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452-8d Series badge Won toss. Elected to batPAK
164 & 231-9 PAK flag
Overs: 144.0 RR: 3.14 vs spin: 3.67
vs seam: 2.64
 Overs: 103.4 RR: 2.23 vs spin: 1.66
vs seam: 2.36
Thu 01/06/78 England v Pakistan, 1st Test, Edgbaston, Birmingham
ENGLAND WIN England won by an innings and 57 runs
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Pakistan - 1st Inns 164 (60.4; RR: 2.70)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
Mudassar Nazar c & b Botham 14 30 0 0 46.67
Sadiq Mohammad c Radley b Old 23 49 3 0 46.94
Mohsin Khan b Willis 35 100 4 0 35.00
Javed Miandad c Taylor b Old 15 58 2 0 25.86
Haroon Rasheed c Roope b Willis 3 5 0 0 60.00
Wasim Raja c Taylor b Old 17 22 2 0 77.27
Sarfraz Nawaz not out 32 55 5 0 58.18
Wasim Bari b Old 0 1 0 0 0.00
Iqbal Qasim c Taylor b Old 0 2 0 0 0.00
Sikander Bakht c Roope b Old 0 1 0 0 0.00
Liaqat Ali c Brearley b Old 9 56 1 0 16.07
Extras (0b, 3lb, 0w, 13nb) 16  
TOTAL 164 all out (60.4 overs; RR: 2.70)

Fall of wickets

20-1 (Mudassar Nazar 0.0 ov), 56-2 (Sadiq Mohammad 0.0 ov), 91-3 (Javed Miandad 0.0 ov), 94-4 (Haroon Rasheed 0.0 ov), 103-5 (Mohsin Khan 0.0 ov), 125-6 (Wasim Raja 0.0 ov), 125-7 (Wasim Bari 0.0 ov), 126-8 (Iqbal Qasim 0.0 ov), 126-9 (Sikander Bakht 0.0 ov), 164-10 (Liaqat Ali 60.4 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
RGD Willis 16.0 2 42 2 2.63 0 0
CM Old 22.4 6 50 7 2.27 0 0
IT Botham 15.0 4 52 1 3.47 0 0
B Wood 3.0 2 2 0 0.67 0 0
PH Edmonds 4.0 2 2 0 0.50 0 0

England - 1st Inns 452-8 (144.0; RR: 3.14)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
JM Brearley run out 38 121 2 0 31.40
B Wood lbw b Bakht 14 52 1 0 26.92
CT Radley lbw b Bakht 106 234 11 0 45.30
DI Gower c Miandad b Bakht 58 102 9 0 56.86
GRJ Roope b Bakht 32 83 3 0 38.55
G Miller c Bari b Nazar 48 124 5 0 38.71
IT Botham c Qasim b Ali 100 140 11 0 71.43
CM Old c Nazar b Qasim 5 22 0 0 22.73
PH Edmonds not out 4 4 0 0 100.00
RW Taylor  
RGD Willis  
Extras (0b, 26lb, 5w, 16nb) 47  
TOTAL 452-8 (144.0 overs; RR: 3.14)

Fall of wickets

36-1 (B Wood 0.0 ov), 101-2 (JM Brearley 0.0 ov), 190-3 (DI Gower 0.0 ov), 275-4 (CT Radley 0.0 ov), 276-5 (GRJ Roope 0.0 ov), 399-6 (G Miller 0.0 ov), 448-7 (CM Old 0.0 ov), 452-8 (IT Botham 144.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
Sarfraz Nawaz 6.0 1 12 0 2.00 0 0
Liaqat Ali 42.0 9 114 1 2.71 0 0
Mudassar Nazar 27.0 7 59 1 2.19 0 0
Iqbal Qasim 14.0 2 56 1 4.00 0 0
Sikander Bakht 45.0 13 132 4 2.93 0 0
Wasim Raja 10.0 1 32 0 3.20 0 0

Pakistan - 2nd Inns 231-9 (103.4; RR: 2.23)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
Mudassar Nazar b Edmonds 30 112 3 0 26.79
Sadiq Mohammad b Old 79 123 9 0 64.23
Iqbal Qasim retired not out (hurt) 5 32 0 0 15.63
Mohsin Khan c Old b Miller 38 115 3 0 33.04
Javed Miandad c Brearley b Edmonds 39 65 4 0 60.00
Haroon Rasheed b Willis 4 35 0 0 11.43
Wasim Raja b Edmonds 9 23 1 0 39.13
Sarfraz Nawaz not out 6 62 0 0 9.68
Wasim Bari c Miller b Edmonds 3 17 0 0 17.65
Sikander Bakht c Roope b Miller 2 25 0 0 8.00
Liaqat Ali b Willis 3 19 0 0 15.79
Extras (4b, 4lb, 1w, 4nb) 13  
TOTAL 231-9 (103.4 overs; RR: 2.23)

Fall of wickets

94-1 (Mudassar Nazar 0.0 ov), 123-2 (Sadiq Mohammad 0.0 ov), 176-3 (Javed Miandad 0.0 ov), 193-4 (Haroon Rasheed 0.0 ov), 214-5 (Wasim Raja 0.0 ov), 220-6 (Mohsin Khan 0.0 ov), 224-7 (Wasim Bari 0.0 ov), 227-8 (Sikander Bakht 0.0 ov), 231-9 (Liaqat Ali 103.4 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
RGD Willis 23.4 3 70 2 3.04 0 0
CM Old 25.0 12 38 1 1.52 0 0
IT Botham 17.0 3 47 0 2.76 0 0
PH Edmonds 26.0 10 44 4 1.69 0 0
G Miller 12.0 4 19 2 1.58 0 0

Match Info

Match

England v Pakistan at Birmingham, 1st Test

Date

Thursday June 1, 1978

Toss

Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat

Time

10:00am UTC

Venue

Edgbaston, Birmingham

Umpires

HD Bird, KE Palmer

England Team

Playing XI

RGD Willis, RW Taylor, B Wood, CM Old, GRJ Roope, PH Edmonds, JM Brearley, G Miller, IT Botham, CT Radley, DI Gower

Pakistan Team

Playing XI

Wasim Bari, Sarfraz Nawaz, Sadiq Mohammad, Wasim Raja, Liaqat Ali, Javed Miandad, Sikander Bakht, Iqbal Qasim, Mudassar Nazar, Haroon Rasheed, Mohsin Khan