English cricket team in Pakistan in 1983–84

The England national cricket team toured Pakistan in March 1984 and played a three-match Test series against the Pakistan national cricket team. Pakistan won the Test series 1–0. England were captained by Bob Willis and Pakistan by Zaheer Abbas. In addition, the teams played a two-match Limited Overs International (LOI) series which was drawn 1–1.^[1] The third Test of the series, at Lahore, was the 600th Test match to be played by England.^[2]

Test series summary

First Test

2–6 March 1984 (5-day match) Scorecard

England	v	Pakistan
182 (94.5 overs) DI Gower 58 (145) Abdul Qadir 5/74 (31 overs)		277 (102 overs) Saleem Malik 74 (156) NGB Cook 6/65 (30 overs)
159 (78.3 overs) DI Gower 57 (151) Tauseef Ahmed 3/37 (21 overs)		66/7 (30.3 overs) Anil Dalpat 16* (28) NGB Cook 5/18 (14 overs)

Pakistan won by 3 wickets National Stadium, Karachi Umpires: Khizer Hayat and Shakoor Rana Player of the match: Abdul Qadir (PAK)

• England won the toss and elected to bat.
• 5 March was taken as a rest day.
• The match was scheduled for five days but completed in four.
• Anil Dalpat and Rameez Raja (both PAK) made their Test debuts.

Second Test

12–17 March 1984 (5-day match) Scorecard

Pakistan	v	England
449/8d (142 overs) Saleem Malik 116 (270) GR Dilley 3/101 (28 overs)		546/8d (189 overs) DI Gower 152 (318) Sarfraz Nawaz 3/129 (50 overs)
137/4 (41 overs) Saleem Malik 76 (95) GR Dilley 2/41 (9 overs)

Match drawn Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad Umpires: Javed Akhtar and Mahboob Shah Player of the match: DI Gower (ENG)

• Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
• 15 March was taken as a rest day.

Third Test

19–24 March 1984 (5-day match) Scorecard

England	v	Pakistan
241 (78.5 overs) VJ Marks 74 (136) Abdul Qadir 5/84 (30 overs)		343 (128 overs) Sarfraz Nawaz 90 (160) NA Foster 5/67 (32 overs)
344/9d (107.4 overs) DI Gower 173* (284) Abdul Qadir 5/110 (42 overs)		217/6 (58.3 overs) Mohsin Khan 104 (136) NG Cowans 5/42 (14 overs)

Match drawn Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore Umpires: Amanullah Khan and Khizer Hayat Player of the match: Sarfraz Nawaz (PAK)

• Pakistan won the toss and elected to field.
• 22 March was taken as a rest day.
• Mohsin Kamal (PAK) made his Test debut.

One Day Internationals (ODIs)

The Wills Series was drawn 1-1.

1st ODI

9 March 1984 Scorecard

England  184/8 (40 overs)	v	Pakistan 187/4 (38.4 overs)
AJ Lamb 57 (78) Sarfraz Nawaz 3/33 (8 overs)		Zaheer Abbas 59* (37) RGD Willis 1/25 (7.4 overs)

Pakistan won by 6 wickets Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore Umpires: Amanullah Khan and Shakeel Khan Player of the match: Zaheer Abbas (PAK)

• Pakistan won the toss and elected to field.
• Saadat Ali (PAK) made his ODI debut.

2nd ODI

26 March 1984 Scorecard

Pakistan  163/8 (40 overs)	v	England 164/4 (38.4 overs)
Saadat Ali 78* (119) MW Gatting 3/32 (8 overs)		MW Gatting 38* (49) Mudassar Nazar 2/22 (8 overs)

England won by 6 wickets National Stadium, Karachi Umpires: Mahboob Shah and Shakeel Khan Player of the match: MW Gatting (ENG)

• England won the toss and elected to field.
• NGB Cook (ENG), and Anil Dalpat and Naved Anjum (both PAK) made their ODI debuts.

References

1. "England in New Zealand and Pakistan 1983–84". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
2. Booth, Lawrence (12 April 2018). The Shorter Wisden 2018: The Best Writing from Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 2018. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 9781472953582. Retrieved 29 April 2018 – via Google Books.