Pakistan's Performance in England: 1954 to date
Despite Pakistan's poor performance in the NatWest Series final, their overall performance on the recent tour of England may be claimed satisfactory
Arshad Chughtai
18-Jul-2001
Despite Pakistan's poor performance in the NatWest Series final, their overall performance on the recent tour of England may be claimed satisfactory. The team won 8 out of 13 matches played and one match was abandoned due to rain. These results are comparable with Pakistan's performance on previous tours of 1974, 1987, 1992 and 1996. In fact on the 1974 tour Pakistan did not concede any match and achieved resounding success on the tours 1992 and 1996 tours, winning 11 out of 14 and 16 out of 27 matches played. Performance in all matches played on previous visits to England to date, are complied below:
Summary of Results
| Year | Played | Won | Lost | Drawn | N/R |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1954 | 32 | 10 | 3 | 19 | 0 |
| 1962 | 36 | 6 | 8 | 22 | 0 |
| 1967 | 22 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 1 |
| 1971 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 0 |
| 1974 | 23 | 16 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 1978 | 17 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 0 |
| 1982 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| 1987 | 25 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 0 |
| 1992 | 27 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 0 |
| 1996 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 2001 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
NOTE:
- Matches played by Pakistan on England tours of 1975, 1979 and 1983 to participate in World Cup's are excluded
- Matches played in 2001 also include 4 matches played in NatWest Series against Australia
- Matches played in 1954 also include one match against Canada