Pakistani cricket team vs England in the UAE in 2011–12
| Pakistani cricket team vs England in the UAE in 2012 | |||
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| Pakistan | England | ||
| Dates | 7 January 2012 – 27 February 2012 | ||
| Captains | Misbah-ul-Haq |
Andrew Strauss (Tests) Alastair Cook (ODIs) Stuart Broad (T20s) |
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| Test series | |||
| Result | Pakistan won the 3-match series 3–0 | ||
| Most runs | Azhar Ali (251) | Jonathan Trott (161) | |
| Most wickets | Saeed Ajmal (24) | Monty Panesar (14) | |
| Player of the series | Saeed Ajmal (Pak) | ||
| One Day International series | |||
| Results | England won the 4-match series 4–0 | ||
| Most runs | Misbah-ul-Haq (108) | Alastair Cook (323) | |
| Most wickets | Saeed Ajmal (10) | Steven Finn (13) | |
| Player of the series | Alastair Cook (Eng) | ||
| Twenty20 International series | |||
| Results | England won the 3-match series 2–1 | ||
| Most runs | Misbah-ul-Haq (67) | Kevin Pietersen (112) | |
| Most wickets |
Saeed Ajmal (5) Umar Gul (5) |
Graeme Swann (6) | |
| Player of the series | Kevin Pietersen (Eng) | ||
The England and Pakistan national cricket teams toured the United Arab Emirates (UAE) from 7 January to 27 February 2012. The tour included three Tests, four One Day Internationals (ODIs) and three Twenty20 Internationals (T20I) between England and Pakistan. The matches were meant to be held in Pakistan, but ongoing security problems in the country meant that the series was moved to the UAE.
England, captained by Andrew Strauss, entered the Test series as the top-ranked team in the world, while Pakistan, led by Misbah-ul-Haq, had won their last three Test series and were ranked fifth.
Pakistan won the Test series after whitewashing England by a 3–0 margin. Pakistan's Saeed Ajmal was named the player of the series, having taken 24 wickets. England gained some form of revenge by whitewashing Pakistan 4–0 in the subsequent one day series, with notable performances from Alastair Cook and Kevin Pietersen with the bat, they both hit centuries in successive games, and Steven Finn with the ball who was the leading wicket-taker in the series with 13 wickets.
England then completed the tour with a 2–1 success in the T20 series, coming back after losing the first match to take the 3rd match by 5 runs. That match was notable for Kevin Pietersen becoming only the second batsmen to carry his bat through a T20 international scoring 62, including what proved to be the winning runs by hitting a six off the last ball of England's innings.
Pakistan and England adopted different strategies in selecting their teams for the match. Pakistan selected two full-time spin bowlers—Saeed Ajmal and Abdur Rehman—while England chose only one (Graeme Swann) leaving out Monty Panesar and selecting three pace bowlers. England won the toss, decided to bat, and suffered a top-order collapse at the hands of Pakistan's spinners. Part-time bowler Mohammad Hafeez took the wicket of Alastair Cook, before Ajmal ran through England's batting lineup, taking a career-best 7/55. Five of Ajmal's dismissals were leg before wicket, a record achieved by only five others in Test history. England's only real resistance came from a 57-run partnership between Matt Prior and Graeme Swann. Prior finished the innings on 70 not out, with his team all out for 192.
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