# English cricket team against Pakistan in the UAE in 2015–16

The English cricket team toured the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to play Pakistan in October and November 2015. The Pakistan cricket team played their 'home' fixtures in the UAE due to ongoing security concerns in Pakistan since the 2009 attack on the Sri Lanka national cricket team.
The tour consisted of three Test matches, four One Day Internationals and three Twenty20 Internationals. They also played two two-day tour matches against a Pakistan A side, a 50-over match against Hong Kong, and a Twenty20 match against the United Arab Emirates. Pakistan played a 50-over match against Nepal and a 20-over match against Hong Kong.

## Squads

| Tests | Tests | ODIs | ODIs | T20Is | T20Is |
| Pakistan | England | Pakistan | England | Pakistan | England |
| Misbah-ul-Haq (c) Ahmed Shehzad Shan Masood Azhar Ali Mohammad Hafeez Fawad Alam Asad Shafiq Younis Khan Sarfaraz Ahmed Yasir Shah Zulfiqar Babar Wahab Riaz Imran Khan Rahat Ali Junaid Khan Shoaib Malik Bilal Asif | Alastair Cook (c) Moeen Ali James Anderson Zafar Ansari Jonny Bairstow (wk) Ian Bell Stuart Broad Jos Buttler (wk) Steven Finn Alex Hales Liam Plunkett Adil Rashid Joe Root Ben Stokes James Taylor Mark Wood Samit Patel Chris Jordan | Azhar Ali (c) Ahmed Shehzad Mohammad Hafeez Shoaib Malik Babar Azam Sarfaraz Ahmed Mohammad Rizwan Imad Wasim Anwar Ali Wahab Riaz Aamer Yamin Yasir Shah Younis Khan Rahat Ali Mohammad Irfan Zafar Gohar Bilal Asif Iftikhar Ahmed | Eoin Morgan (c) Moeen Ali Jonny Bairstow (wk) Sam Billings (wk) Jos Buttler (wk) Steven Finn Alex Hales Adil Rashid Joe Root Jason Roy James Taylor Reece Topley David Willey Chris Woakes Liam Plunkett Chris Jordan | Shahid Afridi (c) Iftikhar Ahmed Sarfaraz Ahmed Anwar Ali Bilal Asif Mohammad Hafeez Mohammad Irfan Imran Khan Rafatullah Mohmand Shoaib Malik Sohaib Maqsood Wahab Riaz Mohammad Rizwan Ahmed Shehzad Sohail Tanvir Imad Wasim Aamer Yamin Umar Akmal | Eoin Morgan (c) Moeen Ali Sam Billings (wk) Jos Buttler (wk) Alex Hales Chris Jordan Stephen Parry Adil Rashid Joe Root Jason Roy Reece Topley James Vince David Willey Chris Woakes Liam Plunkett |
England's Zafar Ansari was ruled out of the Test series following a hand injury. He was replaced by Samit Patel. Shoaib Malik was added to Pakistan's Test squad on 6 October. England's Steven Finn was ruled out of the tour with a foot injury and was replaced in the Test and ODI squads by Chris Jordan. Pakistan's Bilal Asif was added to the Test squad on 19 October after undergoing an evaluation on his bowling action. Pakistan's Imad Wasim was ruled out of the ODI and T20I matches due to hand injury. Umar Akmal was added to Pakistan's T20I squad, after being cleared by the Pakistan Cricket Board.

## Tour matches
### Two-day: Pakistan A vs England XI

* 5–6 October 2015 Scorecard
* Match drawn Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah Umpires: Iftikhar Ali (UAE) and Shozab Raza (Pak)
* England XI won the toss and elected to bat.
* 15 players per side (11 batting, 11 fielding).

### Two-day: Pakistan A vs England XI

* 8–9 October 2015 Scorecard
* Match drawn Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah Umpires: Iftikhar Ali (UAE) and Shozab Raza (Pak) Player of the match: Adnan Akmal (Pakistan A)
* England XI won the toss and elected to field.
* 15 players per side (12 batting, 11 fielding).

### One-day: England XI vs Hong Kong

* 8 November 2015 Scorecard
| England XI 342/8 (50 overs) | v | Hong Kong 173 (40.2 overs) |
| Moeen Ali 71 (36) Tanwir Afzal 2/40 (10 overs) | | Babar Hayat 78 (81) David Willey 4/43 (10 overs) |
* England XI won by 163 runs Sheikh Zayed Stadium Nursery 1, Abu Dhabi Umpires: Ahsan Raza (Pak) and Khalid Elahi (UAE)
* England XI won the toss and elected to bat.
* 13 players per side (11 batting, 11 fielding).

### Tour match: Pakistanis vs Nepal

* 8 November 2015 (D/N) Scorecard
| Pakistanis 326/6 (50 overs) | v | Nepal 205/5 (50 overs) |
| Azhar Ali 73 (73) Basant Regmi 2/73 (9 overs) | | Anil Mandal 61 (109) Anwar Ali 2/56 (10 overs) |
* Pakistanis won by 121 runs Sheikh Zayed Stadium Nursery 2, Abu Dhabi Umpires: Akbar Ali (UAE) and Shozab Raza (Pak)
* Nepal won the toss and elected to field.

### Twenty20: Pakistanis vs Hong Kong

* 23 November 2015 Scorecard
| Pakistanis 167/7 (20 overs) | v | Hong Kong 103 (17.1 overs) |
| Mohammad Rizwan 55* (38) Haseeb Amjad 3/38 (4 overs) | | Mark Chapman 50 (39) Bilal Asif 2/13 (3 overs) |
* Pakistanis won by 64 runs ICC Academy, Dubai Umpires: Ahsan Raza (Pak) and Shozab Raza (Pak)
* Pakistanis won the toss and elected to bat.

### Twenty20: United Arab Emirates vs England XI

* 23 November 2015 Scorecard
| England XI 174/6 (20 overs) | v | United Arab Emirates 95/9 (20 overs) |
| Jason Roy 59 (29) Imran Haider 2/23 (4 overs) | | Fahad Tariq 23 (22) Moeen Ali 4/11 (3 overs) |
* England XI won by 79 runs Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi Umpires: Rabiul Hoque (UAE) and Zaheer-ul-Haq (UAE)
* United Arab Emirates won the toss and elected to field.
* England XI had 15 players (11 batting, 11 fielding) and United Arab Emirates had 17 players (11 batting, 11 fielding).

## Test series
### 1st Test

* 13 – 17 October 2015 Scorecard
* Match drawn Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi Umpires: Bruce Oxenford (Aus) and Paul Reiffel (Aus) Player of the match: Alastair Cook (Eng)
* Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
* Bad light stopped play towards the end of days 4 and 5.
* Adil Rashid (Eng) made his Test debut.
* Younis Khan became Pakistan's leading run-scorer in Test cricket, overtaking Javed Miandad. Miandad's record had stood for 22 years.
* Alastair Cook batted for 836 minutes, the longest innings by an England player in Test history.

### 2nd Test

* 22 – 26 October 2015 Scorecard
* Pakistan won by 178 runs Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai Umpires: Bruce Oxenford (Aus) and Paul Reiffel (Aus) Player of the match: Wahab Riaz (Pak)
* Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
* Younis Khan became the first Pakistani cricketer to pass 9,000 Test runs when scored 47 in the second innings.
* Joe Root (Eng) became the youngest English cricketer to pass 3,000 Test runs when he scored 71 in the second innings.

### 3rd Test

* 1–5 November 2015 Scorecard
* Pakistan won by 127 runs Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah Umpires: Chris Gaffaney (NZ) and Bruce Oxenford (Aus) Player of the match: Mohammad Hafeez (Pak)
* Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
* This was the last Test match for Shoaib Malik (Pak).

## ODI series
### 1st ODI

* 11 November 2015 15:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| England 216 (49.4 overs) | v | Pakistan 217/4 (43.4 overs) |
| Eoin Morgan 76 (96) Mohammad Irfan 3/35 (10 overs) | | Mohammed Hafeez 102* (130) Reece Topley 3/26 (9 overs) |
* Pakistan won by 6 wickets Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi Umpires: Johan Cloete (SA) and Ahsan Raza (Pak) Player of the match: Mohammed Hafeez (Pak)
* England won the toss and elected to bat.
* This match was Younis Khan's (Pak) final ODI game.

### 2nd ODI

* 13 November 2015 15:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| England 283/5 (50 overs) | v | Pakistan 188 (45.5 overs) |
| Alex Hales 109 (117) Wahab Riaz 3/43 (10 overs) | | Sarfaraz Ahmed 64 (76) Chris Woakes 4/33 (8 overs) |
* England won by 95 runs Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi Umpires: Chris Gaffaney (NZ) and Shozab Raza (Pak) Player of the match: Alex Hales (Eng)
* England won the toss and elected to bat.
* Iftikhar Ahmed (Pak) made his ODI debut.
* Alex Hales (Eng) scored his maiden ODI century.

### 3rd ODI

* 17 November 2015 15:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| Pakistan 208 (49.5 overs) | v | England 210/4 (41 overs) |
| Mohammad Hafeez 45 (71) Chris Woakes 4/40 (9.5 overs) | | James Taylor 67* (69) Zafar Gohar 2/54 (10 overs) |
* England won by 6 wickets Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah Umpires: Johan Cloete (SA) and Shozab Raza (Pak) Player of the match: James Taylor (Eng)
* Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
* Zafar Gohar (Pak) made his ODI debut.

### 4th ODI

* 20 November 2015 15:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| England 355/5 (50 overs) | v | Pakistan 271 (40.4 overs) |
| Jos Buttler 116* (52) Azhar Ali 2/26 (5 overs) | | Shoaib Malik 52 (34) Moeen Ali 3/53 (9.4 overs) |
* England won by 84 runs Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai Umpires: Chris Gaffaney (NZ) and Ahsan Raza (Pak) Player of the match: Jos Buttler (Eng)
* England won the toss and elected to bat.
* The 46-ball century by Jos Buttler is the fastest ODI century by an English batsman. The eight sixes scored by Buttler in his innings is also the highest by an English player.
* This is the highest ODI total by England away from home.
* Jason Roy (Eng) scored his maiden ODI century.

## T20I series
### 1st T20I

* 26 November 2015 20:00 Scorecard
| England 160/5 (20 overs) | v | Pakistan 146 (20 overs) |
| Sam Billings 53 (25) Sohail Tanvir 2/31 (4 overs) | | Sohail Tanvir 25* (22) Liam Plunkett 3/21 (4 overs) |
* England won by 14 runs Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai Umpires: Ahsan Raza (Pak) and Shozab Raza (Pak) Player of the match: Sam Billings (Eng)
* England won the toss and elected to bat.
* James Vince (Eng) and Rafatullah Mohmand (Pak) made their T20I debuts.

### 2nd T20I

* 27 November 2015 20:00 Scorecard
| England 172/8 (20 overs) | v | Pakistan 169/8 (20 overs) |
| James Vince 38 (24) Shahid Afridi 3/15 (4 overs) | | Ahmed Shehzad 28 (18) Liam Plunkett 3/33 (4 overs) |
* England won by 3 runs Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai Umpires: Shozab Raza (Pak) and Ahmed Shahab (Pak) Player of the match: Liam Plunkett (Eng)
* England won the toss and elected to bat.

### 3rd T20I

* 30 November 2015 20:00 Scorecard
| England 154/8 (20 overs) | v | Pakistan 154/7 (20 overs) |
| James Vince 46 (45) Shahid Afridi 2/19 (4 overs) | | Shoaib Malik 75 (54) David Willey 3/36 (4 overs) |
* Match tied (England won the Super Over) Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah Umpires: Ahsan Raza (Pak) and Ahmed Shahab (Pak) Player of the match: Shoaib Malik (Pak)
* England won the toss and elected to bat.
* Aamer Yamin (Pak) made his T20I debut.