Pakistan's Test wins in England

Pakistan are in for another tough series against the Three Lions. The two teams play a 4-Test series, this time, starting from 14th of July at the Lord’s Cricket Ground.

Since their first tour in England in 1954, Pakistan have managed a few historic wins here and with the kind of form their bowlers are in, a rare series victory may be in sight of captain Misbah-ul-Haq. Pakistan have lost 20 out of the 47 Tests they have played in England with 18 of them ending in a draw.

The tourists have registered 9 Test wins in England spread across 62 years but they can feel motivated with the fact that it is their second best performance overseas behind 10 wins in New Zealand. Here we take a quick recap of all of Pakistan’s Test match victories over the years in England:

1. Pakistan won by 24 runs, The Oval, 1954:

Pakistan’s first ever Test victory over England came in their second year in Test cricket. Touring England for the first time, the young team led by Abdul Kardar did a far better job than most expected, trailing 0-1 by the time the last Test of the series started.

Batting first in overcast conditions, Pakistan were tottering at 77/8 before a decent recovery by number 9, 10 and 11 took them to a score of 133. In reply, England were bundled out for just 130, thanks to an extraordinary display of swing bowling by the 27-year-old Fazal Mahmood who ran through the hosts’ batting with figures of 6 for 53.

With a slender lead of 3 runs, Pakistan could manage only 164 in their second innings, the last two wickets adding half of the total again. Johnny Wardle spun a web around the tourists with his left-arm spin accounting for 7 Pakistani batsmen giving away 56 runs. Chasing 168 to win, England were the favorites to seal the series 2-0 but Mahmood had some other plans. The 27-year-old swung his way to a record 6/46 after England were cruising at 109/2 and squeezed out a historic win for Pakistan in a low scoring thriller witnessed by over 25,000 spectators, a big number back in 1950s.