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England vs Pakistan, 1st Test at Birmingham, Jun 01 1978 - Full Scorecard

RESULT

1st Test, Birmingham, June 01 - 05, 1978, Pakistan tour of England

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Pakistan

164 & 231

England

452/8d

England won by an innings and 57 runs

Player Of The Match

Chris Old

, ENG

7/50 & 1/38

Pakistan 1st Innings

England 1st Innings

Pakistan 2nd Innings

Match Flow

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Pakistan 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Mudassar Nazar	c & b Botham	14	30	34	0	0	46.66
Sadiq Mohammad	c Radley b Old	23	49	75	3	0	46.93
Mohsin Khan	b Willis	35	100	125	4	0	35.00
Javed Miandad	c †Taylor b Old	15	58	69	2	0	25.86
Haroon Rasheed	c Roope b Willis	3	5	3	0	0	60.00
Wasim Raja	c †Taylor b Old	17	22	42	2	0	77.27
Sarfraz Nawaz	not out	32	55	87	5	0	58.18
Wasim Bari (c)†	b Old	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
Iqbal Qasim	c †Taylor b Old	0	2	1	0	0	0.00
Sikander Bakht	c Roope b Old	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
Liaqat Ali	c Brearley b Old	9	56	49	1	0	16.07
Extras	(lb 3, nb 13)	16
Total	60.4 Ov (RR: 2.70)	164
Fall of wickets: 1-20 (Mudassar Nazar), 2-56 (Sadiq Mohammad), 3-91 (Javed Miandad), 4-94 (Haroon Rasheed), 5-103 (Mohsin Khan), 6-125 (Wasim Raja), 7-125 (Wasim Bari), 8-126 (Iqbal Qasim), 9-126 (Sikander Bakht), 10-164 (Liaqat Ali)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Bob Willis	16	2	42	2	2.62	-	-	-
Chris Old	22.4	6	50	7	2.20	-	-	-
Ian Botham	15	4	52	1	3.46	-	-	-
Barry Wood	3	2	2	0	0.66	-	-	-
Phil Edmonds	4	2	2	0	0.50	-	-	-

England 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Mike Brearley (c)	run out	38	121	164	2	0	31.40
Barry Wood	lbw b Sikander Bakht	14	52	64	1	0	26.92
Clive Radley	lbw b Sikander Bakht	106	234	310	11	0	45.29
David Gower	c Javed Miandad b Sikander Bakht	58	102	103	9	0	56.86
Graham Roope	b Sikander Bakht	32	83	120	3	0	38.55
Geoff Miller	c †Wasim Bari b Mudassar Nazar	48	124	160	5	0	38.70
Ian Botham	c Iqbal Qasim b Liaqat Ali	100	140	195	11	0	71.42
Chris Old	c Mudassar Nazar b Iqbal Qasim	5	22	40	0	0	22.72
Phil Edmonds	not out	4	4	5	0	0	100.00
Extras	(lb 26, nb 16, w 5)	47
Total	144 Ov (RR: 3.13)	452/8d
Did not bat: Bob Taylor †, Bob Willis
Fall of wickets: 1-36 (Barry Wood), 2-101 (Mike Brearley), 3-190 (David Gower), 4-275 (Clive Radley), 5-276 (Graham Roope), 6-399 (Geoff Miller), 7-448 (Chris Old), 8-452 (Ian Botham)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Sarfraz Nawaz	6	1	12	0	2.00	-	-	-
Liaqat Ali	42	9	114	1	2.71	-	-	-
Mudassar Nazar	27	7	59	1	2.18	-	-	-
Iqbal Qasim	14	2	56	1	4.00	-	-	-
Sikander Bakht	45	13	132	4	2.93	-	-	-
Wasim Raja	10	1	32	0	3.20	-	-	-

Pakistan 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Mudassar Nazar	b Edmonds	30	112	110	3	0	26.78
Sadiq Mohammad	b Old	79	123	164	9	0	64.22
Iqbal Qasim	retired hurt	5	32	49	0	0	15.62
Mohsin Khan	c Old b Miller	38	115	157	3	0	33.04
Javed Miandad	c Brearley b Edmonds	39	65	64	4	0	60.00
Haroon Rasheed	b Willis	4	35	41	0	0	11.42
Wasim Raja	b Edmonds	9	23	25	1	0	39.13
Sarfraz Nawaz	not out	6	62	66	0	0	9.67
Wasim Bari (c)†	c Miller b Edmonds	3	17	10	0	0	17.64
Sikander Bakht	c Roope b Miller	2	25	15	0	0	8.00
Liaqat Ali	b Willis	3	19	17	0	0	15.78
Extras	(b 4, lb 4, nb 4, w 1)	13
Total	103.4 Ov (RR: 2.22)	231
Fall of wickets: 1-94 (Mudassar Nazar), 1-123* (Iqbal Qasim, retired not out), 2-123 (Sadiq Mohammad), 3-176 (Javed Miandad), 4-193 (Haroon Rasheed), 5-214 (Wasim Raja), 6-220 (Mohsin Khan), 7-224 (Wasim Bari), 8-227 (Sikander Bakht), 9-231 (Liaqat Ali)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Bob Willis	23.4	3	70	2	2.95	-	-	-
Chris Old	25	12	38	1	1.52	-	-	-
Ian Botham	17	3	47	0	2.76	-	-	-
Phil Edmonds	26	10	44	4	1.69	-	-	-
Geoff Miller	12	4	19	2	1.58	-	-	-

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Thu, 01 Jun - day 1 - Pakistan 1st innings 162/9 (Sarfraz Nawaz 32*, Liaqat Ali 9*)

Fri, 02 Jun - day 2 - England 1st innings 256/3 (Clive Radley 97*, Graham Roope 22*)

Sat, 03 Jun - day 3 - Pakistan 2nd innings 95/1 (Sadiq Mohammad 62*, Iqbal Qasim 0*)

Sun, 04 Jun - rest day

Mon, 05 Jun - day 4 - Pakistan 2nd innings 231 (103.4 ov) - end of match

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General

Iqbal Qasim retired hurt at 123/1

Match Details

Edgbaston, Birmingham
Toss	Pakistan, elected to bat first
Series	Pakistan tour of England
Season	1978
Player Of The Match	Chris Old
Series result	England led the 3-match series 1-0
Match number	Test no. 825
Match days	day (5-day match)
Test debut	David Gower
Umpires	Dickie Bird Ken Palmer

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Pakistan Innings

Player Name		R	B
Mudassar Nazar	bowled	30	112
Sadiq Mohammad	bowled	79	123
Iqbal Qasim	retired hurt	5	32
Mohsin Khan	caught	38	115
Javed Miandad	caught	39	65
Haroon Rasheed	bowled	4	35
Wasim Raja	bowled	9	23
Sarfraz Nawaz	not out	6	62
Wasim Bari	caught	3	17
Sikander Bakht	caught	2	25
Liaqat Ali	bowled	3	19
Extras	(b 4, lb 4, nb 4, w 1)
Total	231(9 wkts; 103.4 ovs)

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
RGD Willis	23.4	3	70	2	2.95
CM Old	25	12	38	1	1.52
IT Botham	17	3	47	0	2.76
PH Edmonds	26	10	44	4	1.69
G Miller	12	4	19	2	1.58

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	94	Sadiq Mohammad	Mudassar Nazar
2nd	29	Sadiq Mohammad	Iqbal Qasim
3rd	0	Sadiq Mohammad	Mohsin Khan
4th	53	Javed Miandad	Mohsin Khan
5th	17	Haroon Rasheed	Mohsin Khan
6th	21	Wasim Raja	Mohsin Khan
7th	6	Sarfraz Nawaz	Mohsin Khan
8th	4	Wasim Bari	Sarfraz Nawaz
9th	3	Sarfraz Nawaz	Sikander Bakht
10th	4	Sarfraz Nawaz	Liaqat Ali

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