Pakistani cricket team in England in 2003

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{{Infobox cricket tour

| series_name = Pakistani cricket team in England in 2003

| team1_image = Flag of Pakistan.svg

| team1_name = Pakistan

| team2_image = Flag of England.svg

| team2_name = England

| from_date = 17 June

| to_date = 22 June 2003

| team1_captain = Rashid Latif

| team2_captain = Michael Vaughan

| no_of_ODIs = 3

| team1_ODIs_won = 1

| team2_ODIs_won = 2

| team1_ODIs_most_runs = Mohammad Hafeez (102)

| team2_ODIs_most_runs = Marcus Trescothick (212)

| team1_ODIs_most_wickets = Mohammad Hafeez (4)
Shoaib Malik (4)

| team2_ODIs_most_wickets = James Anderson (8)

| player_of_ODI_series = Marcus Trescothick (ENG)

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The Pakistan national cricket team toured England in 2003 for a three-match series of One Day Internationals, which was named the 2003 NatWest Challenge. England won the series 2–1, winning the final two matches after Pakistan won the first match at Old Trafford.

Squads

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Richard Johnson withdrew from the England squad on 13 June and was replaced by James Kirtley. Faisal Athar withdrew from the Pakistan squad on 14 June and was replaced by Abdul Razzaq.

ODI series

=1st ODI=

{{Limited overs matches

| date = 17 June 2003

| time =

| daynight = Y

| team1 = {{cr-rt|ENG}}

| score1 = 204/9 (50 overs)

| score2 = 208/8 (49.2 overs)

| team2 = {{cr|PAK}}

| runs1 = A Flintoff 39 (55)

| wickets1 = Shoaib Malik 3/26 (10 overs)

| runs2 = Mohammad Hafeez 69 (112)

| wickets2 = James Anderson 3/59 (10 overs)

| result = Pakistan won by 2 wickets

| report = [http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/77/77151.html Scorecard]

| venue = Old Trafford, Manchester

| umpires = DB Hair (AUS) and DR Shepherd (ENG)

| motm = Mohammad Hafeez (PAK)

| toss = England won the toss and elected to bat.

| rain =

| notes = R Clarke, A McGrath, and JO Troughton (all ENG) made their ODI debuts.

}}

=2nd ODI=

{{Limited overs matches

| date = 20 June 2003

| time =

| daynight =

| team1 = {{cr-rt|PAK}}

| score1 = 185 (44 overs)

| score2 = 189/3 (22 overs)

| team2 = {{cr|ENG}}

| runs1 = Mohammad Yousuf 75* (102)

| wickets1 = James Anderson 4/27 (9 overs)

| runs2 = ME Trescothick 86 (55)

| wickets2 = Shoaib Akhtar 2/69 (9 overs)

| result = England won by 7 wickets

| report = [https://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/77/77171.html Scorecard]

| venue = The Oval, London

| umpires = DB Hair (AUS) and NA Mallender (ENG)

| motm = ME Trescothick (ENG)

| toss = Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.

| rain =

| notes = James Anderson became the first England bowler to claim a hat-trick in ODIs.{{cite news |title=Anderson, Trescothick take England home, series level |url=http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=26161 |agency=Agence France Presse |publisher=The Indian Express |access-date=21 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030626125603/http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=26161 |archive-date=26 June 2003 |url-status=dead |date=21 June 2003}}

}}

=3rd ODI=

{{Limited overs matches

| date = 22 June 2003

| time =

| daynight =

| team1 = {{cr-rt|PAK}}

| score1 = 229/7 (50 overs)

| score2 = 231/6 (48.3 overs)

| team2 = {{cr|ENG}}

| runs1 = Abdul Razzaq 64 (53)

| wickets1 = A Flintoff 4/32 (10 overs)

| runs2 = ME Trescothick 108* (145)

| wickets2 = Mohammad Hafeez 3/31 (9 overs)

| result = England won by 4 wickets

| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/77/77184.html Scorecard]

| venue = Lord's, London

| umpires = DB Hair (AUS) and P Willey (ENG)

| motm = ME Trescothick (ENG)

| toss = England won the toss and elected to field.

| rain =

| notes =

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Further reading

  • Playfair Cricket Annual
  • Wisden Cricketers Almanack

References

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