English cricket team in Pakistan in 1983–84
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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.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/2/England_in_New_Zealand_and_Pakistan_1983-84.html |publisher=CricketArchive |title=England in New Zealand and Pakistan 1983–84 |access-date=16 April 2024 |url-access=subscription}} The third Test of the series, at Lahore, was the 600th Test match to be played by England.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hu5UDwAAQBAJ&dq=England+100+Tests+Headingley+1909&pg=PT80|title=The Shorter Wisden 2018: The Best Writing from Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 2018|first=Lawrence|last=Booth|date=12 April 2018|publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing|isbn=9781472953582|access-date=29 April 2018|via=Google Books}}
Test series summary
=First Test=
{{Two-innings cricket match
| date = 2–6 March 1984
(5-day match)
| team1 = {{cr-rt|ENG}}
| team2 = {{cr|PAK}}
| score-team1-inns1 = 182 (94.5 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = DI Gower 58 (145)
| wickets-team1-inns1 = Abdul Qadir 5/74 (31 overs)
| score-team2-inns1 = 277 (102 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = Saleem Malik 74 (156)
| wickets-team2-inns1 = NGB Cook 6/65 (30 overs)
| score-team1-inns2 = 159 (78.3 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = DI Gower 57 (151)
| wickets-team1-inns2 = Tauseef Ahmed 3/37 (21 overs)
| score-team2-inns2 = 66/7 (30.3 overs)
| runs-team2-inns2 = Anil Dalpat 16* (28)
| wickets-team2-inns2 = NGB Cook 5/18 (14 overs)
| result = Pakistan won by 3 wickets
| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/44/44502.html Scorecard]
| venue = National Stadium, Karachi
| motm = Abdul Qadir (PAK)
| umpires = Khizer Hayat and Shakoor Rana
| toss = England won the toss and elected to bat.
| rain = 5 March was taken as a rest day.
- The match was scheduled for five days but completed in four.
| notes = Anil Dalpat and Rameez Raja (both PAK) made their Test debuts.
}}
=Second Test=
{{Two-innings cricket match
| date = 12–17 March 1984
(5-day match)
| team1 = {{cr-rt|PAK}}
| team2 = {{cr|ENG}}
| score-team1-inns1 = 449/8d (142 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = Saleem Malik 116 (270)
| wickets-team1-inns1 = GR Dilley 3/101 (28 overs)
| score-team2-inns1 = 546/8d (189 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = DI Gower 152 (318)
| wickets-team2-inns1 = Sarfraz Nawaz 3/129 (50 overs)
| score-team1-inns2 = 137/4 (41 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = Saleem Malik 76 (95)
| wickets-team1-inns2 = GR Dilley 2/41 (9 overs)
| score-team2-inns2 =
| runs-team2-inns2 =
| wickets-team2-inns2 =
| result = Match drawn
| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/44/44529.html Scorecard]
| venue = Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad
| motm = DI Gower (ENG)
| umpires = Javed Akhtar and Mahboob Shah
| toss = Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
| rain = 15 March was taken as a rest day.
| notes =
}}
=Third Test=
{{Two-innings cricket match
| date = 19–24 March 1984
(5-day match)
| team1 = {{cr-rt|ENG}}
| team2 = {{cr|PAK}}
| score-team1-inns1 = 241 (78.5 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = VJ Marks 74 (136)
| wickets-team1-inns1 = Abdul Qadir 5/84 (30 overs)
| score-team2-inns1 = 343 (128 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = Sarfraz Nawaz 90 (160)
| wickets-team2-inns1 = NA Foster 5/67 (32 overs)
| score-team1-inns2 = 344/9d (107.4 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = DI Gower 173* (284)
| wickets-team1-inns2 = Abdul Qadir 5/110 (42 overs)
| score-team2-inns2 = 217/6 (58.3 overs)
| runs-team2-inns2 = Mohsin Khan 104 (136)
| wickets-team2-inns2 = NG Cowans 5/42 (14 overs)
| result = Match drawn
| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/44/44543.html Scorecard]
| venue = Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
| motm = Sarfraz Nawaz (PAK)
| umpires = Amanullah Khan and Khizer Hayat
| toss = Pakistan won the toss and elected to field.
| rain = 22 March was taken as a rest day.
| notes = Mohsin Kamal (PAK) made his Test debut.
}}
One Day Internationals (ODIs)
The Wills Series was drawn 1-1.
=1st ODI=
{{Limited overs matches
| date = 9 March 1984
| time =
| daynight =
| team1 = {{cr-rt|ENG}}
| team2 = {{cr|PAK}}
| score1 = 184/8 (40 overs)
| runs1 = AJ Lamb 57 (78)
| wickets1 = Sarfraz Nawaz 3/33 (8 overs)
| score2 = 187/4 (38.4 overs)
| runs2 = Zaheer Abbas 59* (37)
| wickets2 = RGD Willis 1/25 (7.4 overs)
| result = Pakistan won by 6 wickets
| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/44/44524.html Scorecard]
| venue = Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
| umpires = Amanullah Khan and Shakeel Khan
| motm = Zaheer Abbas (PAK)
| toss = Pakistan won the toss and elected to field.
| rain =
| notes = Saadat Ali (PAK) made his ODI debut.
}}
=2nd ODI=
{{Limited overs matches
| date = 26 March 1984
| time =
| daynight =
| team1 = {{cr-rt|PAK}}
| team2 = {{cr|ENG}}
| score1 = 163/8 (40 overs)
| runs1 = Saadat Ali 78* (119)
| wickets1 = MW Gatting 3/32 (8 overs)
| score2 = 164/4 (38.4 overs)
| runs2 = MW Gatting 38* (49)
| wickets2 = Mudassar Nazar 2/22 (8 overs)
| result = England won by 6 wickets
| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/44/44549.html Scorecard]
| venue = National Stadium, Karachi
| umpires = Mahboob Shah and Shakeel Khan
| motm = MW Gatting (ENG)
| toss = England won the toss and elected to field.
| rain =
| notes = NGB Cook (ENG), and Anil Dalpat and Naved Anjum (both PAK) made their ODI debuts.
}}
References
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