Pakistan pummels England by 10 wickets

By A.C. de Silva

CRICKET: Pakistan cricket team was a full-fledged side when it played against England on August 12, 13, 14, 15 and 16 at Lord’s in 1982. That encounter was won by Pakistan by the handsome margin of 10 wickets.

Pakistan’s morale went up when they not only defeated England, but they also defeated both the weather and their own lethargic approach to the business of pacing the game. Its results are all that matters. The fact that Pakistan bowled its overs at around 13 an hour is of no consequence, it did however matter to the crowd that gathered for the match.

The Pakistan batsmen got going when they went in first with opener Mohsin Khan establishing their innings with a double hundred and before him the previous person to reach that mark was New Zealand left-hander Martin Donnelly way back in 1949 when all three Tests were played over three days except against Australia and South Africa.

Mohsin played superbly. He usually stands upright and has a natural balance. He didn’t appear to be afraid of attacking the bowlers and he was not selfish. He was prepared to take advice from the batsman at the other end. At this Test Mohsin was 10 Tests experience behind him. Mohsin had something of the elegance and correctness of Reg Simpson or another Bridge favourite Joe Hardstaff.

There was Zaheer Abbas who also batted well to give Mohsin Khan all the support. Abbas made 75 and Mansoo Akthar 57.

On its Independence Day, the match swung Pakistan’s way. Much to the surprise of most people, Imran Khan declared overnight score of 428 for 8 wickets as it to say it was enough. It was an imperious gesture, but then Imran is something of an imperious captain.

Imran king among bowlers

Imran was certainly a king among bowlers. During his time he was as fast as anyone in the world. He also had the ability to swing the ball like a boomerang in either direction. Somehow the ball had its shine for quite sometime and Imran was reluctant to change it. As he rubbed the ball on his trousers a deep red mark appeared. The maintenance of the shine on the ball helped the Pakistanis to dictate terms to the England players.

Imran took 2 wickets in the first innings and again 2 wickets in the second innings, but his bowling was more valuable than those figures.

Then there was Abdul Qadir, though he had four wickets in the first innings and two more in the second innings, he bowled menacingly, pitching his leg-spinners and googlies really well and giving the English batsmen no room to get away to safety. The lower England batsmen had no idea how to play him. Thus after three days and one four-hour stoppage through rain and several other shorter interruptions, England found itself being offered the light with two runs needed to save the follow on and the last pair of batsmen together at the wicket. The Englishmen Gatting and Jackman chose the light.

Follow-on enforced

Imran Khan’s first over the next morning, Jackman was leg before for nought and England failed by just two runs to avoid the follow-on.

Had England scored 229, it was more than certain that they would have scrambled through with a draw.

With the follow-on enforced, there was more surprises when the Pakistani quickies were soon taken off and Mudassar Nazar was called up to bowl.

A very occasional bowler, hitherto, he took over the bowling at the nursery end and had instant success.

He promptly decapitated England. In eight balls he took three top wickets without conceding a stroke worth more than a single. He bowled very wide off the crease, got one to hold at Randall and bowled him for nine, trapped Lamb in front of the wicket for nought and had Gower caught by wicket keeper Wasim Bari also for nought.

It was a disappointing match for Gower as captain for the first time.

On the last day, Mudassar took two more wickets through uncontrolled slashes from Botham who battled fairly well for his 69, Gatting caught by Bari for 7. Meanwhile, Tavare inched his way to 82.

Mudassar picked up 6 for 32 and with only 76 wanted and a real threat from the rain, Mohsin and Javed, prompted to open in their quest for victory. They took 9 runs off Botham’s first over and soon the rate required was clattering down so that the Pakistanis were able to win by 10 wickets with 29 balls to spare.

Latest... at Lord’s England steamroles over Pakistan It was a different story this time and England crushed Pakistan by an innings and 225 runs to win the fourth and final Test at Lord’s last Sunday - August 29 with more than a day to spare. England 1st Innings: 446 Pakistan 1st Innings: 74 Pakistan 2nd Innings: 147

AT LORD’S: Aug 12 to 16 in 1982

Pakistan 1st Innings

Mohsin Khan c Tavare b Jackman	       	       200
Mudassar Nazar c Taylor b Jackman		20
Mansoor Akthar c Lamb b Botham			57
Javed Miandad run out			 	 6	 
Zaheer Abbas b Jackman				75
Haroon Rashid lbw b Botham		 	 1
Imran Khan c Taylor b Botham			12
Tahir Naqqash c Gatting b Jackman	 	 2
Wasim Bari not out 				24
Abdul Qadir not out				18

Extras						13
Total (for 8 wkts dec)		               428
Fall of wickets: 1-53, 2-197, 3-208, 4-361,
		 5-364, 6-380, 7-390, 8-401
Bowling: I.T. Botham 44-8-148-3
 	 R.D. Jackman 34-5-110-4
 	 D.R. Pringle 26-9-62-0
 	 I. Greig 13-2-42-0
 	 E.E. Hemminigs 20-3-53-0

England 1st innings

D. W. Randall b Safraz Nawaz			29
C. J. Tavore b Safraz Nawaz		 	 8
A. J. Lambt c Haroon Rashid b Naqqash		33
D. I. Gower c Akthar b Imran Khan		29
I. T. Botham c Mohsin Khan b Qadir		31
M. W. Getting not out				32
D. R. Pringle c Rashid b Qadir		 	 5
I. A. Greig lbw b Qadir			 	 3
E. E. Hemmings b Safraz Nawaz		 	 6
R. W. Taylor lbw b Qadir		 	 5
R. D. Jackman lbw b Imran Khan	 	 	 0

EXTRAS						46
TOTAL (all out)			       	       227
FALL OF WICKETS: 1-16, 2-69, 3-89, 4-157,
		 5-173, 6-187, 7-197, 8-217, 9-226
Bowling: Imran Khan 23-13-55-2
 	 Safraz Nawaz 23-4-56-3
 	 Tahir Naqqash 12-4-25-1
 	 Abdul Qadir 24-9-39-4
 	 Mudassar Nazar 4-1-6-0

England 2nd Innings

D. W. Randall b Mudassar Nazar			 9
C. J. Tavore c Miandad b Imran Khan		82
A. J. Lamb lbw b Mudassar Nazar			 0
D. I.  Gower c Wasim Bari b Mudassar Nazar	 0
I. T. Botham c Safraz Nawaz b Mudassar Nazar	69
M. W. Getting c Wasim Bari b Mudassar Nazar	 7
D. R. Pringle c Miandad b Qadir			14
I. A. Greig lbw to Mudassar Nazar		 2
E. E. Hemmings c Wasim Bari b Imran Khan	14
R. W. Taylor not out				24
R. D. Jackman c Rashid b Qadir			17

EXTRAS						38
TOTAL (all out)				       276
FALL OF WICKETS: 1-9, 2-9, 3-9, 4-121, 5-132, 6-171,
		 7-180, 8-224, 9-235.
BOWLING: Imran Khan 42-13-84-2
 	 Safraz Nawaz 14-5-22-0
 	 Tahir Naqqash 7-4-6-0
 	 Abdul Qadir 37.5-15-94-2
 	 Mudassar Nazar 19-7-32-6

PAKISTAN 2ND INNINGS

Mohsin Khan not out				39
Javed Miandad not out				26

Extras						12
Total (for no wkt)				77
Bowling: I. T. Botham 7-0-30-0
 	 R. D. Jackman 4-0-22-0
 	 E. E. Hemmings 2.1-0-13-0