English cricket team in Pakistan in 1977–78
# English cricket team in Pakistan in 1977–78

The England national cricket team toured Pakistan from November 1977 to January 1978 and played a three-match Test series against the Pakistan national cricket team. The Test series was drawn 0–0. England were captained by Mike Brearley and Pakistan by Wasim Bari. Geoffrey Boycott captained England in the third test after Brearley returned home with a broken arm. In addition, the teams played a three-match Limited Overs International (LOI) series which England won 2–1.

## Test series summary

### First Test

* 14–19 December 1977 (5-day match) Scorecard
* Match drawn Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore Umpires: Amanullah Khan and Aslam Khokhar
* Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
* 17 December was taken as a rest day.
* GA Cope and BC Rose (both ENG), and Abdul Qadir (PAK) made their Test debuts.

### Second Test

* 2–7 January 1978 (5-day match) Scorecard
* Match drawn Niaz Stadium, Hyderabad Umpires: Mahboob Shah and Shujauddin Player of the match: G Boycott (ENG)
* Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
* 5 January was taken as a rest day.

### Third Test

* 18–23 January 1978 (5-day match) Scorecard
* Match drawn National Stadium, Karachi Umpires: Amanullah Khan and Shakoor Rana Player of the match: PH Edmonds (ENG)
* England won the toss and elected to bat.
* 21 January was taken as a rest day.
* MW Gatting (ENG) and Mohsin Khan (PAK) made their Test debuts.

## One Day Internationals (ODIs)

### 1st ODI

* 23 December 1977 Scorecard

| Pakistan 208/6 (35 overs) | v | England 212/7 (35 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Javed Miandad 77* (109) IT Botham 3/39 (7 overs) | | BC Rose 54 (104) Wasim Raja 1/11 (2 overs) |

* England won by 3 wickets Zafar Ali Stadium, Sahiwal Umpires: Azhar Hasan and Shakoor Rana
* Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
* PR Downton, PH Edmonds, MW Gatting and BC Rose (all ENG), and Aamer Hameed, Hasan Jamil, Liaqat Ali, Mudassar Nazar and Shafiq Ahmed (all PAK) made their ODI debuts.

### 2nd ODI

* 30 December 1977 Scorecard

| Pakistan 151 (33.7 overs) | v | England 152/4 (32.7 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Wasim Raja 43 (54) JK Lever 3/18 (6 overs) | | DW Randall 51* (81) Iqbal Qasim 2/16 (7 overs) |

* England won by 6 wickets Jinnah Stadium, Sialkot Umpires: Javed Akhtar and Khalid Aziz
* England won the toss and elected to field.
* GA Cope (ENG), and Haroon Rasheed, Iqbal Qasim and Sikander Bakht (all PAK) made their ODI debuts.

### 3rd ODI

* 13 January 1978 Scorecard

| Pakistan 158/6 (35 overs) | v | England 122 (31.6 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Mohsin Khan 51* (75) JK Lever 2/25 (7 overs) | | GRJ Roope 37 (73) Wasim Raja 3/23 (4.6 overs) |

* Pakistan won by 36 runs Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore Umpires: Khalid Aziz and Shakoor Rana Player of the match: Wasim Raja (PAK)
* England won the toss and elected to field.
* Arshad Pervez (PAK) made his ODI debut.
