Pakistan will face England in a three-match Test series that starts on October 7. The series opener is scheduled to take place in Multan, and the second match will also be played at the same venue from October 15 to 19, whereas Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium will host the third and final match of the bilateral series from October 24 to 28. After whitewashing the West Indies and defeating Sri Lanka 2-1 in front of home fans, England would like to come up with a big show against Pakistan as well.
Pakistan, on the other hand, would like to bounce back from a shocking defeat in the last series played against Bangladesh and get the better of Ben Stokes & Co. in front of home fans.
Ahead of the start of the first Test between Pakistan and England in Multan on Monday, here’s a look at top performers and record-holders in Test matches played so far between the two teams:
- Most wins: England (29 wins in 89 Tests).
- Most defeats: Pakistan (21 defeats in 89 Tests).
- Highest total: 708 runs in 220.3 overs by Pakistan at the Oval (August 1987).
- Lowest total: 72 all out in 39.3 overs by Pakistan in Birmingham (August 2010); 72 all out in 36.1 overs by England in Abu Dhabi (January 2012).
- Biggest win (by innings): England beat Pakistan by an innings and 225 runs in Lord’s (August 2010).
- Biggest win (by runs): England beat Pakistan by 354 runs in Nottingham (July 2010).
- Smallest win (by runs): Pakistan beat England by 22 runs in Multan (November 2005).
- Smallest win (by wickets): Pakistan beat England by 2 wickets in Lord’s (June 1992).
- Most runs: 1719 runs in 20 Tests by Alastair Cook of England.
- Highest score: 278 runs by Denis Compton of England in Nottingham (July 1954).
- Highest average (min 10 innings): 93.62 by Ted Dexter of England (749 runs in 10 innings).
- Most 100s: 6 centuries in 14 Tests by Mohammad Yousuf of Pakistan.
- Most 50s: 11 half-centuries in 23 Tests by Mushtaq Mohammad of Pakistan.
- Most ducks: 5 zeros each by Mohammad Asif, Iqbal Qasim, Azhar Ali (all three from Pakistan), and Stuart Broad of England.
- Most sixes: 17 maximums in 10 Tests by Misbah-ul-Haq of Pakistan.
- Most sixes in an innings: 6 sixes each by Haroon Rasheed and Shahid Afridi (both from Pakistan).
- Most runs in a series: 631 runs in four Tests by Mohammad Yousuf during Pakistan’s tour of England in 2006.
- Most wickets: 82 wickets each by James Anderson (England) and Abdul Qadir (Pakistan).
- Best bowling figures (innings): 9 for 56 in 37 overs by Abdul Qadir of Pakistan in Lahore (November 1987).
- Best bowling figures (match): 13 for 71 in 48.5 overs by Derek Underwood of England in Lord’s (August 1974).
- Most five-wicket hauls: 8 fifers in 16 Tests by Abdul Qadir of Pakistan.
- Most 10-wickets in a match: 4 times in 16 Tests by Abdul Qadir of Pakistan.
- Most wickets in a series: 30 wickets in four Tests by Abdul Qadir during the England tour of Pakistan in 1987.
- Most dismissals: 54 (50 catches, 4 stumpings) in 24 Tests by Wasim Bari of Pakistan.
- Most catches: 25 catches in 15 Tests by Joe Root of England.
- Highest partnership: 363 runs for the third wicket between Younis Khan and Mohammad Yousuf in Leeds (August 2006).
- Most matches: 24 Tests by Wasim Bari of Pakistan.
- Most wins as captain: 7 wins in 10 Tests by Misbah-ul-Haq of Pakistan.
In the last Test series played between England and Pakistan, the Ben Stokes-led side crushed Pakistan in all three matches played on Pakistani soil in December 2022 to win the series by a margin of 3-0.
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