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A Pakistan V England Test Stats.Xls Pakistan v England: Test Records As at 28 May 2018. Team Records Results P W L T D 82 21 24 0 37 Highest totals 708 The Oval 1987 636-8* Lahore 2005/06 608-7* Birmingham 1971 Lowest totals 72 Birmingham 2010 74 Lord's 2010 80 Nottingham 2010 Highest 4th innings totals 234 Manchester 2016 (Lost) 217-6 Lahore 1983/84 (Drawn) 214-4 Lord's 2006 (Drawn) Highest 4th innings total to win 148-6 The Oval 2010 Largest victory margins (by inns) Inns & 100 runs Lahore 2005/06 Inns & 87 runs Lahore 1987/88 Inns & 18 runs Leeds 1987 Largest victory margins (by runs) 178 runs Dubai 2015/16 164 runs Lord's 1996 127 runs Sharjah 2015/16 Batting Highest scores 274 Zaheer Abbas Birmingham 1971 260 Javed Miandad The Oval 1987 245 Shoaib Malik Abu Dhabi 2015/16 Most runs in a series 631 (avg 90.14) Mohammad Yousuf in England 2006 Most runs Name M Inns NO Runs HS Avg 100 50 Inzamam-ul-Haq 19 32 3 1584 148 54.62 5 10 Mushtaq Mohammad 23 41 4 1554 157 42.00 3 11 Mohammad Yousuf 14 24 0 1499 223 62.45 6 3 Younis Khan 17 31 0 1426 218 46.00 4 4 Salim Malik 19 28 5 1396 165 60.69 4 9 Most centuries 6 Mohammad Yousuf Fastest fifty (balls) 40 Umar Gul Nottingham 2010 40 Umar Akmal Lord's 2010 Fastest century (balls) 127 Aamir Sohail Manchester 1992 Record wicket partnerships 1st 173 Mohsin Khan and Shoaib Mohammad Lahore 1983/84 2nd 291 Zaheer Abbas and Mushtaq Mohammad Birmingham 1971 3rd 363 Younis Khan and Mohammad Yousuf Leeds 2006 4th 322 Javed Miandad and Salim Malik Birmingham 1992 5th 248 Shoaib Malik and Asad Shafiq Abu Dhabi 2015/16 6th 269 Mohammad Yousuf and Kamran Akmal Lahore 2005/06 7th 112 Asif Mujtaba and Moin Khan Leeds 1996 8th 130 Hanif Mohammad and Asif Iqbal Lord's 1967 9th 190 Asif Iqbal and Intikhab Alam The Oval 1967 10th 62 Sarfraz Nawaz and Asif Masood Leeds 1974 Bowling Best bowling in an innings 9-56 Abdul Qadir Lahore 1987/88 8-164 Saqlain Mushtaq Lahore 2000/01 7-40 Imran Khan Leeds 1987 Best bowling in a match 13-101 Abdul Qadir Lahore 1987/88 12-99 Fazal Mahmood The Oval 1954 10-77 Imran Khan Leeds 1987 Most wickets in a series 30 (avg 14.56) Abdul Qadir in Pakistan 1987/88 Most wickets Name M Balls Runs Wkts Avg RPO BB 5I Abdul Qadir 16 5593 2049 82 24.98 2.19 9-56 8 Wasim Akram 18 3982 1748 57 30.66 2.63 6-67 2 Waqar Younis 11 2425 1352 50 27.04 3.34 5-52 3 Intikhab Alam 20 4884 2145 49 43.77 2.63 5-116 1 Imran Khan 12 2919 1158 47 24.63 2.38 7-40 4 Wicketkeeping Most dismissals in an innings 5 (ct 5) Wasim Bari Leeds 1971 5 (ct 5) Sarfraz Ahmed Dubai 2015/16 5 (ct 5) Sarfraz Ahmed Birmingham 2016 Most dismissals in a match 8 (ct 8) Wasim Bari Leeds 1971 8 (ct 8) Kamran Akmal The Oval 2010 Most dismissals in a series 17 (ct 17) Kamran Akmal in England 2010 Most dismissals in a career Name M Ct St Total Wasim Bari 24 50 4 54 Kamran Akmal 10 42 2 44 Sarfraz Ahmed 8 29 4 33 Fielding Most catches in an innings 4 Hanif Mohammad Dacca 1968/69 4 Aamer Malik Faisalabad 1987/88 4 Younis Khan Dubai 2015/16 Most catches in a match 5 Younis Khan Dubai 2015/16 Most catches in a series 8 Mohammad Yousuf in Pakistan 2000/01 Most catches in a career Name M Ct Javed Miandad 22 20 Younis Khan 17 20 Majid Khan 15 14 Mohammad Hafeez 10 14 Appearances Most matches Wasim Bari 24 Mushtaq Mohammad 23 Javed Miandad 22 Most captaincies Misbah-ul-Haq 10.
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