Pakistan captains against England
Waqar Younis has ably led Pakistan against England in the recent, drawn away Test Series
Arshad Chughtai
29-Jun-2001
Waqar Younis has ably led Pakistan against England in the recent, drawn away Test Series. He is the 14th Pakistan captain to lead Pakistan against England and shares a drawn series performance against England with five other Pakistan captains: AH Kardar (1954), Saeed Ahmed (1968-69), Majid Khan (1972-73) Intikhab Alam (1974) and Wasim Bari (1977-78).
In fact Kardar led Pakistan to draw their first ever series against England, something that no other team before or after has achieved. Nevertheless, it took 30 more years when Zaheer Abbas, the World record holder for a double hundred and a hundred and two hundreds in a match most times, led Pakistan to their first ever series victory against England in 1983-84.
Three years later the dynamic all-rounder Imran Khan, led Pakistan to their first series win away in England in 1987. But the honour to lead Pakistan in two series wins against England is with Javed Maindad, claiming victories in the home series in 1987 and away in England in 1992.
At home, Pakistan were led in the first test series against England, by dashing wicketkeeper-batsman of the era, Imtiaz Ahmed in 1961-62.
In 1982, Imran Khan led Pakistan lost that away series (1-2) but is remembered as the most exciting and closely fought series the two teams have ever contested.
Below is Pakistan's captaincy record against England in chronological order:
Captain Series In Tests Pak won Eng won Drawn Result AH Kardar 1954 Eng 4 1 1 2 Drawn Imtiaz Ahmed 1961-62 Pak 3 0 1 2 Lost Javed Burki 1962 Eng 5 0 4 1 Lost Hanif Mohammad 1967 Eng 3 0 2 1 Lost Saeed Ahmed 1968-69 Pak 3 0 0 3 Drawn Intikhab Alam 1971 Eng 3 0 1 2 Lost Intikhab Alam 1974 Eng 3 0 0 3 Drawn Wasim Bari 1977-78 Pak 3 0 0 3 Drawn Wasim Bari 1978 Eng 3 0 2 1 Lost Imran Khan 1982 Eng 3 1 2 0 Lost Zaheer Abbas 1983-84 Pak 3 1 0 2 Won Imran Khan 1987 Eng 4 1 0 3 Won Javed Miandad 1987-88 Pak 3 1 0 2 Won Javed Miandad 1992 Eng 5 2 1 2 Won Wasim Akram 1996 Eng 3 2 0 1 Won Moin Khan 2000-01 Pak 3 0 1 2 Lost Waqar Younis 2001 Eng 2 1 1 0 Drawn