Pakistan Lost yet another test series,this time against South Africa. This is the second consecutive test series defeat for pakistan. Previously Pakistan Lost to Srilanka in the series played in June - July 2012. Srilanka won the 3 match series 1-0, while 2 matches were drawn.
SouthAfrica - Pakistan in UAE 2010/11
Previously Pakistan and South Africa played a test series in 2010/11 in (United Arab Emirates), 2 match series ended in a draw(0-0), where none of the two teams were able to produce a victory.
Previously Pakistan and South Africa played a test series in 2010/11 in (United Arab Emirates), 2 match series ended in a draw(0-0), where none of the two teams were able to produce a victory.
Results of the matches played in that series;
1st Test: Pakistan v South Africa at Dubai (DSC) - Nov 12-16, 2010
South Africa 380 and 318/2d; Pakistan 248 and 343/3
Match drawn
2nd Test: Pakistan v South Africa at Abu Dhabi - Nov 20-24, 2010
South Africa 584/9d and 203/5d; Pakistan 434 and 153/3
Match drawn
Pakistan in Newzeland 2010
Later in year 2010, Pakistan went on to visit New Zeland. Here playing a 2 match test series, Pakistan managed to win the 1st match by a huge margin of 10 wickets, whereas the 2nd test match was drawn and Pakistan won the series (1-0).
Results of the matches played in that series;
1st Test: NewZeland v Pakistan at Hamilton - Jan 7-9, 2011
NewZeland 275 and 110; Pakistan 367 and 21/0
Pakistan won by 10 wickets
2nd Test: New Zealand v Pakistan at Wellington - Jan 15-19, 2011
New Zeland 356 and 293; Pakistan 376 and 226/5
Match drawn
Pakistan in WestIndies 2011
Next battle was with the team once known as (Kali Aandhi). In May 2011 Pakistan went to tour WestIndies, here both the teams were to play a test series consisted on 2 matches. WestIndies Managed to secure the first match victory by a margin of 40 runs, while the 2nd match was won by Pakistan by 196 runs which as a result of which the series was drawn (1-1).
Results of the matches played in that series;
1st Test: West Indies v Pakistan at Providence - May 12-15, 2011
West Indies 226 and 152; Pakistan 160 and 178
West Indies won by 40 runs
2nd Test: West Indies v Pakistan at Basseterre - May 20-24, 2011
Pakistan 272 and 377/6d; West Indies 223 and 230
Pakistan won by 196 runs
Pakistan tour to Zimbabwe 2011
The next stop was Zimbabwe. Pakistan in Zimbabwe played the only test against the hosts, in which Zimbabwe in the first innings was unstoppable scoring 412 runs and putting Pakistan on the back-foot. Pakistan managed to bounce back into the match scoring 466 runs in the first inning and than went on to win that test match.
Result of the only test match in that tour;
Only Test: Zimbabwe v Pakistan at Bulawayo - Sep 1-5, 2011
Zimbabwe 412 and 141; Pakistan 466 and 88/3
Pakistan won by 7 wickets
Pakistan Vs SriLanka at UAE
Pakistan v Sri Lanka Test Series, 2011/12 at UAE was a delight to watch. The series consisted on 3 test matches out of which Pakistan managed to secure victory in the 2nd match of the series. The other 2 matches were drawn and Pakistan won the 3 test match series (1-0).
Results of the matches played in that series;
1st Test: Pakistan v Sri Lanka at Abu Dhabi - Oct 18-22, 2011
Sri Lanka 197 and 483; Pakistan 511/6d and 21/1
Match drawn
2nd Test: Pakistan v Sri Lanka at Dubai (DSC) - Oct 26-29, 2011
Sri Lanka 239 and 257; Pakistan 403 and 94/1
Pakistan won by 9 wickets
3rd Test: Pakistan v Sri Lanka at Sharjah - Nov 3-7, 2011
Sri Lanka 413 and 181/6d; Pakistan 340 and 87/4
Match drawn
Pakistan Tour to BanglaDesh 2011
Pakistan Cricket team went to tour BanglaDesh in Dec 2011, where they played a 2 match test series. Pakistan secured victory in both the test matches and won the series (2-0).
Series Detail;
1st Test: Bangladesh v Pakistan at Chittagong - Dec 9-12, 2011
Bangladesh 135 and 275; Pakistan 594/5d
Pakistan won by an innings and 184 runs
2nd Test: Bangladesh v Pakistan at Dhaka - Dec 17-21, 2011
Bangladesh 338 and 234; Pakistan 470 and 107/3
Pakistan won by 7 wickets
Pakistan Vs England at UAE 2012
After the spot fixing controversy, this was the first time that Pakistan were going to play a bilateral test series against England. The series was played at UAE in the month of Jan 2012. Pakistan won the series 3-0, England were white washed for the first time in history by Pakistan. Under the captaincy of Misbah-ul-Haq, Pakistan achieved a great series victory which will be remembered by cricket lovers for years to come.
Series Detail;
1st Test: England v Pakistan at Dubai (DSC) - Jan 17-19, 2012
England 192 and 160; Pakistan 338 and 15/0
Pakistan won by 10 wickets
2nd Test: England v Pakistan at Abu Dhabi - Jan 25-28, 2012
Pakistan 257 and 214; England 327 and 72
Pakistan won by 72 runs
3rd Test: England v Pakistan at Dubai (DSC) - Feb 3-6, 2012
Pakistan 99 and 365; England 141 and 252
Pakistan won by 71 runs
Pakistan achieved a lot of victories in the recent past, but there has always been one single issue and that is lack of consistency Pakistan Cricket team is considered unpredictable, they can produce amazing and unexpected results at times. But the fact that needs to be admitted is that Pakistan cricket team produced some very good performances under the captaincy of Misbah-ul-Haq, the most criticized captain in Pakistan. Most people in the country criticize him because of his technique, they way he plays cricket is considered old fashioned, but as a matter of fact, his method of playing cricket has brought a lot of achievements and victories to Pakistan.
