Test Cricket Tours - England to Pakistan 2000-01

Test Cricket Tours - England to Pakistan 2000-01

Tour of Pakistan 2000-01         Captain : Nasser Hussain

England’s 82nd Test tour
(October - December 2000)

Seventh Test playing tour of Pakistan by England
   (previous tour 1987-88)


It was England’s first tour of Pakistan for thirteen years. Before arriving there England had underperformed in the ICC Knockout Trophy in Kenya, going out of the tournament in their second match. They fared little better in the one-day matches in Pakistan, their batting falling short on turning pitches.
The ECB was determined that good relations should be restored between the two cricket boards and chief executive Tim Lamb made a speech in Lahore thanking Pakistan for their warm welcome.
Yet relations were tested at Karachi as England became the first country to get the better of Pakistan in any Test match there. After Pakistan began the last day 88 ahead and with seven wickets in hand, they collapsed to 158 all out, setting a target of 176. But the light was failing and England had to overcome Moin Khan’s blatant delaying tactics as the umpires refused to take the players off for bad light. Hussain and Thorpe found the runs somehow as near darkness descended on Karachi. This was England’s first victory on Pakistan soil since 1961.
The two earlier Test matches had been drawn on pitches that turned, but too slowly for the bowlers to break through, so England gained a 1-0 series win.

All England tours

Previous Test tour
South Africa 1999-00

Next Test tour
Sri Lanka 2000-01

Next tour of Pakistan
2005-06

Members of the Test tour party (16 + 1)

Opening batsmen:  Mike Atherton, Alec Stewart, Marcus Trescothick
Middle-order batsmen Graeme Hick, Nasser Hussain, Graham Thorpe, Michael Vaughan
Wicket-keeper: Paul Nixon
All-rounder: Andrew Flintoff
Slow bowlers: Ashley Giles, Ian Salisbury
Fast bowlers: Andy Caddick, Dominic Cork, Darren Gough, Matthew Hoggard, Craig White

In March 2000 twelve six-month long central contracts were awarded by the ECB:

Nasser Hussain (capt)
Michael Atherton
Andrew Caddick
Andrew Flintoff
Darren Gough
Dean Headley
Graeme Hick
Mark Ramprakash
Chris Schofield
Alec Stewart
Michael Vaughan
Craig White

M A Atherton
La   ⋄
32
RHB opener
ODI

A R Caddick
Sm ⋄
31
RFM
ODI

D G Cork
Dy
29
RFM
ODI

A Flintoff
La ⋄
22
RHB       RF
ODI

A F Giles
Wk
27
SLA
ODI

D Gough
Yo ⋄
30
RF
ODI

G A Hick
Wo ⋄
34
RHB        OB
ODI

M J Hoggard   added
Yo
23
RMF
ODI

N Hussain
Ex ⋄
32
RHB       captain
ODI

A D Mullally   w/d

LFM
ODI

P A Nixon
Kt
30
LHB      WK
ODI

I D K Salisbury
Sx
30
LBG
ODI

A J Stewart
Sy ⋄
37
RHB (opener)      WK
ODI

G P Thorpe
Sy
31
LHB       vice-captain
ODI

M E Trescothick
Sm
24
LHB opener
ODI

M P Vaughan
Yo ⋄
26
RHB       (OB)
ODI

C White
Yo ⋄
30
RHB      RFM
ODI

In the one-day internationals squad:
M W Alleyne (Gs)
ODI

M A Ealham (Kt)
ODI

A P Grayson (Ex) added
ODI

N V Knight (Wk)     w/d
ODI

V S Solanki (Wo)
ODI


County representation:

Dy – Derbyshire (1)
Ex - Essex (1)
Kt - Kent (1)
La - Lancashire (2)
Sm - Somerset (2)
Sy - Surrey (2)
Sx - Sussex (1)
Wk - Warwickshire (1)
Wo - Worcestershire (1)
Yo - Yorkshire (4)


Average age of team at time of first Test match
(15 November 2000):
29 yrs  10 months.

Test Appearances made before the tour

Atherton 102, Stewart 102, Hick 60, Thorpe 60, Hussain 53, Gough 43, Caddick 37, Cork 30, Salisbury 12, White 12, Flintoff 9, Vaughan 8, Trescothick 3, Tudor 3, Giles 1, Hoggard 1, Nixon 0.

Tour Officials

Phil Neale
Operations Manager
Duncan Fletcher
Head coach
Bob Cottam
Bowling coach
Martin Moxon
Batting coach
Malcolm Ashton
Scorer
Dean Conway
Physiotherapist
Nigel Stockill
Physiologist
Andrew Walpole
Media relations (Tests)
D Clarke
Media relations (ODIs)

Selectors

David Graveney (chairman), Duncan Fletcher (coach), Nasser Hussain (captain)

Selection

Not considered: Dean Headley (back injury - he was forced to retire in March 2001).
Tour Party Announced : 28 August 2000
Withdrawn: Alan Mullally, who was replaced on 18 September by Matthew Hoggard. Nick Knight (damaged left knee) was replaced by Vikram Solanki on 26 September.
Not selected: The stand-by Test players were Mark Ramprakash, Robert Croft, Chris Read, Chris Silverwood and Steve Harmison.

Time between selection and departure from England
   days
(28 August - 27 September)

Travel
Nairobi Q Dubai   Q Karachi

The England limited-overs squad left London on Thursday 27 September for Kenya.
On 16 October the England ODI team arrived in Pakistan from Kenya where they had participated in the I.C.C. knockout tournament,
On 24 October England Test players (Atherton, Cork, Nixon, Salisbury and Vaughan) arrived in Lahore.

Time spent in Pakistan
   56 days
(16 October - 11 December)

On-tour selection panel

Duncan Fletcher and Nasser Hussain.

Reinforcements

On 5 October Paul Grayson was added to the one-day squad as cover for Ashley Giles’s calf strain.

A J Tudor
Sy
23
RFM
ODI

Alex Tudor was called up to replace Andrew Flintoff whose back injury made it difficult for him to bowl. But Flintoff was able to return for the Test series as a batsman covering for Michael Vaughan who suffered a calf injury.

Dominic Cork had to fly back from Lahore because of a back injury. He was not fit again until the start of the England season.

Fixtures/Results

⋆ Lahore (GS) Gaddafi Stadium
(BJ)   Bagh-e-Jinnah ground

a
§ Nairobi
Bangladesh (I C C knockout)
Won 8 w
b
§ Nairobi
South Africa (I C C knockout)
Lost 8 w

c
ϯ Karachi
Sind Governor’s XI (50 overs)
Won 81 r
d
ϯ Karachi
Pakistan A (50 overs)
Won 10 w
e
§ Karachi
Pakistan (1st ODI)
Won 5 w
f
§ Lahore
Pakistan (2nd ODI)
Lost 8 w
g
§ Rawalpindi
Pakistan (3rd ODI)
Lost 6 w
h
Rawalpindi
Pakistan Cricket Board Patron’s XI
Won inns 27 r
i
Peshawar
North-West Frontier Province Governor’s XI
Won 8 w
j
LAHORE (GS)
PAKISTAN First Test
DRAWN
k
Lahore (BJ)
Pakistan Cricket Board XI
Drawn
l
FAISALABAD
PAKISTAN Second Test
DRAWN
m
KARACHI
PAKISTAN Third Test
WON 6 w

† not first-class

Time spent in Pakistan before First Test:
32 days
(16 October - 17 November)

Test appearances on tour

3   -   Atherton. Caddick, Giles, Gough, Hick, Hussain, Salisbury, Stewart, Thorpe, Trescothick, White.
0   - Cork, Flintoff, Hoggard, Nixon, Tudor, Vaughan .

Match appearances

T Test match
o one-day international
x other match

W won L lost D drawn
N no result   A abandoned
u unknown result

a
b
c
d
e
f
g
h
i
j
k
l
m
M W Alleyne
o

M A Atherton

x
x
T

T
T
A R Caddick
o
o
x
x
o
o
o

x
T

T
T
D G Cork

x

M A Ealham
o
o
x
x
o
o
o

A Flintoff
o
o
x
x
o
o
o

x

A F Giles

x
o
o
o
x
x
T
x
T
T
D Gough
o
o
x
x
o
o
o

x
T

T
T
A P Grayson

o
x

G A Hick
o
o
x
x
o
o
o
x

T
x
T
T
M J Hoggard

x

x

x

N Hussain
o
o
x
x
o
o
o

x
T
x
T
T
P A Nixon

x

x

I D K Salisbury

x
x
T
x
T
T
V S Solanki

A J Stewart
o
o
x
x
o
o
o

x
T
x
T
T
G P Thorpe
o
o
x
x
o
o
o
x
x
T

T
T
M E Trescothick
o
o
x
x
o
o
o
x
x
T
x
T
T
A J Tudor

x

M P Vaughan

x
x

x

C White
o
o
x

o
o
o
x
x
T

T
T
R E S U L T S
W
L
W
W
W
L
L
W
W
D
D
D
W

Highlights

• Trescothick (71) and Atherton (73) started the series with an opening stand of 134 in the first Test.
• Graham Thorpe then scored a century (118) as England built an innings total of 480-8d at Lahore.
• Craig White who had added 93 (his highest Test score) to that total then took 4-54 .
• All the England batsmen got ‘starts’ in the total of 342 at Faisalabad but only Thorpe (79) went on to a fifty.
• Mike Atherton calmed England fears after losing 5 for 110 with a resolute innings of 65 not out.
• Atherton topped off a great series with the bat (399 runs) with a century (125) at Karachi
• Ashley Giles’s seventeen wickets were a record for a Test series in Pakistan.

Tour Summary

F
W
L
D
Aban
Test Matches
3
1
0
2
-
Other first-class matches
3
2
0
1
-
ϯ Minor matches
2
2
0
0
-
§ One-day internationals
3
1
2
0
-
All Matches
11
6
2
3
-

F Fixtures   W Won   L Lost   D Drawn   T Tied Canc Cancelled Aban abandoned

Return to England

Karachi  Q  London

Alleyne, Solanki (who did not play in a match), Ealham and Grayson returned to England at the end of the one-day series. Andrew Flintoff went home because of a back injury but returned when Hussain and Vaughan were injured.
Dominic Cork flew home from Lahore on 21 November because a back strain would keep him out of action for the rest of the tour.
On the night of 11 December the team returned to the UK from Karachi, landing in London the next day.

Time away from England
  76 days
(27 September - 12 December)

Finances

Accounts of the tour

“Hussain's El Dorado” by Shuja ud din & Khadim H. Baloch (Top Print, 2001)

Postscript