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AMP has teamed up with Adam Hollioake in an effort to raise awareness and funds for the Ben Hollioake Memorial Trust. AMP, sponsors of The AMP Oval and Surrey County Cricket Club will use Surrey’s rotating perimeter board system in an innovative fund raising scheme.50 metres of specifically designed perimeter boards will be used as a target for the England and Indian batsmen. Each time the boards are hit AMP has pledged £1,000 to the Ben Hollioake Memorial Trust.Adam Hollioake Surrey County Cricket Club Captain said “This is a wonderful gesture by AMP that I hope will raise over £10,000 for the Ben Hollioake Memorial Trust. Their sponsorship team has come up with a concept which for me definitely adds spice to an already mouth watering final npower Test Match at the AMP Oval. “Tom Fraser, managing director of AMP UK Financial Services added: “We are delighted to be involved in this idea, given our involvement with the AMP Oval and the Surrey County Cricket Club. At the end of the day it is all down to the players but we are hoping to raise a considerable sum of money for Ben’s Memorial Fund.”

Pakistan, barring an unexpected intervention from the weather, are practicallycertain to win the first Test match against Zimbabwe at the Harare Sports Club,thanks to contrasting centuries by Inzamam-ul-Haq and Taufeeq Umer againstinept Zimbabwean bowling. Zimbabwe, needing 420 to win, finished with 19for one.Zimbabwe began the day with hopes that history might repeat itself and asimilar victory from behind as that at Peshawar in 1998/99 might bepossible. Henry Olonga, a hero on that occasion, soon bowled a lifting ballthat struck Younis Khan (8) painfully on the fingers and flew to AlistairCampbell in the slips, reducing Pakistan to 25 for two. Then Inzamam gotoff the mark with a snick that flew just over the head of Andy Flower atfirst slip and went to the boundary. Had it been just a little lower, thestory of the day’s play might have been very different.But that was Zimbabwe’s last sniff, and they had only themselves to blame asthey surrendered the match in the pre-lunch session. Olonga never put ittogether consistently, and at one stage bounced a ball so high over the headsof batsman Inzamam and wicket-keeper Tatenda Taibu that it went for a totalof five wides. His partners at the other end were no more efficient, andshort medium-fast deliveries outside off stump are meat and drink toInzamam. He enjoyed a feast of boundaries and his fifty came up off 53balls, containing no fewer than 12 fours. When he reached 32 he became onlythe second Pakistani, after the legendary Javed Miandad, to reach 6,000 runsin Test cricket. The television suggested, though, that he was perhapslucky to survive an lbw appeal when on 40 to Raymond Price as soon as hecame on to bowl, umpire Dave Orchard disagreeing.Zimbabwe’s economic disasters have not destroyed the generous nature of herpeople, and Pakistan were so grateful for the vast number of four-balls onoffer that the hundred came up in the 19th over. Zimbabwe’s fielding becamerather ragged, and in the last over before lunch Inzamam joined the selectband who have scored a century before lunch in a Test match, although it wasan extended session due to time lost on the second day. It took him 102balls and 138 minutes. All credit to Pakistan; they were given theirchances and took them superbly.After lunch the contest briefly became keen again. Inzamam hammered Olongafor two more fours and then smashed a ball straight to Grant Flower atbackward point. He departed reluctantly, perhaps sensing anothertriple-century wasted. Yousuf Youhana uncharacteristically hung his bat outto be caught at the wicket off Andy Blignaut without scoring, and suddenly,briefly, Zimbabwe threatened again. Taufeeq became becalmed, while HasanRaza took a long time to get going. But slowly they put Pakistan back ontop, and after Raza departed to a catch at mid-off the debutant KamranAkmal, after a slow start, hit some impressive blows.Taufeeq crawled towards his century, moving from 70 at lunch to 97 at tea,27 off 83 balls. A misfield by Price allowed him to reach three figures off197 deliveries, in five hours. He finally fell for 115, caught down the legside off Blignaut and walking without waiting for the apparently indecisiveumpire Orchard. Kamran had already been bowled by Price and now Blignautbowled Waqar Younis.Pakistan were 318 for eight, to add to their lead of 60 on first innings.Then came a period of village green cricket, as tail-enders Saqlain Mushtaqand Shoaib Akhtar tried to indulge in some spectacular baseball oragricultural strokes against the second new ball, taken by Blignaut andOlonga, neither of whom seemed able to put the ball on the wicket or producethe leg-stump yorker that would almost certainly have ended the slog.Zimbabwe seemed to have lost all purpose, and the last two wickets wereallowed to add 51. Olonga finished with five wickets, but one cannot say hewas impressive.Zimbabwe, batting just before the close until bad light again curtailedplay, soon lost Hamilton Masakadza (0), superbly caught by short leg SaleemElahi off Shoaib Akhtar. Dion Ebrahim and Alistair Campbell at leastsurvived with sensible positive play until the close.

SYDNEY, July 20 AAP – Mike Hussey won a prestigious race against Mark Ramprakash yesterday.The West Australian left-hander and the gifted, but regularly unlucky, England Test No.6 were chasing the honour of becoming the first batsman to score 1,000 first-class runs this English county season.Hussey was the captain of Northamptonshire against Worcestershire. Ramprakash led Surrey against Kent. Hussey had 930 runs to his name – eight less than Ramprakash, but nine more than Graeme Hick. Remember him?Hussey was playing against Hick, as well as Australia’s Test and one-day paceman Andy Bichel. Hussey called Hick’s toss correctly and the 27-year-old opener sent himself in.At Canterbury, Ramprakash lost the toss and was forced to field.Hussey knocked off the 70 runs he needed with a minimum of fuss, then continued on his merry way to his fourth century of another run-filled season with Northants. He was 163 not out at stumps, with 29 boundaries. Bichel took 1-94 from 26 overs.It’s been a good year for Hussey.He won $200,000 in February for a sweep shot in a one-day game against NSW that struck an ING sign behind the fence at square leg at the WACA Ground.He pocketed $80,000 and his team-mates split the rest.In May, he was among the 25 players given a contract by the Australian Cricket Board after he’d been overlooked the year before.And yesterday, he was chosen in the Australia A one-day side to tour South Africa for seven games in September.That vote of confidence from the national selectors put him in the reckoning for next year’s World Cup.

LAHORE-The Pakistan cricket team has an uncanny knack of inviting unnecessary trouble and controversy. The latest one hitting the headlines involving Yousuf Youhana falls in the same category.It is really good that Youhana, after revealing his account of the whole episode, has got some measure of reprieve straightaway from the PCB Chairman.The most unassuming of the whole lot, to the point of being docile, Youhana was sent back from Kenya on charges of insubordination. He was accused of not following skipper Waqar Younis? instructions to appear at the nets. And cut to the quick, Younis saw to it that Youhana – the most consistent and the highest run-getter under Waqar – was sent back in disgrace.It is entirely another thing that Youhana was the wronged party, and twice so if his version is to be believed. And we have no reason not to give credence to it, because the PCB apparently accepts his version of events, which is quite apparent from the press release issued after he met Lt. Gen Tauqir Zia, the PCB Chairman.According to the press release, Youhana informed the Chairman that he “had been carrying a shoulder injury from Tangiers, which was not given due attention by the team doctor at an early stage.” An MRI scan, much later in Nairobi, confirmed that he did have a shoulder problem.”I was doing individual training on the ground, but did not go for the nets because my shoulder was under treatment then”, says the PCB press release quoting Youhana.”Youhana for his part assured the Chairman that his not going for the nets, as skipper Younis demanded, was neither deliberate nor an intention to shirk usual training”, said the press release.Again quoting Youhana, the press release says: “Let me state that I want to perform for my country to the best of my ability. And I have utmost respect and regard not just for the Pakistan captain but all seniors as well. I regret any unintentional offense that I may have caused”.The Chairman’s verdict, after he spoke to Younis and team management on the phone [read confirming Youhana’s version]: “The tour disciplinary committee was fully authorised to take the action that they have and indiscipline should neither be tolerated nor condoned. Still in my considered opinion, the whole incident was a bit overblown.”So, while the PCB would be making every effort that there is no compromise on discipline, at the same time every endeavour would also be made that team spirit and camaraderie was not sacrificed by magnifying events and incidents that were otherwise not grave in nature”.Both Yousuf Youhana and captain Waqar Younis, says the press release, wholeheartedly agree to this assessment of the situation. And in what is indeed an honourable acquittal for Youhana, “The PCB was likely to take a sympathetic view in case of Youhana because of his unblemished disciplinary record. He has immediately been handed in to the care of Dr Tauseef Razzaq to attend to his shoulder injury so that he regains full fitness as soon as possible”.One doesn’t have to read between the lines to deduce from the press release that, though he has chosen to back the tour management to the extent of not overturning its verdict, Lt Gen Tauqir Zia is totally unconvinced about the rationale of such an extreme measure. And rightly so. Whether the captain and the tour management are wise enough to take their cue from this is a moot point.It is a shame anyway that such an incident happened. And to avoid a repeat, Waqar Younis would be well-advised to remember that a skipper has to be above getting perked up at imaginary slights, settling of scores and browbeating his charges. That is if he wants to command respect, and lead the outfit to victories.

The final round of the Logan Cup competition is to be played this coming weekend, with Mashonaland, who play the CFX Academy, virtually assured of the championship, quite possibly by winning all five of their matches as they did last season. Unfortunately we have not yet received an updated table from ZCU. There was to have been a great finish to the season with an Australian tour, just the boost Zimbabwean cricket-lovers would have longed for to take their minds off these difficult times, but the Australians considered politics (however futile their aim) to be of greater importance, and the ICC compiled.With no action in Harare and the main performers of the drawn match last weekend between Manicaland and Matabeleland unavailable for interview in Harare, this is a brief issue. We plan two more issues this season, as we should be able to interview a number of players at the Mashonaland-Academy match this weekend. In this issue we have updated the biography of Matabeleland’s Wisdom Siziba. Larry Moyo reports on the close of the club cricket season, and we have been given approval to include the official reports of the recent Under-16 tournament by the organizer and Matabeleland team manager Richard Harrison.

Sri Lanka’s manager Chandra Shaffter has been told by the Board of Controlfor Cricket in Sri Lanka (BCCSL) that his contract will not be renewed afterthe current tour of England.Anura Tennekoon, the BCCSL’s chief executive, broke the news to Shaffterduring a telephone conversation before the start of the third days play atOld Trafford.PA News Agency claimed that the decision to end his contract followed acomplaint from the new chairman of selectors, Guy de Alwis, to the BCCSLthat he had been denied entry to the dressing room during the Second npowerTest at Birmingham.It’s an allegation that’s flatly denied by Shaffter: "Guy de Alwis neverrequested access to the dressing room, so how could I possibly deny it?"Shaffter, 72, was controversially appointed days before the Asian TestChampionship final in March, replacing Air Commodore Ajit Jayasekera, who isnow a member of the interim committee that runs the BCCSL.He was given a short-term contract that included a Sharjah triangular seriesin April and Sri Lanka’s tour of England.Jayasekera is considered the favourite candidate to replace Shaffter.

And then there were four.Five batting collapses and three gripping last day finishes in the penultimate round of matches have left two teams out of contention for a place in this season’s Pura Cup Final.Which leaves a new set of numbers to contemplate.With one round to go, there are three matches left to separate the finals combatants. And a total of four in all to work out whether it’s glory for the old hand or for one of the new bucks snapping at its heels.As the Australian domestic season heads towards a spectacular conclusion, here’s our guide – which, by necessity, still contains a wide range of possible outcomes – as to who might finish where:Queensland: Any points at all from the last-round encounter with Victoria will not only be enough to guarantee the Bulls a place in the Final but will also ensure that the decider is played at home. On the basis of past results – which show that the Vics have managed to secure only one win in Brisbane in the last 35 years – that would appear a formality. Even if the Bulls were to claim no points at all from their battle with the struggling Bushrangers, it would still take outright victories by both Tasmania and Western Australia to deny them a finals position altogether.

QUEENSLAND WILL HOST THE FINAL IF IT:

• Takes any points from its match against Victoria

or:

• Fails to take points against Victoria and neither Tasmania nor Western Australia wins outright and passes it on quotient.

QUEENSLAND WILL PLAY IN AN AWAY FINAL IF IT:

• Fails to take points against Victoria and has one of Tasmania or Western Australia win outright and go past it on quotient.

Highest possible finishing position: 1st

Lowest possible finishing position: 3rd

Tasmania: Having won three times by an innings in the space of their last four outings, the Tigers are playing with irresistible confidence and skill and have clearly established themselves as the form team of the competition over recent rounds. All they need now is another outright win over New South Wales at home, and they have all but booked their place in only the third first-class finals match in their state’s history. There’s even the chance – if Queensland was to end its game against Victoria without any points – that the Final could be played in Hobart. Yet the Tigers are still in danger of missing out altogether. An outright result either way in the match between Western Australia and South Australia means that they will need nothing less than six points of their own to reach the Final.

TASMANIA WILL HOST THE FINAL IF IT:

• Defeats New South Wales outrightand:
• Queensland fails to take any points from its match against Victoria and finishes with a lower quotientand:
• Western Australia fails to take outright points from its match against South Australia, or wins outright but does not finish with a higher quotient.

TASMANIA WILL PLAY IN AN AWAY FINAL IF IT:

• Defeats New South Wales outright; Queensland takes any points from its match against Victoria; and Western Australia does not defeat South Australia outrightor:
• Defeats New South Wales outright and Queensland, even in taking no points from its match against Victoria, still finishes ahead on quotientor:
• Defeats New South Wales outright, finishes level on points with both Queensland and Western Australia but behind one of them on quotientor:
• Defeats New South Wales outright; Western Australia defeats South Australia outright; Queensland takes points from its match against Victoria; and Western Australia finishes with a lower quotientor:
• Defeats New South Wales on the first innings; Western Australia defeats South Australia on the first innings; and Western Australia finishes with a lower quotientor:
• Defeats New South Wales on the first innings and South Australia defeats Western Australia on the first inningsor:
• Fails to take points against New South Wales; South Australia defeats Western Australia on the first innings; and Western Australia finishes with a lower quotient.

Highest possible finishing position: 1st

Lowest possible finishing position: 4th

Western Australia: What a difference a few hours can make. In the period of 148 minutes spanned by the final innings of the match, the Warriors re-cast their whole season with their remarkable come-from-behind win over Victoria in the penultimate round of fixtures. An outright loss would have left them six points behind second-placed Tasmania and almost certainly out of realistic contention for a berth in the Final. As things stand now, they remain on level terms with the Tigers and an outright win over South Australia in the concluding round will give the Warriors a huge chance of a fifth finals appearance in seven years. Even a first innings win over South Australia could be enough to get them there. If six points came their way in Perth; if Queensland failed to collect points against Victoria; and if Tasmania failed to beat New South Wales outright, it’s not out of the realms of possibility that the Final could even be staged in Perth.

WESTERN AUSTRALIA WILL HOST THE FINAL IF IT:

• Defeats South Australia outrightand:
• Queensland fails to take any points from its match against Victoria and finishes with a lower quotientand:
• Tasmania either fails to take outright points from its match against New South Wales, or wins outright but does not finish with a higher quotient.

WESTERN AUSTRALIA WILL PLAY IN AN AWAY FINAL IF IT:

• Defeats South Australia outright; Queensland takes any points from its match against Victoria; and Tasmania does not defeat New South Wales outrightor:
• Defeats South Australia outright and Queensland, even in taking no points from its match against Victoria, still finishes ahead on quotientor:
• Defeats South Australia outright, finishes level on points with both Queensland and Tasmania but behind one of them on quotientor:
• Defeats South Australia outright; Tasmania defeats New South Wales outright; Queensland takes points from its match against Victoria; and Tasmania finishes with a lower quotientor:
• Defeats South Australia on the first innings; Tasmania defeats New South Wales on the first innings; and Tasmania finishes with a lower quotientor:
• Defeats South Australia on the first innings and Tasmania takes no points from its match against New South Walesor:
• Fails to take points against South Australia; Tasmania takes no points from the match against New South Wales; and Tasmania finishes with a lower quotient.

Highest possible finishing position: 1st

Lowest possible finishing position: 4th

South Australia: Successive outright losses to Queensland and Tasmania have dramatically weakened the Redbacks’ chances of reaching the Final. Nonetheless, they remain only four points behind second-placed Tasmania and third-placed Western Australia and are still a definite chance of squeezing into second spot and qualifying for a match-up against Queensland in Brisbane. The fact that they are drawn to play Western Australia in Perth in the last round also helps immeasurably in that an outright victory will ensure that they finish ahead of the Warriors. Though a Tasmanian outright victory over New South Wales would kill off the South Australians’ qualification hopes, fate therefore rests at least to some degree in their own hands. Another important factor in the Redbacks’ favour is their comparatively high number of outright victories this summer. Under the playing conditions in use for the Pura Cup, sides equal on points are first separated by their respective numbers of outright wins for the season. In accordance with that rule, South Australia would qualify ahead of Tasmania or Western Australia if it finished level on points with either of those states.

SOUTH AUSTRALIA WILL PLAY IN AN AWAY FINAL IN BRISBANE IF IT:

• Defeats Western Australia outright and Tasmania does not defeat New South Wales outright.

Highest possible finishing position: 2nd

Lowest possible finishing position: 5th

Victoria: A miserable season reached its lowest ebb when the Bushrangers collapsed to an embarrassing 37-run loss to Western Australia in their last outing. The result – which also represented a grievous setback for both Tasmania and South Australia – was an horrific one for the Bushrangers, killing off any flickering hopes of a finals appearance and underlining the lack of assertiveness that has marked their game this season. Unfortunately, matters don’t get any easier in the last round: a trip to nemesis city Brisbane awaiting them. If they can reverse decades of poor results in Queensland, then they could conceivably leapfrog South Australia and move into fourth position; if they can not, then a return to the wooden spoon position might be the fate that awaits them at the end of a forgettable few months.

Highest possible finishing position: 4th

Lowest possible finishing position: 6th

New South Wales: Given the determined accounts they have given of themselves in riveting finishes against Western Australia and Queensland in their last two games, it doesn’t seem entirely fair that the Blues are anchored to the bottom of the table and have lost all hope of finals qualification. They nevertheless have the chance to move out of last place and to have another big say in the finish of the competition when they head to Hobart to be hosted by Tasmania. The Tigers will be desperate for six points and anything the Blues can do to stop them will be greeted with glee by the likes of Queensland, South Australia and Western Australia. Though they have only the prospect of finishing fifth or sixth on the table awaiting them, the mood of the players right across the squad going into the winter months would also be given a boost if the Blues were to take a positive approach into the season’s concluding fixture. With news emerging that Michael Slater will be drafted in as a shock choice as captain, it is unlikely to be a dull finish.

Highest possible finishing position: 5th

Lowest possible finishing position: 6th

Arjuna Ranatunga has congratulated the International Cricket Council for theirdecision to host the ICC Champions Trophy in Sri Lanka, hoping that it willprovide a stepping-stone to the eventual hosting of a World Cup.But Ranatunga, who has already announced his ambitions to be president ofthe Board of Control for Cricket in Sri Lanka (BCCSL), also warned that thetournament’s successful management will depend on the quality of theadministration running the cricket board.”All lovers of cricket in Sri Lanka will be elated by the decision of theICC.which should be view as recognition of the standards set by ourcricketers who have contributed to placing Sri Lanka on the world cricketmap.”He hopes that the event will “inspire future generations of cricketers tomaintain and surpass these high standards” as well as paving the way for thefuture hosting of the World Cup, possibly in 2011.”By successfully carrying out this competition, Sri Lanka can show thecricketing world that it can conduct the World Cup at not so distant a datein the future, probably in 2011,” he said.But he has concerns: “It’s necessary that people of dedication andcommitment should be at the helm of affairs of Sri Lankan cricket if thiscompetition is to be held successfully, and not by adventurers oropportunists, whose only concern is their own benefit.”

New Zealand made an emphatic start to the Youth Test series with South Africa today when wrapping up the First Test by an innings and 67 runs in Alexandra.South Africa was all out for 183 after Wellington left-arm spinner Luke Woodcock took 3/29 from his 25 overs while medium-pacer Andrew Ellis bowled 11 overs into the wind to take 2/6 as the South African resistance was broken.When play started 45 minutes late at Alexandra there seemed a good chance that this contest would go into the fourth and final day.But although there were at least two light showers, the weather didn’t halt New Zealand’s progress.South Africa started the day at 72/2 and desperately needed two of theirbatsmen to score big but it was not to be as a steady procession of themmade their way pavilionward, most playing shots far too early in theirinnings.Only Hashim Amla 69 and Warren Hauptfleish 37 showed much in the way of resilience.The pitch was very good for batting as the New Zealanders had proven with their 400.Brendon McCullum’s 123 was instrumental in getting New Zealand to their match winning total of 400; he also kept wickets well and captained his side withcompetence. New Zealand fielded better than South Africa and this also was a telling factor.But perhaps foreign conditions, as well as steady New Zealand bowling, proved the downfall of the visitors.New Zealand manager Dayle Hadlee said he was surprised New Zealand were able to win som emphatically in the first match of the series.”We expected more of a feeling out Test where both teams would be gauging the strengths and weaknesses of each other.”I think South Africa under-achieved a little. Steven Cook, the son of former international Jimmy Cook, looked a very promising player. In fact, their top four batsmen look as though they can play pretty well.”They missed their two best bowlers who are out with injury. Johan Botha broke a bone in his foot playing Otago and he will be out for all the games,” he said.Hadlee said New Zealand’s batting was helped by Brendon McCullum’s brisk scoring rate while the running between the wickets was very good..”It was a good toss to lose. We were erring towards bowling first but when South Africa won the toss we were quite happy they chose to bat first.”He said the pace bowlers Taraia Robin and Ian Butler bowled well in the first innings while in the second Luke Woodcock and the unsung hero of the day Andrew Ellis did the damage.”Andrew kept it very tight for us and bowled well into the wind,” he said.South Africa could well be a force in the one-day series to come but with New Zealand one up in the three match Test series they will have to battle very hard to achieve success in the remaining two ‘tests’.The South African team have proved very good ambassadors for their country in Otago and cricket people who have met them are sorry to see them go – it is certain that some of them will be South African representatives of the future as indeed will be some of the New Zealanders.

England and Pakistan cricketing relations are fifty years old. These ties commenced when Nigel Howards’ MCC team broke-off their Indian leg of the tour in 1951-52 and played two unofficial Test Matches in Pakistan. After the drawn first test at Lahore they lost at Karachi by 4 wickets. Three years later Pakistan achieved the unprecedented feat, on their first tour of England in 1954, by winning one test and thus drawing the series. No other team later or before have managed to win a test on their first visit. Since that historic tour, out of 57 Test Matches played between the two countries England have won 15 against 9 by Pakistan. Shortly, the Pakistan team is scheduled to tour England to play two Test Matches and later to participate in a triangular one-day tournament involving Australia as the third team.Summary of previous results
In terms of results of previous tours, Pakistan’s record against England is dismal – only seven Test and five One-Day victories have been recorded. On the other hand, England enjoys distinct supremacy by virtue of their 12 victories in Test Matches and 15 One-Day wins. In spite of this numerical difference on overall results, Pakistan has been dominating since 1987. They have won all the last three Test series played in England.Looking at all the One-Day Internationals played between England and Pakistan, again the record is not all that healthy. Out of 46 ODI’s played between the two teams, England won 28 and Pakistan won only 17. The one match between the two that ended in no-result, more fortunately in Pakistan’s favour, was washed out at the Adelaide Oval during World Cup 1992.The forthcoming tour will be Pakistan’s eleventh trip to England.Brief highlights of Pakistan’s previous tours of England:
1954 – Series was drawn 1-1. Fazal Mahmood was the architect of the famous “Oval Victory”.
1962 – Worst era for Pakistan Cricket began with this Series lost 0-4. England amassed huge scores and truly cut Pakistan down to size. Mercifully, rain saved Pakistan in the Fourth Test at Nottingham from a 0-5 drubbing.
1967 – Series lost 0-2. Hanif Mohammad’s 187 not out saved Pakistan at Lords and a 190 run record 9th wicket partnership between Asif Iqbal and Intikhab Alam salvaged their honour at the Oval.
1971 – Series lost 0-1. This Series somewhat unjustly eluded Pakistan. Zaheer Abbas scored 274 and England had followed-on but rain cost Pakistan victory at Edgbaston. At Headingley, in the third test except for the last day, they had held the upper hand.
1974 – Series was drawn 0-0. After Sir Donald Bradman’s 1948 team, Pakistan were the only other touring team to remain unbeaten on an England tour. Zaheer Abbas scored 240 at the Oval.
1978 – Series was lost 0-2. Pakistan team was not at full strength and Botham was their chief tormentor with both bat and ball.
1982 – Series was lost 1-2. Honours remained pretty even throughout and the series was closely fought. Imran Khan was the man of the series. Mohsin Khan scored a superb 200 at Lords.
1987 – Series was won 1-0. Imran Khan claimed his 300th wicket and led Pakistan to victory at Headingley. Javed Miandad scored 260 and Pakistan recorded their highest innings total, 708 at the Oval where England were forced to follow-on but escaped defeat.
1992 – Series was won 2-1. England had no answer to the reverse swing of Wasim Akram and Waqar Younis. Aamer Sohail made 205 at Old Trafford. England won at Headingley and Pakistan won at Lords and the Oval.
1996 – Series was won 2-0. Saeed Anwar, Inzamam-ul-Haq and Ijaz Ahmed gave outstanding batting performances. Waqar Younis was again the successful bowler.2001 – A tough contest expected in the forthcoming series:
Ironically, Pakistan has not lived up to the great reputation, they generally enjoy, in the last few test series. Still, the team is ranked amongst the best along with Australia and South Africa for their overall ability and the tremendous potential they possess. On the other hand England, has shown remarkable consistency by winning four successive Test series against Zimbabwe, West Indies, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. They have applied themselves with sound professional technique and have played methodical cricket. Followers of the game are expecting a tough and competitive test series between the two teams followed by the Triangular One-Day tournament.