM - Joe Root for his 254(406 Balls 4x27)and 71*(48 Balls 4x10)
Series Result - 4-Match Test Series level 1-1


Match Statistics

• This was England's second-biggest victory against Pakistan in terms of runs; the biggest was at Trent Bridge in 2010, when England won by 354 runs
• It was also England's fifth-biggest Test win in terms of runs
• Root is the third England player to make a 250 and a fifty in the same Test; Andy Sandham scored 325 and 50 against West Indies in Jamaica in 1930, and Graham Gooch made 333 and 123 against India at Lord's in 1990
• Root's fifty, off 38 balls, equals his quickest in Test cricket
• Alastair Cook's fifty came off 55 balls, his fastest in Test cricket, beating his previous best of 56 balls against India at Mohali in 2008
• Cook and Root are the eighth England pair to share two hundred partnerships in the same Test
• Shan Masood's record against Anderson is 57 balls faced, 15 runs scored, and six times dismissed; his average against Anderson is 2.50