Pakistani cricket team in England in 2006
| Pakistan in England 2006 | |||
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| Pakistan | England | ||
| Dates | 1 July – 10 September 2006 | ||
| Captains | Inzamam-ul-Haq | Andrew Strauss | |
| Test series | |||
| Result | England won the 4-match series 3–0 | ||
| Most runs | Mohammad Yousuf (631) | Andrew Strauss (444) | |
| Most wickets | Umar Gul (18) | Steve Harmison (20) | |
| Player of the series | Mohammad Yousuf and Andrew Strauss | ||
| One Day International series | |||
| Results | 5-match series drawn 2–2 | ||
| Most runs | Younis Khan (215) | Ian Bell (227) | |
| Most wickets | Shoaib Akhtar (9) | Jon Lewis (7) | |
| Player of the series | Younis Khan | ||
| Twenty20 International series | |||
| Results | Pakistan won the 1-match series 1–0 | ||
| Most runs | Mohammad Hafeez (46) | Marcus Trescothick (53) | |
| Most wickets | Abdul Razzaq (3) | Stuart Broad (2) | |
| Player of the series | Shahid Afridi | ||
The Pakistani cricket team toured England in the 2006 English cricket season, following England's winter tour of Pakistan where Pakistan had won a three-Test series 2–0 and the ODI series 4–1. As a result of this series, Pakistan rose two spots to be ranked second in the world Test rankings before this series, and England dropped to third after the 12 July annual update of the ICC Test Championship. The series was marred by a ball-tampering controversy on the fourth day of the Fourth Test, which culminated in Pakistan refusing to take the field after the tea interval in protest to a contentious decision by the umpires to penalise the Pakistani team for what they believed were acts of ball-tampering. This led the umpires to award the game to England, who thus won the Test series 3–0. In 2008, the ICC controversially declared the result of the final Test as a draw, altering the scoreline to 2-0; however, after criticism, not least by the MCC, this was subsequently reversed in February 2009 and the result restored as an England victory.
On 15 July, Mohammad Asif and Shoaib Malik returned home, and were replaced by Iftikhar Anjum and Taufeeq Umar. Iftikhar Anjum left several days later following his father's death, with no replacement called up.
Salman Butt, Samiullah Khan Niazi and Taufeeq Umar travelled home before the fourth Test, and Mohammad Hafeez was called up.
Faisal Iqbal, Mohammad Sami and Shahid Nazir returned home after the Test series, and were replaced by Shahid Yousuf and Shoaib Malik. Mohammad Asif and Shoaib Akhtar only played in the ODI series, having returned from injury.
Read was added for the third Test after Jones suffered a finger injury, though the English chairman of selectors said that "the decision was taken regardless of the injury to Geraint's finger" He also played the fourth Test.
Broad, Clarke, Gough, Joyce and Yardy were only selected for the ODI squad. Hoggard and Panesar were only selected for the Test squad.
Gough withdrew after the second ODI with a shin injury, and Onions was called up to replace him.
A steady start of 60 for England before losing their first wicket turned sour as skipper Andrew Strauss fell for the second wicket, also at 60. It seemed that England were to fall cheaply as big-hitter Kevin Pietersen fell 28 runs later but Alastair Cook and Paul Collingwood, echoing their February performance on South Asia, made a partnership of 322 (105 and 187 respectively.) The two, who many see as stand-ins for the unfit members of the team, along with the third stand-in Ian Bell (100*) kept the fledgling team alive, nobody else making a half-century before they declared on the second day.
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