Pakistani cricket team in England in 1971

The Pakistan cricket team toured England in the 1971 season to play a three-match Test series against England.

England won the series 1-0 with 2 matches drawn.

Test series summary

First Test
3–8 June 1971
(5-day match)
Scorecard
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608/7d (195 overs)
Zaheer Abbas 274 (467)
R Illingworth 3/72 (26 overs)
353 (120.5 overs)
APE Knott 116 (175)
Asif Masood 5/111 (34 overs)
229/5 (f/o) (90.5 overs)
BW Luckhurst 108* (279)
Asif Masood 4/49 (23.5 overs)
Match drawn
Edgbaston, Birmingham
Umpires: CS Elliott and TW Spencer
  • Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
  • 6 June was taken as a rest day.
  • Imran Khan (PAK) made his Test debut.

Second Test
17–22 June 1971
(5-day match)
Scorecard
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241/2d (83 overs)
G Boycott 121* (261)
Pervez Sajjad 1/17 (6 overs)
148 (72.4 overs)
Zaheer Abbas 40 (88)
JSE Price 3/29 (11.4 overs)
117/0 (45 overs)
RA Hutton 58* (149)
Match drawn
Lord's, London
Umpires: AE Fagg and AEG Rhodes
  • England won the toss and elected to bat.
  • 20 June was taken as a rest day.
  • There was no play on the third day.
  • 17 hours and 17 minutes of play lost due to the weather.
  • RA Hutton (ENG) made his Test debut.

Third Test
8–13 July 1971
(5-day match)
Scorecard
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316 (105.2 overs)
G Boycott 112 (214)
Asif Iqbal 3/37 (13 overs)
350 (209.4 overs)
Zaheer Abbas 72 (244)
BL D'Oliveira 3/46 (36 overs)
264 (107.3 overs)
BL D'Oliveira 72 (158)
Saleem Altaf 4/11 (14.3 overs)
205 (88.3 overs)
Sadiq Mohammad 91 (220)
P Lever 3/10 (3.3 overs)
England won by 25 runs
Headingley, Leeds
Umpires: DJ Constant and AE Fagg
  • England won the toss and elected to bat.
  • 11 July was taken as a rest day.

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