# England Lions cricket team against Pakistan A in the UAE in 2018–19

The England Lions cricket team toured the United Arab Emirates in November–December 2018 to play one first-class match and seven limited overs matches against the Pakistan A team.
Pakistan A team won the one-off first-class match by 4 wickets.

## Squads

| First-class | First-class | List-A | List-A | Twenty20 | Twenty20 |
| Pakistan A | England Lions | Pakistan A | England Lions | Pakistan A | England Lions |
| | Dominic Bess Sam Billings Joe Clarke Nick Gubbins Max Holden Tom Kohler-Cadmore Liam Livingstone Craig Overton Danny Briggs Jamie Overton Matt Parkinson James Porter Josh Tongue Jason Roy Amar Virdi Mark Wood Saqib Mahmood | | Dominic Bess Joe Clarke Nick Gubbins Alex Davies Sam Hain Max Holden Tom Kohler-Cadmore Danny Briggs Liam Livingstone Saqib Mahmood Craig Overton Jamie Overton Matt Parkinson James Porter Mark Wood | | Dominic Bess Joe Clarke Nick Gubbins Alex Davies Sam Hain Max Holden Tom Kohler-Cadmore Liam Livingstone Saqib Mahmood Craig Overton Danny Briggs Jamie Overton Matt Parkinson James Porter Mark Wood |
Josh Tongue was ruled out of the FC series and eventually replaced by Saqib Mahmood in the Lion's squad. Ahead of the tour, Lion's Matt Parkinson was ruled out from the entire series due to fracture in his back. Danny Briggs was named as replacement for him.

## First-class series
### Only Unofficial Test

* 18–21 November 2018 Scorecard
* Pakistan A won by 4 wickets. Sheikh Zayed Stadium Nursery 1, Abu Dhabi Umpires: Asif Yaqoob and Rashid Riaz
* England Lions won the toss and elected to bat.
* Abid Ali (Pakistan A) scored his 16th first-class century.
* Joe Clarke (England Lions) scored his 14th first-class century.
* Pakistan A won the one-off first-class series by 1-0.

## List-A series
### 1st Unofficial ODI

* 25 November 2018 11:30 Scorecard
| Pakistan A 351/4 (50 overs) | v | England Lions 164 (32.5 overs) |
| Shan Masood 161 (134) Lewis Gregory 3/79 (10 overs) | | Liam Livingstone 35 (38) Amad Butt 4/29 (6 overs) |
* Pakistan A won by 187 runs. ICC Academy, Dubai Umpires: Asif Yaqoob and Rashid Riaz Player of the match: Shan Masood (Pakistan A)
* England Lions won the toss and elected to field.

### 2nd Unofficial ODI

* 27 November 2018 11:30 Scorecard
| Pakistan A 289/7 (50 overs) | v | England Lions 290/4 (47.1 overs) |
| Mohammad Saad 117 (129) Saqib Mahmood 3/59 (10 overs) | | Alex Davies 76 (84) Khushdil Shah 1/16 (4 overs) |
* England Lions won by 6 wickets ICC Academy, Dubai Umpires: Asif Yaqoob and Rashid Riaz Player of the match: Alex Davies (England Lions)
* Pakistan A won the toss and elected to bat.

### 3rd Unofficial ODI

* 29 November 2018 11:30 Scorecard
| England Lions 245 (50 overs) | v | Pakistan A 223/9 (50 overs) |
| Ollie Pope 93* (109) Khushdil Shah 3/37 (10 overs) | | Mohammad Rizwan 141* (154) Dominic Bess 3/35 (10 overs) |
* England Lions won by 22 runs Sheikh Zayed Stadium Nursery 1, Abu Dhabi Umpires: Asif Yaqoob and Shozab Raza
* England Lions won the toss and elected to bat.

### 4th Unofficial ODI

* 2 December 2018 11:30 Scorecard
| Pakistan A 335/4 (50 overs) | v | England Lions 154 (31.4 overs) |
| Adil Amin 120* (87) Lewis Gregory 3/72 (10 overs) | | Alex Davies 42 (62) Waqas Maqsood 5/32 (7.4 overs) |
* Pakistan A won by 181 runs Sheikh Zayed Stadium Nursery 1, Abu Dhabi Umpires: Shozab Raza and Rashid Riaz Player of the match: Adil Amin (Pakistan A)

### 5th Unofficial ODI

* 5 December 2018 11:30 Scorecard
| England Lions 169 (45.1 overs) | v | Pakistan A 170/3 (39.5 overs) |
| Joe Clarke 60* (101) Zohaib Khan 4/27 (10 overs) | | Mohammad Saad 67* (113) Mark Wood 2/26 (10 overs) |
* Pakistan A won by 7 wickets ICC Academy, Dubai Umpires: Asif Yaqoob and Shozab Raza
* England Lions won the toss and elected to bat first

## T20 series
### 1st T20

* 7 December 2018 17:30 (D/N) Scorecard
| Pakistan A 131/8 (20 overs) | v | England Lions 135/6 (19.2 overs) |
| Umaid Asif 40 (34) Saqib Mahmood 4/14 (3 overs) | | Tom Kohler-Cadmore 33 (27) Mohammad Irfan 4/24 (4 overs) |
* England Lions won by 4 wickets Sheikh Zayed Stadium Nursery 1, Abu Dhabi Umpires: Asif Yaqoob and Shozab Raza
* England Lions won the toss and elected to field.

### 2nd T20

* 8 December 2018 17:30 (D/N) Scorecard
| Pakistan A 139/9 (20 overs) | v | England Lions 145/6 (18.5 overs) |
| Shan Masood 42 (32) Jamie Overton 3/24 (4 overs) Liam Livingstone 3/24 (4 overs) | | Liam Livingstone 35* (19) Mohammad Irfan 2/18 (4 overs) |
* England Lions won by 4 wickets Sheikh Zayed Stadium Nursery 1, Abu Dhabi Umpires: Asif Yaqoob and Shozab Raza
* Pakistan A won the toss and elected to bat first.